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This photo provided by NASA shows astronauts Andrew Morgan with Christina Koch and Jessica Meir at the International Space Station on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. The world's first female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, floating out of the International Space Station to fix a broken part of the power network. As Koch and Meir emerged one by one, it marked the first time in a half-century of spacewalking that a woman floated out without a male crewmate. (NASA via AP)

Trump has live chat with all-female spacewalk team

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this image released Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, by NASA, astronauts Christina Koch, right, and, Jessica Meir pose for a photo on the International Space Station. NASA has moved up the first all-female spacewalk to Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, or Friday because of a power system failure at the International Space Station. (NASA via AP)

NASA moves up 1st all-female spacewalk to fix power unit

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Army defends decision to close space, tech library

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FILE - In this Friday, June 14, 2013 file photo, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who made the first spacewalk in 1965, attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, died in Moscow on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. He was 85 (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Alexei Leonov, 1st human to walk in space, dies in Moscow

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, talks with SpaceX chief engineer Elon Musk, right, in front of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, about the progress to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station, from American soil, as part of the agency's commercial crew program at SpaceX headquarters, in Hawthorne, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

NASA administrator explains Twitter spat with SpaceX

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In this Oct. 1, 2019 photo made available by NASA, a Northrop Grumman L-1011 Stargazer aircraft takes off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif. The company's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), is attached beneath the aircraft. The explorer is targeted to launch on Oct. 9, 2019, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. ICON will study the frontier of space - the dynamic zone high in Earth's atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather above. (Randy Beaudoin/NASA via AP)

NASA launches satellite to explore where air meets space

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this photo made available by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on Sept. 29, 2019, Christina H. Koch, left, and Meir greet each other after Meir's arrival on the International Space Station. On Friday, Sept. 4, 2019, NASA announced that the International Space Station’s two women will pair up for a spacewalk on Oct. 21 to plug in new batteries. (NASA via AP)

NASA sets 1st all-female spacewalk after suit flap in spring

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine attends a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) headquarters in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Bridenstine said space security is necessary so that the United States, Japan and other allies can safely explore the moon and Mars explorations. Bridenstine said NASA said that gadgets using the space technology have become indispensable part of the people’s lives and its safety must be preserved. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

NASA chief says security needed to explore space safely

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

NASA recognizes work of 3 Kentucky businesses

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Heather Oravec, research associate professor stationed at the NASA Glenn Research Center, holds a spare aluminum tire for the Mars Curiosity rover in the Simulated Lunar Operations Lab in Cleveland on Sept. ,9, 2019. Oravec's research in extraterrestrial soil mechanics and extraterrestrial surface mobility helps in developing new tires for off world vehicles and rovers. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP)

Professor works with NASA to design better tires for Mars

By ALAN ASHWORTH - Associated Press

This August 2019 photo released by NASA, shows the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Kenneth Bowersox, acting associate administrator for human exploration, is casting doubt on the space agency's ability to land astronauts on the moon by 2024. Bowersox told a Congressional subcommittee Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, that NASA is doing its best to meet the White House-imposed deadline. But he says he wouldn't bet anything on it. (Eric Bordelon/NASA via AP)

NASA manager casts doubt on 2024 moon landing by astronauts

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Ohio senators propose renaming NASA site for Neil Armstrong

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A fire burns trees and brush along the road to Jacunda National Forest, near the city of Porto Velho in the Vila Nova Samuel region which is part of Brazil's Amazon, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. The Group of Seven nations on Monday pledged tens of millions of dollars to help Amazon countries fight raging wildfires, even as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused rich countries of treating the region like a "colony." (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Amazon fires ‘normal agriculture’ despite international outrage

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

From left, Ron Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform during their concert at the Rose Bowl, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Rolling Stones get name on little Martian rock that rolled

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

Testing on NASA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management project continues on the Bayfront on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Corpus Christi, Texas.(Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)

NASA testing urban drone safety over Corpus Christi

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This illustration provided by NASA on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, shows a proposed design for an Artemis program ascent vehicle leaving the surface of the moon, separating from a descent vehicle. On Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, NASA picked its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to lead development of a lunar lander to carry astronauts back to the moon. (NASA via AP)

NASA picks Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ for lunar lander job

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, icebergs are photographed from the window of an airplane carrying NASA Scientists as they fly on a mission to track melting ice in eastern Greenland. Greenland has been melting faster in the last decade and this summer, it has seen two of the biggest melts on record since 2012. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE — This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. In our solar system family, Mars is Earths next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for millennia. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, Nov. 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

NASA wants to create lunar docking station for a future Mars mission

By Emily Ketterer - The Washington Times

UNH gets $108 million grant to study coastal hazards

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LEFT: NASA astronaut Jessica Meir is set to fly to the International Space Station for the first time in September. RIGHT: Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson was the first female commander of the ISS, and she spent almost two years in total in space. (NASA Photographs)

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir making first voyage to outer space in September

By Emily Ketterer THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times