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NASA Preps to Launch Astronauts on Mission to Study Microgravity

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 - by Scott Rathman

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is ready to send more astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The four astronauts include NASA’s …

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NASA Artemis Program Makes Strides To Put People on the Moon – New Video

March 1, 2021March 15, 2021 - by Scott Rathman

NASA’s Artemis program is making progress on its mission to land the first woman and next man on the Moon. Recent work on the Artemis I Space Launch System included …

Jupiter Courtesy of NASA-JPL-Caltech - Image processing by Tanya Oleksuik

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Jupiter Exploration Extended as Juno Mission Investigates Planet’s Three Moons and Rings

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 - by Scott Rathman

NASA has extended the Juno Jupiter mission through September of 2025, it was announced. Juno, NASA’s farthest orbiter, is the explorer of Jupiter and its rings and moons and has …

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NASA and FAA Sign MOU for Commercial Space Transportation

January 8, 2021January 20, 2021 - by Scott Rathman

NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration have signed a new memorandum of understanding reaffirming the two agencies’ long relationship to work together to further American commercial space transportation, including commercial …

Joby Aviation acquires Uber Elevate - Courtesy Joby

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Electric Airline Company Joby Aviation to Acquire Uber Elevate

December 9, 2020January 20, 2021 - by Scott Rathman

Joby Aviation, a California transportation company developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft, has announced it will acquire Uber’s electric air taxi business, Uber Elevate. In addition, Uber …

SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Vandenberg - Courtesy SpaceX

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NASA and SpaceX Launch Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite from Vandenberg

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 - by Scott Rathman

Following its second astronaut launch for NASA, SpaceX switched coasts Saturday and launched a Falcon 9 carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in cooperation with NASA, the European Space Agency …

In 1966, NASA launched Surveyor 2 to the Moon. Now its rocket booster has apparently returned to near-Earth space.

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Earth Captures What Is Believed to Be a 1960s Rocket Booster

November 13, 2020November 17, 2020 - by Scott Rathman

Courtesy NASA-JPL Earth has captured a tiny object from its orbit around the Sun and will keep it as a temporary satellite for a few months before it escapes back …

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NASA Engineer Dr. K. Renee Horton Overcomes Challenges to Aim for the Stars

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 - by Scott Rathman

Dr. K. Renee Horton has overcome challenges in becoming a NASA engineer. One of her professors empowered with negative words, but Horton knew better. Having graduated high school at 16, …

NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency comprise crew of NASA's Crew-1 mission - Courtesy SpaceX

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NASA and SpaceX Set Next Astronaut Launch for November 14

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 - by Scott Rathman

NASA and SpaceX expect to launch the first crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Nov. 14 at 7:49 p.m. ET. A media teleconference will be held by …

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OSIRIS-REx Completes Remarkable Touch-And-Go on Asteroid, Collects Samples

October 21, 2020October 22, 2020 - by Scott Rathman

NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx completed a remarkable 6-second touch-and-go, collecting samples from asteroid Bennu, which is more than 200 million miles away from Earth. The high-stakes mission saw OSIRIS-REx touch the …