A mysterious hole on Mars could be a jackpot of scientific discoveries, from extraterrestrial life to where astronauts could live

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This 2022 image taken by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has reignited the conversation around these mysterious holes on Mars.

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Boeing's long-delayed Starliner finally takes off with astronauts on board

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Boeing's Starliner launched two NASA astronauts toward space.

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Elon Musk calls out Boeing's historic first crewed spaceflight, saying SpaceX beat them to the punch years ago

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Elon Musk is CEO of Boeing competitor SpaceX.

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While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives

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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is guided into position above an Atlas V rocket for an uncrewed test flight.

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NASA is hiring astronauts for $152K a year. Here's how to stand out from the thousands of other applicants, according to the selection manager

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The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission (left to right): NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman (seated), Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

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NASA will pay 4 health-conscious 'astronaut-like' people to live inside a Mars simulation for 378 days. See if you qualify.

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The current CHAPEA crew enters the habitat in Houston.

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NASA opens rare job opportunity to live in a Mars simulation for a year

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The inaugural CHAPEA crew celebrates Thanksgiving inside the habitat. From left to right: Nathan Jones, Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell.

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The man who was almost NASA's first Black astronaut in the 1960s explains why he never made it to space

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Ed Dwight in the cockpit of an F-104 circa the 1960s.

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I tried the perfect space meal for astronauts, and it was surprisingly flavorful and easy to make

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A salad containing sweet potatoes, kale, and barley on a rainbow-striped plate.

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A NASA cat named Taters makes history by starring in the first ultra-HD video streamed from deep space

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A screenshot from the video NASA laser-beamed to Earth from deep space.

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