NASA announced Thursday its new Mars Sample Receiving Project office, responsible for receiving and curating the first samples returned from the Red Planet, will be located at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. ...
Astrobiology
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Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA's Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90.
Space Exploration
Jan 3, 2023
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The moon is incredibly hot, and also incredibly cold.
Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2022
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NASA's new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt this week to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The inaugural flight is ...
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2022
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NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try.
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2022
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NASA's new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad.
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2022
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The Artemis program is NASA's plan to return humans to the Moon as a stepping stone for an eventual voyage to Mars.
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2022
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NASA's Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to take off on Monday, is a 42-day voyage beyond the far side of the Moon and back.
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2022
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With NASA's first Artemis mission to the moon set to launch before the end of the month, teams are gearing up for future missions with astronauts including just exactly where the next people to set foot on the moon will be ...
Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2022
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Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he's ready for the U.S. to get back to lunar exploration.
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2022
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