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The NASA moon rocket rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Sept. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Cuts to NASA science budget sees bipartisan opposition

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

This Sept. 20, 1966, photo provided by the San Diego Air and Space Museum shows an Atlas Centaur 7 rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is the Centaur upper stage of this 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Observations by a telescope in Hawaii clinched its identity, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. (Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection/San Diego Air and Space Museum via AP)

NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This Sept. 20, 1966 photo provided by the San Diego Air and Space Museum shows an Atlas Centaur 7 rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA's leading asteroid expert, Paul Chodas, speculates that asteroid 2020 SO, as it is formally known, is actually a Centaur upper rocket stage that propelled NASA’s Surveyor 2 lander to the moon in 1966 before it was discarded. (Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection/San Diego Air and Space Museum via AP)

NASA: Mystery object orbiting Earth is Surveyor 2 rocket

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

JPL pays $10 million to settle age discrimination claims

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Asteroid to miss hitting Earth, 2020 continues apace

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Report: Jet Propulsion Laboratory hacked for 10 months

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This photo made available by NASA on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 shows the InSight lander's domed wind and thermal shield which covers a seismometer on the 110th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. On Tuesday, the space agency announced the instrument picked up a gentle rumble, believed to be the first marsquake ever detected. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Mars lander picks up what’s likely 1st detected marsquake

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This photo provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows an image acquired by NASA's InSight Mars lander using its robotic arm-mounted, Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC). The image was acquired on March 1, 2019, Sol 92 where the local mean solar time for the image exposures was 16:53:31.055 PM. Scientists say NASA's newest Mars lander has started digging into the red planet, but has hit a few snags. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Mars lander starts digging on red planet, hits snags

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This Dec. 6, 2018 image made available by NASA shows the InSight lander. The scene was assembled from 11 photos taken using its robotic arm. The two white stalks between the center and the solar panels are weather sensors. Starting Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is posting the high and low temperatures online, along with wind speed and atmospheric pressure from the InSight lander. (NASA via AP)

And now for the weather on Mars, courtesy of new NASA lander

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This illustration made available by NASA shows the rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. The exploratory vehicle landed on Jan. 24, 2004, and logged more than 28 miles (45 kilometers) before falling silent during a global dust storm in June 2018. There was so much dust in the Martian atmosphere that sunlight could not reach Opportunity's solar panels for power generation. (NASA via AP)

NASA Opportunity, Mars rover, finally bites the dust after 15 years

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

FILE - This illustration made available by NASA on March 29, 2018 shows the twin Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft flying over Mars with Earth and the sun in the distance. As of Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, NASA hasn’t heard from the briefcase-size spacecraft for more than a month - and doubts it ever will. The twin satellites shadowed NASA’s InSight lander to Mars in 2018. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Tiny satellites fall silent after proving new tech at Mars

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This photo provided by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shows the new Mars lander placing a quake monitor on the planet’s dusty red surface. The unprecedented milestone occurred less than a month after Mars InSight’s touchdown. InSight’s robotic arm removed the seismometer from the spacecraft deck and set it directly on the ground Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, to monitor Mars quakes. (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory via AP)

Mars lander sets quake monitor on planet’s red surface

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This composite image made available by NASA on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 shows the InSight lander on the surface of Mars. The InSight lander used the camera on its long robotic arm to snap a series of pictures assembled into a selfie. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA’s Mars lander takes selfie from above with robotic arm

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

An engineer smiles next to an image of Mars sent from the InSight lander shortly after it landed on Mars in the mission support area of the space flight operation facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Mars touchdown: NASA spacecraft survives supersonic plunge

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - This undated photo shows NASA's Viking lander in a Mars simulation laboratory. The two cylinders on the top of the Lander are survey cameras, and below the right hand camera is one of 3 rocket motors used during the final soft landing on Mars. Viking 1 was launched on Aug. 20, 1975 and arrived at Mars on June 19, 1976. Viking 2 was launched Sept. 9, 1975 and entered Mars orbit on Aug. 7, 1976. The twin Vikings were the first successful landers on Mars from planet Earth. (AP Photo)

Named for Roman god of war, Mars isn’t very kind to visitors

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - This illustration made available by NASA in 2018 shows the InSight lander drilling into the surface of Mars. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is scheduled to arrive at the planet on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. (NASA via AP)

Mars revisited: NASA spacecraft days away from risky landing

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This Jan. 4, 2018 photo made available by NASA shows a view from the front Hazard Avoidance Camera of the Opportunity rover on the inboard slope of the western rim of Endeavour Crater on the planet Mars. A global dust storm prevented sunlight from reaching Opportunity’s solar panels, and the rover fell silent in June 2018. Although the skies have cleared considerably, Opportunity has yet to send word to flight controllers as of Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover seen, but still not heard

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This image of Ceres' limb was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 280 miles. Dawn has been orbiting Ceres since 2015, after first exploring the asteroid Vesta. They’re located in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. (NASA via AP)

NASA spacecraft sending back close-ups of dwarf planet Ceres

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This composite image made from a series of June 15, 2018 photos shows a self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in the Gale Crater. The rover's arm which held the camera was positioned out of each of the dozens of shots which make up the mosaic. A dust storm has reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover's location. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Mars rover still silent as red planet dust storm goes global

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this photo made from NASA video, the Orbital/ATK Cygnus CRS-9 sits on top of an Antares rocket as it launches from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Monday morning, May 21, 2018, in Virginia. (NASA via AP)

NASA shipper Orbital ATK launches space station supplies

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press