“We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly not the case.”
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The “hungry hippo” fairing for Rocket Lab’s new Neutron launch vehicle has arrived for integration at the company’s Virginia Spaceport facilities.
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Seven astronauts lost their lives during the Challenger space shuttle disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. Four decades later, human spaceflight remains a difficult business.
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The SLS wet dress rehearsal is the rocket’s last major hurdle before launch.
The Artemis 2 moon mission’s SLS rocket is on the pad at Kennedy Space Center for testing ahead of a possible Feb. 6 launch, and you can watch it 24/7 via this livestream.
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The views of the setting sun are just as spectacular from space as they are on Earth.
The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission went into quarantine on Jan. 23, keeping everything on track for a possible launch in early February.
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The Artemis 2 moon mission will send a swatch from the famous Wright Flyer, along with a number of other aerospace artifacts, when it launches in the coming weeks.
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SpaceX launched an advanced, jam-resistant GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Florida on Tuesday night (Jan. 27).
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The satellites in Amazon’s new internet-beaming megaconstellation in low Earth orbit are bright enough to disrupt astronomical research, a study has found.
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