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The first close-up images of Mars still elicit wonder, 60 years after they were captured
Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...
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The first Mars close-up
Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft took the first up-close images of Mars, changing humanity's understanding ...
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NASA Faces Historic Exodus as Budget Cuts Threaten to Erode Decades of Engineering Expertise
They’re attacking the future of NASA science activities with this proposed 47 percent budget cut.” That candid evaluation by ...
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NASA’s Workforce Exodus Reshapes Mission Readiness and Engineering Capacity Amid Historic Budget Cuts
You’re losing the managerial and core technical expertise of the agency,” warned Casey Dreier, chief of space policy at The Planetary Society, in a statement to Politico. This stark assessment comes ...