As NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stands ready for its first test flight next week, the Artemis program prepares to follow in the footsteps of Apollo, which first carried humans to the Moon in the 1960s. SLS will fly uncrewed just once before carrying astronauts around the Moon on Artemis II, while the Orion spacecraft will be making only its third trip into space on that mission. By contrast, Apollo saw a series of test flights over the course of a decade, leading up to Neil Armstrong’s “small step” in July 1969.
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Elon Musk has confirmed Starship will add another chapter in Launch Complex 39A’s incredible history…
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While its mission ended just over three years ago, data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft continues…
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Cassini’s flagship mission to the ringed planet Saturn ended over a year ago, but data…
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Goodbye, Cassini. And thank you. After a 20-year mission, 13 in orbit of Saturn, Cassini…
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Exactly 38 years to the day after Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to encounter…
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Continuing its exploration at the ringed giant of the solar system, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has…
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Ten years ago today (Monday, June 30), NASA made history as the Cassini spacecraft became…
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Capturing and holding the attention of the general public for space exploration purposes is often…
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There are two words that most people never want to hear at a rocket launch,…
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The orbital test flight of Starship is just around the corner. Starship has conducted a…
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As the two-year landing anniversary of NASA’s Perseverance rover and its small scouting helicopter Ingenuity draws near, the pair…
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Uncrewed
Arriving at Titan: How Dragonfly’s Entry, Descent, and Landing will differ from Mars missions
Since the focus on Martian exploration ramped up in the mid-1990s, most of the familiarity…
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At the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) on Jan. 11, three teams…
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Dragonfly, NASA’s unique robotic exploration mission using a rotorcraft to fly a science laboratory around…
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Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and retired Spitzer Space Telescope, a group of…
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SpaceX’s newest Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, C211, has launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket at…
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ArtemisInternational
Work on Orion capsules continue as Artemis I prepares to launch
by Joseph NavinWith the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion currently at Launch Complex-39B and ready for…
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Uncrewed
As Webb begins observing exoplanets, scientists use Spitzer data & brown dwarfs to reveal how silicate clouds form
In a new study from a group of researchers in Canada, data from NASA’s now-retired…