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1 hour ago · On May 1, a reporter pointed out that Mr. Wilmore and Ms. Williams, two veteran astronauts, trained longer for this mission than Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins had for the Apollo ...
17 hours ago · A replica of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land on the Moon The first image taken of the far side of the Moon, returned by Luna 3 As part of human exploration of the Moon, numerous space missions have been undertaken to study Earth's natural satellite. Of the Moon landings, Luna 2 of the Soviet Union was the first spacecraft to reach its surface successfully, intentionally impacting the Moon ...
5 hours ago · Dust to Dust As NASA prepares to head back to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, a new theory suggests that the astronauts taking that giant second step for humanity might be way less safe doing so than anyone realized. In an interview with Scientific American, the physicist and rocket plume […]
17 hours ago · The company is a longtime NASA contractor that has built modules for the decades-old ISS and rockets designed to loft astronauts toward the moon. But never before has it built its own operational spacecraft, a feat complicated by years of software issues, technical glitches and management shakeups on the Starliner program.
17 hours ago · Boeing took another crack Saturday at launching astronauts for the first time aboard its new space capsule, after a delay for leak checks and rocket repairs. The company’s Starliner capsule was due to rocket away at midday with a pair of test pilots to the International Space Station for a weeklong stay. The test drive should have happened years ago.
11 hours ago · Starship is anticipated to carry astronauts to the Moon during the crewed Artemis 3 mission in 2026. The spacecraft has undergone three test flights so far, with the fourth test flight scheduled ...
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17 hours ago · Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Saturday canceled his planned flight around the moon on a SpaceX vehicle because of uncertainty about when it may be possible. Maezawa was aiming the moon trip for 2023, a target seen by most space observers as overly optimistic given the progress of SpaceX’s Spaceship mega-rocket project. “Without clear schedule certainty in the near-term, it is with ...
