SpaceX, NASA enter final phase of training for imminent astronaut launch debut
SpaceX and NASA are working together to make sure they're ready to start flying crews to the space station. Two…
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NASA has good news after SpaceX Crew Dragon parachute test accident
NASA has good news after SpaceX suffered an accident that destroyed a Crew Dragon mockup before it could complete a…
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SpaceX wins NASA contract to deliver cargo to Lunar Gateway moon outpost
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has delivered cargo to the International Space Station, but soon it will carry goods to an orbit…
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SpaceX dropped a Crew Dragon mockup to save a helicopter and its passengers
SpaceX says it encountered an issue that forced it to drop a Crew Dragon spacecraft mockup during parachute testing --…
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SpaceX's in-flight rocket engine failure threatens NASA astronaut launch debut
An in-flight rocket engine failure during SpaceX's March 18th Starlink launch could pose a threat to the company's imminent NASA…
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Future Mars astronauts’ diet will likely include space lettuce
Elon Musk wants to send a million people to Mars, and we would love to see that happen sooner rather…
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SpaceX, NASA ready for first crewed launch from US soil in almost a decade
On Wednesday, March 18th, NASA invited media to attend SpaceX's highly anticipated upcoming Demo-2 mission confirming that SpaceX would be…
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Elon Musk on humans in Mars before he dies, urges faster pace of progress
Elon Musk has a major goal: to get humanity to Mars before he dies. A lofty goal that he reiterated…
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NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers interesting Martian organics
NASA's Curiosity rover touched down on the red planet, tasked with one major goal: to assess the habitability of Mars.…
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NASA’s newest Mars rover gets christened with a ‘strong’ official name
NASA's next Mars rover will depart Earth in July, bound for the red planet. After landing in Feb. of next…
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SpaceX nails 50th rocket booster landing ahead of Crew Dragon takeover
On its fifth launch of 2020, SpaceX has nailed its 50th Falcon rocket booster landing and sent Cargo Dragon (Dragon…
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SpaceX on track for last Cargo Dragon launch, first Falcon 9 land landing in months
SpaceX is hours away from its Cargo Dragon (Dragon 1) spacecraft's last space station resupply mission, a historic launch that…
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover captures epic view of Martian surface
NASA's Curiosity rover is quite the photographer. As most Americans were busy chowing down on their favorite Thanksgiving dinner, the six-wheeled…
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‘Marsquakes’ are a thing and they can tell us a lot about the red planet
NASA's InSight lander has spent the last year listening to the deep rumble of the red planet's interior. And its…
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SpaceX first orbital spacecraft set to smash reusability record on last launch
The first orbital spacecraft designed and built by SpaceX is set to smash a reusability record on its 20th and…
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Mars could have a Leap Day like Earth but way more complicated
February 29, "leap day", is an oddity on the calendar that occurs every four years in an attempt to sync…
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SpaceX wins launch contract for NASA mission to study unique metal asteroid
SpaceX has been awarded a $117 million launch contract for NASA's Psyche mission that will study a unique metal asteroid…
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SpaceX Starlink launch ambitions just saved a space station resupply mission from bigger delays
SpaceX's ambitious 2020 Starlink launch goals have unintentionally saved a Cargo Dragon spacecraft mission from much longer delays after a…
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NASA’s Mars Lander finds that the Red Planet’s magnetic field is really weird
Researchers studying the red planet uncovered a big surprise: the Martian magnetic field is about 10 times stronger than previously…
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NASA’s next mission could study one of these bizarre moons
Venus, Triton, or Io? Where would you send NASA's newest mission? The space agency is in the midst of planning…
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