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Nagin Cox speaks at TEDxBeaconStreet 2016. Photo: John Werner http://www.johnwernerphotography.com/Commnuity/TEDxBeaconStreetPix/TEDxBeaconStreet-2016

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Nagin Cox: What Does Time On Mars Teach Us About Time On Earth?

9:35am February 05, 2021

by NPR/TED Staff

NASA engineer Nagin Cox lives on Earth but works on Mars time, where days are longer and time works differently. Her work with the rovers has entirely changed the way she thinks about time on Earth.

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The first private excursion to the International Space Station includes a crew of former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría (from left) along with Canadian Mark Pathy, American Larry Connor and Israeli Eytan Stibbe.

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First Private Crew Will Visit Space Station. The Price Tag: $55 Million Each

1:32pm January 27, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The astronauts will spend around eight days in orbit in what would be a new step for joint private-public space missions.

Economy

The Economy Aboard The International Space Station

3:45pm January 22, 2021

For astronauts living at the International Space Station, money is practically useless. There's nowhere to spend it. Instead astronauts developed a functioning barter economy.

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In this image provided by NASA, the core stage for the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System rocket is seen at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four engines fired for a little more than one minute.

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NASA's 8-Minute Rocket Test Shuts Down After 67 Seconds

4:52pm January 17, 2021

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The test was for NASA's Space Launch System, a successor to the retired Space Shuttle program. It takes eight minutes to generate the power needed to get to space, and ultimately to the moon.

President Trump presedisplays the U.S. Space Force flag in the Oval Office last May. The new command plans to move its headquarters from a temporary location in Colorado to Alabama in 2023.

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U.S. Space Command Headquarters May Land In Alabama

9:48pm January 13, 2021

by Dustin Jones

The command, a new department of the Air Force, has selected an Army installation in Huntsville as the most-desired location for its future headquarters.

Missing: Supermassive Black Hole

4:08pm January 08, 2021

All large galaxies are suspected to have supermassive black holes at their centers. But recently scientists found one distant galaxy, which is seemingly missing its black hole.

C.V. Vishveshwara in 2007 in Oak Park, Illinois.

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C.V. Vishveshwara's Revolutionary Black Hole Research Turns 50

11:44pm December 29, 2020

by Joe Palca

Before scientists were even sure black holes existed, an Indian astrophysicist did the math behind Einstein's predictions of what would happen if two black holes collided.

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Out Of This World: 2020's Amazing Achievements In Space

6:27am December 28, 2020

This has been a tough year for pretty much everyone on Earth. But things have been going much better in space. One of the big milestone was for NASA and the commercial company SpaceX.

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Santa Swings By The International Space Station On Christmas Eve

6:25am December 25, 2020

For the past 65 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has made sure that Santa Claus' Christmas Eve goes smoothly. This year, it received support from U.S. Space Command.

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NASA Announces New Moon Mission

4:23pm December 22, 2020

by Brendan Byrne

NASA announced 18 astronauts who will start training for the next moon mission. The mission will include the first woman to land on the moon in NASA's push for gender equality.