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How Astronauts Vote From Space: Anil Menon’s Encrypted ISS Ballot
NASA astronaut Anil Menon cast a legally binding vote from the International Space Station, thanks to a 1997 Texas law and an encrypted ballot system routed through relay satellites to a Harris County clerk's office.
NASA’s TSIS-2 Passes Vacuum and Vibration Tests — Climate Models Depend on It
NASA's TSIS-2 mission has completed vacuum and vibration testing — a demanding pre-launch gauntlet — moving the solar irradiance satellite closer to delivering the precise sunlight measurements that underpin global climate models and Earth's energy imbalance research.
Oldest Mars Meteorite Reveals Ancient Crust — and 13 Places to Find More
A rose-colored rock pulled from the Sahara in 2022 turned out to be one of the oldest Mars meteorites ever found. A NASA-funded study of Teghaza 001 has now decoded its 4.1-billion-year-old chemistry — and pinpointed 13 locations on Mars where similar ancient crust may still exist.
Mars 1: The First Craft Aimed at the Red Planet Went Silent Forever
On November 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched Mars 1 — the first spacecraft in history deliberately aimed at Mars. It transmitted data for months before going permanently silent 106 million kilometers from Earth, passing Mars in June 1963 without returning a single image.
NASA’s MAX POWER Event Exposes the Deep Space Energy Crisis Blocking Artemis
NASA's first-ever MAX POWER event, set for November 6–8, 2026, near Kennedy Space Center, brings the agency's deep space power challenge — solar electric propulsion, nuclear fission systems, and Artemis mission energy demands — into the public spotlight for the first time.
NASA Ames Simulates the 2028 Artemis Moon Landing — Before It Goes Wrong
Inside NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, astronauts are rehearsing the first crewed Moon landing in over 50 years using one of the world's largest flight simulators — solving real problems before Artemis launches in 2028.Load More
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