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Musk’s SpaceX and NASA team up again for $69 million space telescope launch contract: Here’s what the mission aims to accomplish

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NASA has once again chosen Elon Musk’s SpaceX for another project. TOPSHOT – A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U (GOES-U) weather satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, June 25, 2024. (AFP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} … Read more

Strange asteroids flew past Earth and NASA captured images

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A giant NASA radar in the remote Mojave Desert captured images of several impressive asteroids, including a mile-wide behemoth, as they passed near our planet. Fortunately, there are no known asteroids that could potentially hit Earth for more than a century, and the chance of an impact from the largest class of asteroids (like the … Read more

NASA Announces Artemis II Backup Crew Member for Moon Mission – NASA

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NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as a backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign. Douglas will train with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen. If a NASA astronaut is unable to participate … Read more

NASA assessment suggests possible additional delays for Artemis 3 moon lander

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WASHINGTON — While NASA is pushing ahead with a crewed moon landing during the Artemis 3 mission in September 2026, the agency’s own analysis estimates there is a nearly one-in-three chance that the lander will be at least a year and a half late. That review grew out of a confirmation review for the Human … Read more

NASA warns that 370-foot asteroid is heading towards Earth at 20,900 mph (33,673 km/h) – Times of India

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NASA has issued a warning about a major celestial event taking place today. A massive asteroid, comparable in size to a towering skyscraper, is hurtling toward Earth at an astonishing speed. The event has caught the attention of astronomers and space enthusiasts around the world, as it highlights the continued need to keep an eye … Read more

Boeing Wants Everyone to Please Stop Saying the Starliner ISS Test is a Failure

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly a month, with NASA and its commercial partner repeatedly delaying the crew’s departure aboard the capsule. Despite indefinitely postponing Starliner’s return flight, NASA and Boeing insist that the spacecraft is fully operational, can return to Earth at any time, and that … Read more

Boeing’s Starliner can stay in space for more than 45 days, NASA says

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A white space capsule seen through a window in space, above Earth.

Boeing’s Starliner capsule is performing well enough on its first-ever astronaut mission to remain in orbit longer than the originally planned 45 days, NASA says. Starliner, which launched on June 5, has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for an unspecified mission extension. The spacecraft is in good condition and capable of leaving the … Read more

NASA explains how debris from space hits North Carolina mountain resort

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Space junk made an emergency landing in a luxurious country in North Carolina. A team of landscapers working at The Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort near Asheville in Haywood County, found a large, mysterious object on May 22. NASA confirmed it was part of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, which is scheduled to reach the International … Read more

NASA explains how debris from space hits North Carolina mountain resort

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Space junk made an emergency landing in a luxurious country in North Carolina. A team of landscapers working at The Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort near Asheville in Haywood County, found a large, mysterious object on May 22. NASA confirmed it was part of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, which is scheduled to reach the International … Read more

NASA asteroid experts create hypothetical impact scenario for exercises – NASA

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This artist’s concept depicts an asteroid drifting through space

The Fifth Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise focused on an asteroid impact scenario designed by NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. It is highly unlikely that a large asteroid will hit Earth in the near future. But because the damage from such an event could be extensive, NASA conducts hypothetical asteroid impact “tabletop” … Read more