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Video: The New Horizons team hold news conference after flyby declared a success

January 1, 2019 Spaceflight Now

Watch as the New Horizons team hold a press conference an hour after they received confirmation that the spacecraft had successfully flown by Ultima Thule and had recorded the expected amount of science data.

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The next time astronauts land on the moon, they will ride to the lunar surface in a spacecraft that looks a lot different than the Apollo-era landing module last used in 1972. Lander concepts proposed by SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics — which won a combined $967 million in NASA funding Thursday — take wildly different approaches to carrying crews to the moon.

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Boeing making progress on Starliner software for test flight in March

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Boeing said Monday it has re-qualified software for the company’s Starliner crew capsule after programming errors cut short the spacecraft’s first orbital test flight in 2019, and technicians at the Kennedy Space Center have connected the crew and service modules for the next unpiloted Starliner test flight to the International Space Station in March.

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  • Webb spots vast plume of water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus
    June 2, 2023
  • Third set of upgraded solar arrays ready for ride to International Space Station
    June 2, 2023
  • Technical snags force another delay for Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule
    June 1, 2023
  • North Korean launch attempt fails, days after South Korea’s successful space shot
    June 1, 2023
  • SpaceX delivers 52 more Starlink satellites into orbit
    May 31, 2023
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