Applause and shouts of joy exploded from mission control members Nov. 26 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. They were celebrating the payoff from years of work – the touchdown of InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport mission) on Martian soil after a seven-month…
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Who to follow on Instagram, Twitter
Twitter’s “Find People” feature can only go so far. Instagram’s three suggestions are often three of the same thing. If you need a little more variety in your endless feed of selfies and hashtags, here are some options, after following The Hilltop Monitor, of course, that are worth checking out: Kansas City…
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Headlines: To Infinity and Beyond
As cuts to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) continue to pile up, foreign powers such as Russia, India and Japan are making their mark in space, and missions to the outermost planets are dwindling. The Planetary Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing both awareness of the space…
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