NASA Astronaut Recruitment Faces Trump’s Moves Against D.E.I.
The government space agency has vocally promoted diversity and inclusion for decades, even during the first Trump ...
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Scientists explain why BepiColombo’s mission to Mercury is so tricky
Only two missions have reached Mercury before BepiColombo: NASA’s Mariner 10 flybys in the 1970s and MESSENGER, which orbited the small world from 2011 to 2015. Mariner 10 showed us that Mercury ...
On this date: Monkey 'Miss Sam' launches onboard Little Joe 1B mission
Miss Sam, a rhesus monkey, successfully flew onboard a Mercury test capsule to prove the effectiveness of the launch escape system.
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NASA's First Chimp in Space
As part of Project Mercury, NASA prepared to send a chimpanzee, Ham, into space to test the effects of space on a living creature. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partners ...
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What NASA Stands For And What The Organization Actually Does
Taking the good with the bad regarding space exploration, NASA has achieved many accomplishments since it was established. Project Mercury was its first program to send astronauts into space to ...
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NASA pauses work by key space science groups amid Trump executive orders
The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders.
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NASA Attends FAN EXPO New Orleans
NASA Stennis representative Dawn Davis, left, interacts with people at the NASA booth during the 2025 FAN EXPO event hosted ...