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Artemis II broke Fred Haise’s distance record, but he is happy to pass it on

The bottom line: Astronauts likely won’t exceed Artemis II’s distance from Earth on most lunar landing missions, but it’s conceivable that on some occasions, circumstances...

This is who’s developing Golden Dome’s orbital interceptors—if they’re ever built

The US Space Force released a list Friday of a dozen companies working on Space-Based Interceptors for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome initiative, a multilayer defense...

Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military’s most troubled space programs

The Pentagon has canceled a ground control system for the US military’s GPS satellite navigation network after the program’s enduring problems “proved insurmountable,” the US Space...

Blue Origin’s rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure

The third flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn launcher began Sunday with the company’s first successful reflight of an orbital-class booster, but ended with...

After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars

Instead, the agency turned to Russia to launch the orbiter and rover on two Proton rockets and provide the descent system to deliver the rover...

Four astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon

Slamming into the atmosphere at more than 30 times the speed of sound, NASA’s Orion spacecraft blazed a trail over the Pacific Ocean on Friday,...

Orion helium leak no threat to Artemis II reentry, but will require redesign

NASA’s schedule currently puts the launch of Artemis III in 2027 and Artemis IV in 2028. Kshatriya said he was confident NASA, working the European...

The Moon is already on Google Maps—did Artemis II really tell us anything new?

“The only illumination source on the Moon will be Earthshine, which is a different spectrum,” Deutsch said in a presentation last month at the Lunar...

Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored

You can watch a replay of Glover’s message in the video embedded below. https://youtube.com/watch?v=z-j1uxBmis0&si=nao5MDI4xTSHR_92&start=20303 Out of view, Artemis II soared to the apogee,...

Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon

This is not a new idea. After the successful launch of the Artemis II mission this week, NASA will fly the SLS rocket at least...

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