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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
July 9, 2021
Jacob Silverman
The Billionaire Space Race Is a Tragically Wasteful Ego Contest
Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk are spending billions to go to space, using money and resources that belong to the people.
February 19, 2016
Sasha Belenky
A record-breaking 18,300 people have applied to become NASA astronauts.
February 5, 2016
Michelle Legro
Apparently the Earth ate its twin in the womb.
January 20, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The planet is warming up but don’t worry—we can now grow zinnias and other flowering plants in space.
January 15, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Astronauts keep almost drowning in space.
December 28, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Astronaut Scott Kelly’s tiny space vegetable garden is looking pretty sad.
December 23, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Astronaut phones home from space, gets his parents’ answering machine.
December 17, 2015
Sasha Belenky
NASA is set to get a lot more money so it can search for alien life.
December 14, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Do you have the right stuff? The U.S. is looking for a few good astronauts.
November 16, 2012
Timothy Noah
Eight Ways Obama Can Jam Through His Agenda Without Congress
September 13, 2012
The New Republic Staff
Ping-pong, Big Brother, and Intergalactic Germs: Today’s TNR Reader
August 9, 2012
Benjamin Soloway
Poet Laureates of Mars: Meet the NASA Team Behind Curiosity’s Twitter
August 9, 2012
The New Republic Staff
Life on Earth, Life on Mars, and General Butt Naked: Today's TNR Reader
July 19, 2012
Jonathan Cohn
Absolutely, Positively Not a Sign of Global Warming
July 13, 2012
Bill McKibben
Smoggy Bottom
June 15, 2012
The New Republic Staff
The Drive-In's Perennial Appeal and the Next Race for Space: Today's TNR Reader
March 9, 2012
Peter Baldwin
Tracing Europe’s Long Road to Economic Catastrophe
January 30, 2012
Nathan Pippenger
What Else Can We Use Drones For?
October 12, 2011
The Editors
Washington’s Most Powerful, Least Famous People
July 20, 2011
Kara Brandeisky
With Space Shuttle Program Ending, Time to Send Man Back to the Moon

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