People who design spacecraft must prioritize two factors: reducing weight and managing extreme temperatures.
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Boeing delayed an uncrewed flight of its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday over a propulsion issue, pushing back by at least a day a key test it last attempted in 2019.
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Aug 3, 2021
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Boeing will be aiming to get its spaceflight program back on track Tuesday with an uncrewed flight of its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), after its last such test in 2019 ended in failure.
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Aug 3, 2021
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The Hubble Space Telescope should be back in action soon, following a tricky, remote repair job by NASA.
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Jul 16, 2021
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After their initial blast, space rockets shoot away from the Earth with rumbles in infrasound, soundwaves too low to be heard by human ears that can travel thousands of miles.
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Jun 10, 2021
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NASA is returning to sizzling Venus, our closest yet perhaps most overlooked neighbor, after decades of exploring other worlds.
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Jun 3, 2021
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As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?
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May 25, 2021
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The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) has recently commissioned three private companies, Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin and General Atomics, to develop nuclear fission thermal rockets for use in lunar orbit.
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May 10, 2021
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NASA's new administrator is big on tackling climate and diversifying the agency's workforce, but hedging on whether the U.S. can put astronauts on the moon by 2024.
Space Exploration
May 7, 2021
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Former Florida senator Bill Nelson was sworn in Monday as head of NASA, hailing a "new day" for space exploration as the United States seeks to return to the Moon.
Space Exploration
May 3, 2021
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