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Some Texas high school students help NASA with projects

By MATT DeGROOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, file photo, U.S. astronaut Shane Kimbrough, a member of the main crew to the International Space Station (ISS), talks to his relatives prior to the launch of the Soyuz MS-02 space ship, in Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. NASA said Monday, Nov. 7, that astronaut Kimbrough filed his ballot from the International Space Station sometime over the past few days. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, Pool, File)

‘I voted from space’: Lone American off planet casts ballot

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this artist impression provided by the European Space Agency, ESA, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter , TGO, right, and its entry, descent and landing demonstrator module, Schiaparelli, center, approaching Mars. The separation is scheduled to occur on Sunday Oct. 16, 2016, about seven months after launch. Schiaparelli is set to enter the martian atmosphere on Oct. 19, 2016 while TGO will enter orbit around Mars. The probe will take images of Mars and conduct scientific measurements on the surface, but its main purpose is to test technology for a future European Mars rover. Schiaparelli's mother ship will remain in orbit to analyze gases in the Martian atmosphere to help answer whether there is or was life on Mars. (ESA ATG/medialab via AP)

New images show crater created on Mars by European lander

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A machinist uses an NC machine to cut the fabricated nose cone into the proper shape at Futuramic in Detroit, Michigan on Oct. 14, 2016. The nose cone is for the NASA space program. Futuramic, a former auto supplier, is now building parts for a NASA spaceship to Mars. (ClarenceTabb Jr./Detroit News via AP)

Dozens of Michigan suppliers build parts for Mars spaceship

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In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronaut Kate Rubins, right, speaks during an interview aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. At left is Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams. Rubins will attempt to complete the first full-blown DNA decoding, or “sequencing,” in orbit. The device will be delivered to the International Space Station in the next SpaceX delivery. (NASA via AP)

Astronaut describes career detour to US health director

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Orbital ATK's sixth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station is delivering over 5,100 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket launch reignites space station deliveries in Virginia

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

President Obama sought this month to reinvigorate his call for the U.S. to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. (Associated Press)

NASA’s Mars mission on standby for next president

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Bad cable delays comeback rocket launch from Virginia

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 photo, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft is raised into the vertical position on launch Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 scheduled cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station would be the company’s first Antares launch since an explosion seconds after liftoff in 2014, which destroyed the rocket and space station supply ship, and damaged the launch complex. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

Space station getting 1st delivery from Virginia in 2 years

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this photo released by NASA, the Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is raised into the vertical position on launch Pad-0A, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Two years after a launch explosion, the space company Orbital ATK is returning to Virginia to send a load of supplies to the International Space Station. A planned nighttime launch this weekend from Wallops Island on Virginia's Eastern Shore will be visible along parts of the coast if the skies are clear. Liftoff is scheduled on Sunday .(Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

Space station launches back in Virginia, 2 years after blast

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

In this image provided by NASA shows NASA'S Journey to Mars. President Barack Obama sought Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, to reinvigorate his six-year-old call for the U.S. to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, a mission NASA has been slowly and quietly trudging away at. (NASA via AP)

Obama pushes US goal to send humans to Mars by 2030s

By JOSH LEDERMAN and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

NASA bracing for first hurricane since shuttles retired

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

NASA astronaut Bob Behnken explains an ascent simulation on one of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner training simulators at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

Starliner training systems unveiled as Johnson Space Center

By MATT DEGROOD - Associated Press

James Halsell, former astronaut, in his NASA portrait. In the public domain, via Wikipedia. Accessed Sept. 1, 2016.

James Halsell, former space shuttle commander, indicted in traffic deaths of two girls in Alabama

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A Twitter post showing the apparent SpaceX explosion.

NASA: Explosion rocks SpaceX launch site in Florida during test of rocket

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Screen capture from June 21 video — "World's LARGEST NERF GUN!!" — hosted at Mark Rober's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57MKxz4pJKE).

Mark Rober, former NASA engineer, says he’s built the world’s largest NERF gun

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

This May 12, 2016, file image provided by NASA shows the planet Mars. (NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team - STScI/AURA, J. Bell - ASU, M. Wolff - Space Science Institute via AP)

Mars also undergoing climate change as ice age retreats, study shows

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This still image taken from NASA TV shows a commercial cargo ship named Cygnus about to connect to the International Space Station on Saturday, March 26, 2016. It's the first of three shipments coming up in quick succession. A Russian cargo ship will lift off in a few days, followed by a SpaceX supply run on April 8. NASA has turned to private industry to keep the space station stocked. (NASA via AP)

Easter delivery: Cargo ship arrives at International Space Station

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying an Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft lights up the night sky during liftoff from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Fresh supplies shipped out late Tuesday for the International Space Station, where the shelves finally are getting full after a string of failed deliveries. (Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via AP)

Space station cargo launches by light of nearly full moon

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center via NASA, shows astronaut Scott Kelly. (AP Photo/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center via NASA)

Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut, back from record year flight, gives thumbs up

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press