NASA shoots for the Moon, on its way to Mars
NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on a mission to take humans back to the Moon, but fueling the spacecraft gave the US space agency trouble hours before the launch.
NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on a mission to take humans back to the Moon, but fueling the spacecraft gave the US space agency trouble hours before the launch.
Space Exploration
Aug 29, 2022
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Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the Artemis program is poised to take up the baton of lunar exploration with a test launch on Monday of NASA's most powerful rocket ever.
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2022
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Years late and billions over budget, NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top.
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2022
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With a week to go before the Artemis I rocket has its first shot at the moon, NASA managers said the hardware is good to go.
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2022
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Mark your calendars: NASA's Artemis program to return to the Moon could launch its first uncrewed test flight as soon as August 29, the agency said Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2022
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On March 26, the ESA's Solar Orbiter made its closest approach to the sun so far. It ventured inside Mercury's orbit and was about one-third the distance from Earth to the sun. It was hot but worth it.
Space Exploration
May 26, 2022
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In 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe on an unprecedented mission to study the sun up close. The mission was defined with three key scientific goals:
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May 3, 2022
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In October 2017, the interstellar object 'Oumuamua passed through our solar system, leaving many questions in its wake. Not only was it the first object of its kind ever observed, but the limited data astronomers obtained ...
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2022
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A giant telescope to be launched into space this week will be the biggest ever and will orbit around the sun about 1 million miles from the Earth. It will be able to capture the farthest depths of the universe ever achieved ...
Astronomy
Dec 21, 2021
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There's a pretty significant disadvantage to going really fast—if you get hit with anything, even if it is small, it can hurt. So when the fastest artificial object ever—the Parker Solar Probe—gets hit by grains of ...
Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2021
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