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NASA’s next Mars mission is go for launch, with a new rover — and a helicopter

Indian schoolgirls discover asteroid moving towards Earth

Telescope snaps family portrait of 2 planets around baby sun

Virginia Tech researcher says his coronavirus-killing coating can be painted on to common objects

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July 8

PHOTOS: Passing comet is visible at Shenandoah

Feast your eyes: Night sky in July offers parade of planets, shaded moon

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Eating your catch? Stick with trout, avoid rockfish if you’re fishing Chesapeake Bay watershed

Watch live: Second spacewalk in a row to upgrade station

Mars rover launch delayed to July 30

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June 26

WATCH LIVE: NASA spacewalk

NASA names headquarters after ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson

Massive Sahara desert dust plume drifting toward US

NASA’s Perseverance rover will launch to Mars with a tribute to health care workers

Md. scientists want to study whether polio vaccine temporarily halts COVID-19 spread

Good news for shellfish: Aquatic grasses fight acid in Chesapeake Bay, study finds

Column: NASA and SpaceX make history

SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon arrives at space station

NASA and SpaceX successfully launch crew into space, bound for ISS

WATCH: Historic SpaceX launch postponed

NASA is looking for participants to isolate in a Russian lab for 8 months

Millions of cicadas are expected to emerge after 17 years underground

Don’t bug out: 2021 will see emergence of ‘trillions of cicadas’

Record rainfall degrades Chesapeake Bay’s waters, but not as much as scientists thought

DC sues Monsanto over toxic chemicals