Record-breaking #NASA astronaut set for return in a #Russian capsule: 10 updates

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#NASA named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men.

The three Americans and one Canadian were introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation's astronauts as well as Mission Control.

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Two years after awarding #ElonMusk's #SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, #NASA on Friday announced it had chosen #BlueOrigin, a rival space company founded by billionaire #JeffBezos, to build a second lunar lander.

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A scientist in Germany has claimed that the US space agency #NASA had discovered life on the Mars planet 50 years ago but accidentally destroyed it.

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#NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have stumbled upon tentative evidence suggesting signs of life on a distant exoplanet, K2-18b.

The telescope may have detected the presence of a molecule known as dimethyl sulphide (DMS), a substance only produced by life.

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#NASA never fails to astound us with breathtaking images from space, offering glimpses into phenomena light years away from Earth.

From purple Jupiter, nebulas to galaxies, here are NASA's eight top recent snapshots of the cosmos: https://www.livemint.com/science/news/nasa-images-from-purple-jupiter-to-galaxies-these-8-photos-will-blow-your-mind-11721545531449.html

India opened its space sector to private participation in 2020, enabling industry and start-up involvement across satellites, launch systems and space applications

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