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Widespread Support Arrives for Biden’s Nomination for NASA Director

March 22, 2021

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. April 15th, 2010. PICTURED: then-U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) gives introductory remarks during an Obama-era space…

SpaceX Receives Contract to Send First Two Lunar Gateway Components into Orbit
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SpaceX Receives Contract to Send First Two Lunar Gateway Components into Orbit

February 12, 2021June 6, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will carry the first two of four components of the Lunar Gateway into space,…

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Perseverance Mars Rover Will Touch Down on the Red Planet in a Week’s Time

February 11, 2021

At 3:55pm EST on February 18th, NASA will commence its 9th Mars landing operation in an attempt to drop…

Astronaut Grows Radishes on the International Space Station for the First Time
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Astronaut Grows Radishes on the International Space Station for the First Time

December 7, 2020

PICTURED: The Plant Habitat-02 radish growing station aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kate Rubins. ISS, November 30th,…

TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies
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TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies

November 20, 2020January 26, 2024

Plans continue going well for the Trans Astronautica Corporation, who have patent-pending technology for asteroid mining on a massive…

NASA Gets Back to Sending Astronauts to the ISS with the First-Ever Commercial Space Flight
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NASA Gets Back to Sending Astronauts to the ISS with the First-Ever Commercial Space Flight

November 19, 2020

PICTURED: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission…

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We Should All Probably Eat More Parsley

Andy Corbley August 7, 2026

Americans have a funny way of relegating certain ingredients to specific functions that don’t always serve the overall purpose…

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Central Bank Gold Purchases Continued Through the Yellow Metal’s Worst Month in 18 Years

Andy Corbley July 11, 2026

It’s been the worst performing month for gold since 2008, yet the world’s central banks continue to add tonnes…

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Iran Defeats the Americans: Text of MoU Confirms Tehran’s Total Victory

Andy Corbley June 18, 2026

There could have been fewer clearer signs that the Trump Administration had accepted major concessions in advance of Thursday’s…

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