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NASA Finally Puts a Price Tag on 2024 Moon Landing

Gizmodo

NASA revealed new details about the Artemis moon landing program yesterday, including a detailed budget, project timelines, and an ambitious plan to build a permanent base at the lunar south pole. Read more.

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Linux has made it to Mars

The Verge

Image: NASA. Yesterday, NASA landed a rover named Perseverance on Mars. Ingenuity , a tiny helicopter, tagged along for the ride. I, along with 2 million other people, watched the landing happen live on YouTube. It was beautiful. It’s also running on Linux. Image: Wikipedia. Here’s Ingenuity!

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Astronauts arrive in Florida to set new NASA traditions for crewed spaceflight

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NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley take questions from journalists after their arrival at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA Photo). Hurley marveled at how quickly and how well the NASA and SpaceX teams have adjusted to the changed circumstances.

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Fed Tech Roundup November 23

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Former TNA Tag Champion Talks His WWE Run, TNA's Early Years, FCW Stars. NASA's R5 robots are off to school - GCN.com. NASA Orders SpaceX Crew Mission to International Space Station. Dollar shortage: main challenge for next gov't - Buenos Aires Herald. Strata + Hadoop World San Jose 28-31 March 2016. Wrestling Inc.

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OSIRIS-REx probe touches down to grab bits of an asteroid, with assist from Aerojet

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An artist’s conception shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe lowering its sample collection arm to the surface of the asteroid Bennu. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe reached the climax of its seven-year round trip to deep space today and briefly touched down on a near-Earth asteroid, propelled by thrusters made in the Seattle area.

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SpaceX launched more Starlink satellites on Falcon 9, and three Planet SkySats hitched a ride

The Verge

SpaceX launched 58 new Starlink satellites on its Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday morning, and three satellites from Planet tagged along for the ride. Two weeks ago, SpaceX launched its first two people into orbit , sending veteran NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station in its Crew Dragon capsule.

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The largest space telescope in history is about to blow our minds

Vox

NASA/Desiree Stover. NASA is building and launching the Webb in partnership with the European Space Agency and Canada. Its price tag has since ballooned to $10 billion, and it’s way overdue. NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Space is “ the ultimate mountaintop ,” as NASA explains.

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