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NASA Pushes Back America’s Return to the Moon to 2027, With the Next Artemis Program Flight Slated for 2026
The space agency's decision comes after an investigation into the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, which suffered damage during the Artemis 1 test mission in 2022 ...
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NASA needs your help designing a gurney for the moon
If all that seems like a lot, NASA notes that the design won’t need to include medical treatment capacities, suit modifications, or other “complex integrations” with other existing astronaut ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft prepares for second Earth gravity assist
On Dec. 12, at 11:15 p.m. EST, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, currently in a two-year orbit around the sun, will skim Earth's ...
After critics decry Orion heat shield decision, NASA reviewer says agency is correct
Within hours of NASA announcing its decision to fly the Artemis II mission aboard an Orion spacecraft with an unmodified heat ...
NASA successfully integrates Roman mission's telescope, instruments
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission's telescope and two instruments onto ...
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NASA Mars Photo: What Does the Planet Look Like in High Resolution?
Mars has long been a source of fascination, stirring imaginations and inspiring dreams of exploration. Decades of research ...
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Earth’s ‘second moon’ is about to vanish from skies and won’t be back until 2055 – exact time space rock will break free
The space visitor is about 33 feet wide, which might sound scary – but Nasa notes that it "does not pose a hazard to Earth". And it's far smaller than the actual Moon, which is around 11.4 ...
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Private Space Companies Thriving as NASA Picks SpaceX and Blue Origin for Moon Cargo Missions
This will be part of the “Artemis VII” mission, NASA notes. Blue Origin’s lunar cargo lander will be used to deliver a lunar habitat module no earlier than fiscal year 2033. Though no ...