Elon Musk's rocket company was the only one selected to provide the spacecraft that'll take the next humans to the lunar surface.
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NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian crewmates, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, have returned safely to Earth. The crew members returned to Earth after six months of being station aboard the ISS. They departed the ISS aboard a Soyuz...
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One of the least known of NASA’s funding mechanisms is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This program, required by the Baye-Doyle Act of 1980, earmarks a piece of every US Federal agency’s budget (including NASA) for the...
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A big victory for Elon Musk’s SpaceX came on Friday, with the company reportedly winning a $2.9 billion NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon again.
The news was broken by the Washington Post, which is owned by...
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Elon Musk's rocket company was the only one selected to provide the spacecraft that'll take the next humans to the lunar surface.
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Elon Musk's company will take astronauts to the Moon for the first time since 1972, according to the 'Washington Post'
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Douglas Wheelock spent five months on the International Space Station before coming back to Earth. He says we’re all about to have a small version of the same experience, and it helps to be ready.
“The planet,” says decorated...
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They weren’t scheduled to return to Earth until April 28th at the earliest, so why did NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, suit up...
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Blue Origin has announced that it completed its 15th consecutive mission into space and back and conducted simulations to rehearse astronaut movements in preparation for its future flights that will involve customers onboard its spacecraft. The...
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If you aren't up to date on the saga of Boeing's Starliner allow me to get you up to speed. NASA hired both Boeing and SpaceX to produce crew-capable spacecraft that would allow it to send astronauts to the International Space Station. This is...
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The votes are in: A lake filled with blue whorls beat out star trails to claim the championship.
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Boeing has been evaluating a new target launch date for its next Starliner mission over the last several weeks. The next test flight for the Starliner capsule won’t have crew aboard. The mission will launch aboard an Atlas V rocket and dock...
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The launch window for New Shepard's 15th test flight opens on April 14th, 9AM Eastern time. That particular test, aptly codenamed NS-15, will serve as a verification step for the vehicle and its operations prior to flying astronauts to suborbital...
ROME (Sputnik) - Astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) Thomas Pesquet was appointed as a goodwill ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the day marking 60 years since the first human, Yuri Gagarin, went to space.
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For healthy and happy space travelers, food scientists must make meals compact, nutritious and long-lasting. Astronauts particularly benefit from fresh-tasting foods with a variety of textures.
It’s the 40th anniversary of the NASA Space Shuttle Program, and the US space agency is celebrating with a new video about the pivotal launch on April 12, 1981. That’s when Space Shuttle Columbia took off for the first time with...
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The United Nations is marking the International Day of Human Space Flight on Monday, celebrating the achievements of astronauts who are “stretching the boundaries” of what the human civilization can achieve.
Astronaut Soichi Noguchi has posted a beautiful shot of the Milky Way from his unique vantage point on the International Space Station.
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Mohammed al-Mulla, left, and Noura al-Matroushi, right.
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The UAE revealed its first female astronaut, who will join the country's space program.
Sheikh Mohammed posted on Twitter on Saturday to announce Nora al-Matroushi's appointment....
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