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NASA's Orion spacecraft breaks record to prove humans can reach deep space

NASA’s Orion spacecraft breaks record to prove humans can reach deep space

To infinity and beyond. NASA’s Artemis I mission set an outstanding record for space travel, as its Orion capsule traveled “farther than any other spacecraft built for humans”. The unmanned spacecraft reached 268,563 miles from Earth on Monday, the 13th day of the 25.5-day mission that is part of NASA’s lunar exploration program. Entering the …

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King of rockets, NASA's SLS could soon be usurped by SpaceX's Starship

King of rockets, NASA’s SLS could soon be usurped by SpaceX’s Starship

NASA’s Space Launch System has roared off the Kennedy Space Center launch pad and into the record books, for now. The SLS rocket, using a combination of two solid rocket boosters with a center stage made up of four repurposed RS-25 engines from the Space Shuttle program, produced 8.8 million pounds of thrust to lift …

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