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NASA's plan to bring Mars samples to Earth undergoes revision due to budget cuts

NASA’s plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there’s a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday. Retrieving Mars soil and rocks has been on NASA’s to-do list for decades, but the date kept moving forward, as costs ballooned. A recent independent review put the total cost at $8 billion to $11 billion, …

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NASA findings from the last year including extraordinary asteroid samples, galactic discoveries

NASA is regularly announcing new discoveries and findings. Its research is consistent, and is conducted in space aboard the International Space Station and right here on Earth. Some of NASA’s biggest achievements to date include the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope that has made more than a million observations; the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on Mars; and the Apollo …

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Maine airport offers its visitors a rare chance to 'visit' the moon

Maine’s largest airport has a new “destination” to offer its travelers: the moon. The Portland International Jetport is now home to the second-largest piece of the moon on Earth. The piece is part of a new exhibit titled “Fly Me to the Moon,” which opened to the public on March 26. FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL 8, SOME US SCHOOLS …

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