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NASA names 18 astronauts for Artemis moon missions
Eighteen astronauts have been selected -- nine men and nine women -- to begin training for upcoming Artemis missions to the moon, NASA announced Wednesday. The list includes the as-yet-unnamed next man and first woman who will set foot on the lunar surface later this decade.
SLS cryogenic tanking test preps begin this weekend
Final preparations began this weekend at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to load super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the massive core stage of the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket for the first time as soon as Monday.
SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites on 100th Falcon 9 flight
The 100th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket delivered 60 satellites to orbit for SpaceX’s Starlink network Tuesday night, adding another building block to a planned fleet of thousands of solar-powered space-based relay stations to beam broadband connectivity around the world.
SpaceX going for new rocket reuse record on 100th Falcon 9 launch
Sixty more Starlink internet satellites are ready to rocket into orbit Sunday night from Cape Canaveral on the 100th flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, and the seventh flight of SpaceX's reusable "fleet leader" booster.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 launcher lifted off from Cape Canaveral Tuesday at 9:13 p.m. EST (0213 GMT Wednesday) with 60 more Starlink broadband satellites.
VideoInternational Space Station offers ‘blueprint’ for exploration, first crew says
Bill Shepherd, a former Navy SEAL-turned astronaut who arrived at the International Space Station 20 years ago Monday to begin the continuous occupancy of the orbiting research outpost, says the experience gained by NASA and its global partners over the last two decades provides a blueprint for missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond.
Water molecules detected on moon’s sunlit surface, adding impetus to Artemis
Water molecules have been directly detected across sunlit regions of the moon, not just in ultra-cold, permanently shadowed polar craters, scientists announced Monday, indicating the precious resource may be more easily accessible to future astronauts than previously thought.
SpaceX adds another 60 satellites to Starlink network
SpaceX successfully deployed 60 more Starlink internet satellites in orbit Saturday, continuing a record launch cadence while engineers assess a concern with Falcon 9 rocket engines that has delayed other missions, including the next crew flight to the International Space Station.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with another flock of 60 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast at 11:31 a.m. EDT (1531 GMT) Saturday. The Falcon 9's reusable first stage landed successfully on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX test-fires Starship prototype with three engines
SpaceX fired three Raptor engines on a prototype of the company’s Starship vehicle Tuesday, accomplishing another milestone on the road toward testing of the methane-fueled rocket at higher altitudes.