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William Anders, Earthrise and NASA

Famed NASA astronaut dies in plane crash at 90

Investigations are underway after famed NASA astronaut Bill Anders died in a plane crash Friday. Anders, who was the only person on board, made history as a member of the Apollo 8 crew who were first to orbit the moon.

LAist on MSN · 3h

NASA Astronaut Bill Anders, Who Took Famous Photo Of Earth During Apollo, Dies At 90

Apollo astronaut Bill Anders, who captured one of the most famous images ever recorded in space, has died at age 90.

BBC on MSN · 21h

Nasa 'Earthrise' astronaut dies at 90 in plane crash

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped one of the most famous photographs taken in outer space, has died in a plane crash at the age of 90. Officials say a small aircraft he was flying crashed into the sea off Washington state. Anders' son Greg confirmed that his father's body was recovered on Friday afternoon.

NASA, Mars Sample Return

Space.com on MSN · 1d

NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission

NASA has selected ten studies aimed at finding more affordable and quicker means of retrieving samples collected from the Martian surface and returning them to Earth.

Ars Technica · 1d

NASA is commissioning 10 studies on Mars Sample Return—most are commercial

Mars Sample Return is the highest priority for NASA's planetary science division. The Perseverance rover currently on Mars is gathering several dozen specimens of rock powder, soil, and Martian air in cigar-shaped titanium tubes for eventual return to Earth.

TechCrunch · 1d

NASA puts $10M down on Mars sample return proposals from Blue Origin, SpaceX and others

It turns out the space industry has a lot of ideas on how to improve NASA’s $11 billion, 15-year plan to collect and return samples from Mars. Seven of

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NASA reveals why it's so hard to spot alien life — even with Webb

NASA suspects our galaxy may teem with trillions of planets. Yet even with the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, it's ...

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NASA considering an interstellar probe to study the heliosphere, the region of space influenced by the sun

The sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that's not all it does, and it affects a much larger ...

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NASA continues checkout of new Starliner space capsule

The astronauts aboard the International Space Station continue putting the new Starliner capsule through its paces. NASA says ...

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LPGA’s Nasa Hataoka disqualified a day after video review determines ‘serious breach’

Hataoka was ruled to have taken longer than 3 minutes to find a ball on her final hole of Friday's opening round at the ...

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Nasa Hataoka disqualified after first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic

Nasa Hataoka was disqualified from the ShopRite LPGA Classic after tournament officials reviewed videotape of her final hole ...

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Nasa Apollo missions: Stories of the last Moon men

They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the ...

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The storied Hubble telescope has gone into ‘safe mode.’ Here’s NASA’s plan to keep it alive

NASA is changing the way the Hubble Space Telescope operates to bypass an issue that keeps putting the space observatory into ...

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NASA, global astronomers await rare nova explosion

Around the world this summer, professional and amateur astronomers alike will be fixed on one small constellation deep in the ...

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