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All eyes on Venus: 2 spacecraft gear up for close …

In this file photo made available by NASA shows the planet Venus made with data from the Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter. (NASA/JPL-Caltech FILE via AP)

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2 new NASA robotic missions to investigate how Venus became …

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Venus made with data from the Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA’s new Mars rover Perseverance hits dusty red road, …

This photo made available by NASA was taken during the first drive of the Perseverance rover on Mars on March 4, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

3 astronauts from SoCal are training for NASA’s moon-landing …

Victor Glover, Joseph Acaba and Jonny Kim appear in portraits released by NASA.

Pomona-born astronaut makes history as 1st African American …

Victor Glover arrives at the International Space Station on Nov. 17, 2020. (NASA)

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches International …

In this frame grab from NASA TV, astronauts Mike Hopkins, left, and Victor Glover monitor controls aboard SpaceX Dragon as the capsule approaches the International Space Station on Nov. 16, 2020. (NASA TV via Associated Press)

NASA spacecraft to collect sample from asteroid 200 million …

An asteroid is seen in this undated image made available by NASA (NASA/ Goddard/University of Arizona/CSA/York/MDA via AP)

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SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown …

In this frame grab from NASA TV, the SpaceX capsule splashes down Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 in the Gulf of Mexico.(NASA TV via AP)

Perseverance, NASA’s brawniest and brainiest Mars …

This illustration made available by NASA depicts the Perseverance Mars rover on the red planet's surface.

SpaceX rocket lifts off in historic launch, sending …

A SpaceX rocket takes off in a historic launch on May 30, 2020, sending two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. (CNN)

Bad weather leads to delay of 1st planned launch …

Moments before launching NASA scrubbed today's launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the manned Crew Dragon spacecraft on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 27, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA will try again on Saturday for the inaugural flight that will be the first manned mission since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from the United States. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch breaks new ground for …

Two men wearing spacesuits pose in front of a sign for NASA on Jan. 3, 2020. (SpaceX/Flickr)

Ocean warming is melting away more than 300 gigatons …

Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made detailed measurements of how the elevation of the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctic have changed over 16 years. (K. Ramsayer/NASA via CNN)

NASA engineers in Pasadena area develop ventilator …

Pictured are engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, who created a ventilator prototype designed to help coronavirus patients. (Dan Goods/NASA/JPL-Caltech)