NASA’s Artemis I mission ushered in a new era of space exploration last month, launching the first in a series of complex missions enabling human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Despite challenges with supercooled liquid hydrogen ahead of the Nov. 16 launch, the mission successfully used the lightest and most abundant element in the …
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Enlarge / The Terran 1 rocket is displayed in the hangar of Relativity Space in Florida. Trevor Mahlman Welcome to Rocket Report 5.19! Back from the Thanksgiving holiday, there’s plenty of news to tackle this week, including an SLS rocket performance bulletin (excellent) and some wild and woolly news from north of the US border. …
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Burns and other minor damage to Launch Pad 39B.Screenshot: NASA television A scorched platform, fried cameras, broken pipes and a broken elevator were among the victims of NASA’s SLS rocket launch last week. Mobile Launcher 1 and Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center will require repairs, but NASA says they will be ready for …
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Enlarge / The Orion spacecraft approaches the Moon on Monday. Nasa So far, NASA’s ambitious Artemis I mission seems to be going great. The Orion spacecraft has performed a number of propellant burns, smoothly flying past the Moon, and will now test its capabilities in deep space. On Monday evening, after flying past the Moon, …
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If astronauts are to undertake multi-year missions or establish a lasting presence on the Moon and Mars, they will need fresh food and medical supplies, not exactly easy to find off-planet. The latest shipment of supplies bound for the ISS includes a few new options, including yoghurt production and potentially delicious space tomatoes. The tomatoes …
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Update for 2 a.m. ET: NASA successfully launched the Artemis 1 lunar mission on the first Space Launch System rocket at 1:47 a.m. EST (0647 GMT) with resounding success. Read our full Artemis 1 launch story. You can also see stunning Artemis 1 launch photos, first photos of the Orion spacecraft, and find out what …
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Enlarge / The NASA rocket has been deployed to the Florida launch pad four times this year. Trevor Mahlman KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—After writing about NASA’s Space Launch System rocket for a dozen years—certainly well into the hundreds of thousands of words—I have nothing more to say about the big orange booster. Good, almost. What …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov 15 (Reuters) – Ground crews at Kennedy Space Center prepared on Tuesday for a third test launch of NASA’s massive next-generation moon rocket, the first flight of NASA’s Artemis lunar program the American space agency, 50 years after the last Apollo lunar mission. The 32-story Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was …
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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket and Orion spacecraft are being prepared for launch at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Huber Red/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Huber Red/Getty Images NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket and Orion spacecraft are being prepared for launch at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Huber Red/Getty Images …
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China sent the Yunhai 3 environmental monitoring satellite into orbit on Friday (November 11th), in the second launch of the country’s new Long March 6A rocket. The Long March 6A lifted off from the hilly Taiyuan satellite launch center in northern China at 5:52 p.m. EST on November 11 (2252 GMT; 6:52 a.m. Beijing time …
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