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US to test nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2027

January 25, 2023

The silhouette of US engineer and NASA astronaut Megan McArthur is seen past the NASA logo in the Webb Auditorium at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON - The United States plans to test a spacecraft engine powered by nuclear fission by...

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NASA formally retires Mars InSight lander after 4-year mission

December 22, 2022

This Dec 6, 2018 image made available by NASA shows the InSight lander. (NASA VIA AP) LOS ANGELES - NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface...

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Latest SpaceX crew, including cosmonaut, arrive at space station

October 7, 2022

(From left to right) Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata arrive ahead of the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew5 Dragon, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct 5, 2022. (JIM WATSON /...

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Russian cosmonaut hitching ride with SpaceX as part of ISS crew

October 5, 2022

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft rests at launch pad 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-5 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct 4, 2022. CAPE CANAVERAL - Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was due to launch the next...

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NASA’s Webb telescope detects CO2 in exoplanet atmosphere

August 26, 2022

In this still picture from a NASA TV broadcast, the James Webb Space Telescope separates from Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket after launching from Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec 25, 2021. (AFP / NASA TV) LOS ANGELES - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has...

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NASA, Boeing complete critical flight test to space station

May 27, 2022

In this handout image courtesy of NASA, Boeing and NASA teams work around Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after it landed at White Sands Missile Range's Space Harbor, May 25, 2022, in New Mexico. (BILL INGALLS / NASA / AFP) LOS ANGELES - Boeing's Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth safely from...

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NASA plans to retire ISS by end of 2030

February 4, 2022

The International Space Station began assembly in December 1998 and has been continually occupied since November 2000. (PHOTO / NASA) WASHINGTON – NASA plans to retire the International Space Station (ISS) at the end of 2030, after which the ISS is expected to make a splash as it comes back...

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NASA, SpaceX send Crew-3 mission into orbit to ISS

November 12, 2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Nov 10, 2021. (CHRIS O'MEARA / AP PHOTO) NEW YORK - The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and private player SpaceX successfully launched Crew-3...