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PublishedDecember 11, 2020
Our View: Maine astronaut reaches beyond her childhood dreams
Jessica Meir, who recently realized her dream of conducting a spacewalk, is on a short list to go to the moon, with Mars perhaps to come.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2020
NASA’s new rover blasts off on mission to Mars, searching for ancient life
Perseverance is the successor to the still-operating Curiosity rover, which has made breakthrough discoveries, including complex organic molecules of the type that could be associated with living things.
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PublishedMay 26, 2020
Thunderstorms could scrub historic SpaceX launch on Wednesday of 2 NASA astronauts
The rocket launch, set for 4:33 p.m. ET, will send astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to the Space Station.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2020
Hunting for ‘marsquakes,’ NASA lander finds surprisingly active red planet
The InSight's seismometer picked up 174 marsquakes through Sept. 30, including more than 20 measuring magnitude 3 to magnitude 4.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2020
Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies at 101
Johnson worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering black female aerospace workers.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2020
Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture 1st look at sun’s poles
Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter will come within 26 million miles of the sun, well within the orbit of Mercury.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2020
Our View: Now-retired telescope gave us a view into the unknown
The Spitzer space telescope answered longstanding questions about our universe, and raised many others.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2019
NASA’s all-female spacewalk makes history: ‘One giant leap for WOMANkind!’
Fifteen women have now performed spacewalks and the NASA administrator hails the team spacewalk as 'another milestone toward making space more available to everyone.'
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PublishedOctober 16, 2019
Our View: Proud state watching as Maine native prepares to make history
Jessica Meir is scheduled to take part in the first all-female spacewalk this week.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2019
Maine astronaut Jessica Meir will take her 1st spacewalk Wednesday
The Caribou native is scheduled to participate in 3 spacewalks this month, including the first all-female spacewalk Oct. 21.
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