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What It Takes to Make NASA’s Top Gun

Flying jets and unmanned systems in the name of science still takes a lot of training.

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Federal 100: Kevin Murphy

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Federal 100: Tomas J. Soderstrom

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NASA Just Made a Tiny New Robot Companion for the Mars Rover

It’s built to manage all kinds of situations.

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NASA Didn’t Catch an Error in the International Space Station’s Data Until a Kid Pointed it Out

"I just emailed NASA and they’re looking at the graphs that I’ve made.”

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Inside the NASA Lab That Builds Model Airplanes

When it comes to aircraft, start small.

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The Jumbo Jet NASA Turned Into a Telescope

It even works during turbulence.

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Trump's 'Hard-Power' Budget Cuts Agencies, Shifts Research and Innovation to Private Sector

It also funnels more dollars into protecting national borders and cyberspace.

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The Key to Life on Mars Could Be an Institution Dedicated to Global Potato Research

Before it can send astronauts to Mars, NASA needs to figure out how to feed them there.

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How to Plan a Mission to the International Space Station

And you thought your team was organized.

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These Are the 158 Key Federal Science Data Sets Rogue Programmers Have Duplicated So Far

This includes climate data from NASA and NOAA.

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Video: NASA's Science Spy Plane Catches What Satellites Can't

Not quite into space, but very close.

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Now You Can Use NASA's Volcano-Tracking Technology to Monitor Your Baby

Or your cat.

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Lawmakers Bump NASA Bill and Increase Several Agencies' Cyber Responsibilities

The House scheduled a vote on NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017 for Monday under suspension of rules, but dropped it off the schedule.

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Video: Lost and Found in Space

Astronauts are forgetful, too.

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NASA Engineer Explains Why Trump’s Plan to Cut the Space Agency’s Climate Science Program Is Harder than It Sounds

Cutting the programs could be a logistical nightmare.

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Elon Musk’s Moon Mission Would Vault SpaceX Past NASA

The company plans to take two people—not astronauts, but private citizens—on a trip around the moon next year.

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Seven Earth-Sized Planets Have Been Spotted Around a Nearby Star

And all of them are in the temperate zone.

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Video: Analyzing Genetic Data From the Space Station

Analyzing astronaut DNA could be the key to fixing health problems that occur in the micro-gravity environment.

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SpaceX’s Self-Landing Rocket is a Flying Robot Great at Math

Landing spacecraft is fundamental to exploring our solar system.