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NASA eyes March 6 for Artemis II lunar mission after successful dress rehearsal
The final results of Thursday's rehearsal still need to come in before the mission is approved, but if given the go-ahead, NASA will launch astronauts around the moon for the first time since the Apollo program ended over 50 years ago.
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Obama appears to walk back comments on aliens
His clarification followed comments he made to podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen over the weekend
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SpaceX launches crew members to International Space Station on 8-month mission
The Falcon 9 launched on course for docking Saturday around 3:15 p.m.
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Kermit the Frog immortalized by an ancient amphibian fossil
“Using the name Kermit has significant implications for how we can bridge the science that is done by paleontologists in museums to the general public,” Calvin So, a George Washington University paleontologist, said.
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'Significant' damage found in brain of Maine gunman who killed 18 people
As an Army Reserve grenade instructor, the damage was potentially from blasts during training.
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Retiring Pentagon official says UFO activity is either aliens or 'other people' and 'not good'
If the UFO activity isn't extraterrestrial, then it could mean foreign agents, Sean Kirkpatrick said.
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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientists whose research enabled mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
The researchers "fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system," the Nobel Prize panel said.
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NASA returns first asteroid samples to earth
"This marks the US's first sample return mission of its kind and will open a time capsule to the beginnings of our solar system," NASA said.
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India's moon rover put in 'sleep mode' after finishing mission assignments
With the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover, India became the first country to ever successfully land on the lunar south pole.
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India successfully lands spacecraft on lunar south pole in historic mission
India launched Chandrayaan-3 nearly six weeks ago.
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Top journal "Science" says more than 2,600 of its papers may have ‘exaggerated claims’
A non-profit watchdog reported that the AAAS has received millions of dollars per year from the federal government. The AAAS publication "Science" is reviewing 2,600 of its own articles for possible "exaggeration."
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OceanGate suspends all operations after Titan tragedy
OceanGateExpeditions.com still features voyages that people can take, including to the Titanic.
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Titan wreckage contains 'presumed human remains,' US Coast Guard says
The Marine Board of Investigation is expected to conduct further analysis of the Titan.