Not yet certain if it is viable for lunar base. NASA announced this week that it had observed frozen water in the Clavius crater on the Moon. The…
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NASA Astronauts Return to Earth Safely
First commercial American manned flight successful. On Sunday, two NASA astronauts safely splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. The landing marked…
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NASA Launches New Mars Rover
This is NASA’s ninth journey to the surface of Earth’s neighbor planet. The latest-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off atop nt Atlas 5 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral…
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SpaceX Launch Delayed
Poor weather postpones flight until Saturday. The much-anticipated launch of the SpaceX rocket ship from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been postponed to Saturday, following unfavorable…
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Human Space Flight Administrator Resigns
Resignation came one week before astronauts resume NASA launches from U.S. Douglas Loverro, the head of NASA’s human spaceflight office tendered his resignation last week. The announcement came…
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NASA Seeking Private Companies for Lunar Landers
First planned mission to the moon since 1972 On Thursday, NASA announced that it would be starting a bidding process of private companies that would be tasked with…
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NASA Awards Moon Spacecraft Contracts
Companies have until February 2021 to refine concepts. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said they have awarded contracts to three companies to design and develop the human landing systems…
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