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NASA’s next-generation megarocket set for debut test launch to moon
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA's colossal next-generation rocketship was set for its long-awaited debut launch on Monday on an uncrewed, six-week test flight a...
Aug 29, 2022
NASA’s mega-moon rocket ready for liftoff on eve of debut Artemis mission
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Launch teams at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida spent a final full day of preparations ahead of Monday's planned liftoff of NASA's giant next-gene...
Aug 28, 2022
Nicole Mann says she is proud to be first Native American woman in space
By Ashraf Fahim (Reuters) - Nicole Aunapu Mann has waited nine long years for her chance to go into space. And if all goes according to plan, that wait will end on Oct. 03, when she will lead NASA's C...
Aug 26, 2022
U.S. court upholds SpaceX satellite deployment plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a SpaceX plan to deploy some Starlink satellites at a lower earth or...
Aug 26, 2022
Russia says it would be ready to extend spaceflight sharing deal with U.S.
(Reuters) - Russia would be ready to extend a deal with the United States to share flights to the International Space Station beyond 2024 if the first three flights are successful, the executive direc...
Aug 26, 2022
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile US plan to boost cellular coverage from space
(Reuters) - U.S wireless carrier T-Mobile US Inc will use Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starlink satellites to provide mobile users with network access in parts of the United States, the companies announce...
Aug 25, 2022
Rock-hunting NASA rover reveals Martian crater’s surprising geology
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Core samples drilled by NASA's Perseverance rover on the Martian surface are revealing the geology of a gaping crater scientists suspect may have harbored microbi...
Aug 25, 2022
Boeing targets early 2023 for first Starliner mission carrying astronauts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing is targeting February 2023 to fly its first Starliner mission with astronauts aboard to the International Space Station, a senior NASA official told reporters on Thursday...
Aug 25, 2022
NASA poised for historic Artemis I lunar launch from Florida
By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) - A half century after the end of NASA's Apollo era, the U.S. space agency's long-anticipated bid to return astronauts to the moon's surface remains at leas...
Aug 23, 2022
Europe’s drought exposes ancient stones, World War Two ships as waters fall
(Reuters) - Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures - and some unwanted hazards. In Spain, s...
Aug 20, 2022
