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NASA reviews computer security after newly reported data breach

NASA says it is reviewing its network security processes and procedures after a computer break-in exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information about the space agency’s current and ...
CNET

From NASA to SpaceX, just look to space for good news from 2018

The Falcon Heavy rocket launch headlined a year filled with marvelous milestones when it comes to navigating and understanding space. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his ...
SpaceNews

NASA Bestows 2018 Honor Awards

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NASA considers June 2018 Altair Lunar Lander in-orbit trial

NASA's Altair Lunar Lander could have its first test flight with in-orbit propulsion firings in June 2018 after being launched by the US space agency's Ares V cargo launch vehicle. The Altair's launch ...
GeekWire

NASA and Russian officials knock down a conspiracy theory on space station leak

Space station crew members work to patch up a small hole in the inner hull of a Soyuz spacecraft on Aug. 30. (NASA / Roscosmos via @NASASpaceflight / Twitter) NASA and Russia’s space agency issued a ...
Staten Island Advance

NASA 2018: A year of stunning images, Mars exploration and more

NASA was in the news quite a bit in 2018, as the year started off with an asteroid heading toward Earth. But that was just the beginning -- from landing a spacecraft on Mars to traveling to the sun, ...
New York Post

NASA confirms 2018 was officially Earth’s fourth hottest year

2018 has officially been named the fourth hottest year on Earth, according to a new report by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Global temperatures rose 1.5 degrees ...
Business Insider

NASA says Voyager 2 is the second human object ever to touch interstellar space — the void between stars

NASA's twin Voyager probes launched into space more than 41 years ago. Voyager 1 left a crucial part of the solar system called the heliosphere — the main region of the sun's influence — in August ...
CBS News

NASA's InSight lander safely touches down on Mars

Slamming into the thin Martian atmosphere at more than 13,000 mph, NASA's InSight lander pulled off a blazing six-and-a-half minute 77-mile plunge to the surface of Mars Monday, using a huge parachute ...
The Hill

How will the 2018 midterms affect NASA space policy?

The 2018 midterm elections featured the switch of the House from Republican control to Democratic control, the increase of Republican control in the Senate, and the fall of at least three space ...
SpaceNews

Hubble Space Telescope Could Continue Mission Until 2018 or Beyond, NASA Says

NASA’s 23-year-old Hubble Space Telescope is still going strong, and agency officials said Jan. 8 they plan to operate it until its instruments finally give out, potentially for another six years or ...