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Asteroid named for Egyptian god of chaos and darkness set for spacecraft flyby
Science
September 26, 2023
Asteroid named for Egyptian god of chaos and darkness set for spacecraft flyby
CNN — After successfully delivering NASA’s first asteroid sample collected in space, the OSIRIS-REx mission, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX, is embarking…
NASA astronaut, 2 Russian cosmonauts launch to space station
Science
September 16, 2023
NASA astronaut, 2 Russian cosmonauts launch to space station
CNN — A NASA astronaut on her inaugural spaceflight and two cosmonauts launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft toward the…
Astronaut Frank Rubio sets US record for longest trip in space
World
September 12, 2023
Astronaut Frank Rubio sets US record for longest trip in space
CNN — Astronaut Frank Rubio has now been in low-Earth orbit for more than 355 days, breaking the record for…
SpaceX, NASA set to launch four astronauts from four countries
World
August 26, 2023
SpaceX, NASA set to launch four astronauts from four countries
CNN — Four astronauts — representing four nations and space agencies across the globe — are preparing to launch aboard…
Mars is rotating more quickly, NASA mission finds
World
August 14, 2023
Mars is rotating more quickly, NASA mission finds
CNN — Mars is rotating more quickly than it used to, according to data that NASA’s InSight lander collected on…
SpaceX mission lifts off with former NASA astronaut, three paying customers
World
May 22, 2023
SpaceX mission lifts off with former NASA astronaut, three paying customers
CNN — A SpaceX rocket carrying a decorated former NASA astronaut and three paying customers took off from Florida Sunday…
Loaf-size mission to improve hurricane forecasting is ready to launch
Science
May 7, 2023
Loaf-size mission to improve hurricane forecasting is ready to launch
A new mission designed to improve hurricane forecasting is ready to launch, just ahead of the June 1 arrival of…
Elon Musk sets low expectations before first SpaceX launch of Starship, most powerful rocket ever built
Science
April 17, 2023
Elon Musk sets low expectations before first SpaceX launch of Starship, most powerful rocket ever built
Just a few months after NASA introduced the world to the most powerful rocket ever flown to orbit, Elon Musk’s…
NASA set to unveil the crew of astronauts for moon flyby mission
Science
April 3, 2023
NASA set to unveil the crew of astronauts for moon flyby mission
Four astronauts — including three Americans and one Canadian — will be tapped by NASA to complete a generation-defining mission…
NASA worried over solar winds impacting Earth
Science News
March 22, 2023
NASA worried over solar winds impacting Earth
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory researchers detected a large hole in the sun’s atmosphere blowing a stream of solar winds, while…