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InfoSec data scientist by day, @NASAJPL Ambassador, contributor to @WRAL & @WeatherBrains on space topics by night. Supporter of Oxford commas & ISO8601 dates.

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SpaceX rocket stage set to crash into the Moon

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By Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador
| WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) Verified
Scientists look to the collision to help provide new insight into how impacts shape the lunar surface and refine models for future moon exploration. Posted 8/3/2026, 8:46:16 PM Related NASA moon By Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador The upper stage of a SpaceX rocket is expected to crash into the moon early Wednesday morning, creating a fresh crater and giving scientists a rare opportunity to observe the impact and its effects.
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Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Madrid Deep Space Network Complex

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By Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador
| WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) Verified
Communication with spacecraft across the solar system continued uninterrupted as sites in California and Australia took over remote operation while personnel in Spain evacuated ahead of wildfires Posted 7/27/2026, 2:55:35 AM Related wildfires Spain WRAL specialists NASA By Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador A fast-moving wildfire in central Spain forced NASA to evacuate the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) last week, temporarily displacing personnel from one of the three ground...
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NASA is preparing astronauts for Mars’ dusty hazards

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By Tony Rice, NASA Anbassador
| WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) Verified
As NASA prepares for future human missions to Mars, the agency is establishing the first health standards for exposure to the planet’s pervasive dust, building on lessons learned from Apollo and decades of robotic exploration.
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