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NASA picks Bezos' Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia's 1st female astronaut hopes kids follow in her footsteps

Rayyanah Barnawi, who will become the first Saudi woman in space when the private Ax-2 mission launches on Sunday (May 21), hopes she's blazing a trail for others to follow.

Space

Rare 'black moon' new moon of May 2023 rises tonight

Tonight (May 19) is the new moon, and it's a rare "black moon," which occurs approximately once every 33 months.

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Blue Origin will build NASA's new moon lander for Artemis astronauts

Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander will take astronauts to the lunar surface in 2029, on the Artemis 5 mission. It's the second NASA moon lander for astronauts, after SpaceX's Starship.

Space

Watch this giant sunspot erupt in barrage of powerful solar flares as it turns to face Earth (video)

The sun has released a barrage of solar flares in the past 24 hours. The culprit? A giant sunspot that's slowly rotating to directly face Earth — and it's not alone.

Space

Spaceport Cornwall boss Melissa Quinn announces departure

She is expected to announce a new job in the coming weeks.

The Independent UK

Watch the moon, Venus and Mars engage in a celestial dance next week

See the moon shine between Venus and Mars next week as the two planets, along with, Pollux and Castor engage in a series of interesting configurations.

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Bezos' Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lunar lander

A team led by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin won a coveted $3.4 billion NASA contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to and from the moon's surface, the U.S. space agency said on Friday, a breakthrough for the company two years after it lost out to Elon Musk's SpaceX…

Reuters

'Do what scares you:' 3 tips to succeed from Artemis 2 moon astronaut Christina Koch

Astronaut Christina Koch is no stranger to hard work, or success. Here are 3 tips the NASA Artemis 2 mission specialists has for kids hoping to walk on Mars one day.

Space

SpaceX's Ax-2 mission for Axiom Space in photos (gallery)

A new crew of four people is bound for orbit on the Ax-2 mission, which will fly to the International Space Station using SpaceX hardware. See photos of the Ax-2 mission here.

Space

Axiom-2: Everything You Need to Know About the Private ISS Mission

Houston-based Axiom Space is gearing up to launch Axiom 2, its second crew to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket and vehicle.

Inverse

Beam of light from star 9.6billion miles away spotted by astronomers

The light is 100,000 billion times brighter than the sun

Wales Online

SpaceX aborts launch of Falcon 9 rocket carrying OneWeb, Iridium satellites (update)

SpaceX plans to launch its second mission in a span of seven hours on Friday morning (May 19), and you can watch the action live.

Space

Flanked by moon mission astronauts, Kelly calls NASA the ‘Dolly Parton’ of government

WASHINGTON — News conferences outside the Capitol don’t always attract a crowd of visitors and tourists — but most also do not feature astronauts in flight suits.

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Senate Republicans criticize NASA for its climate change and diversity efforts

Following recent diversity and climate change initiatives by NASA, two Senate republicans accused the space agency of straying from its core space exploration mission.

Space

SpaceX rolls rocket to pad for Sunday's Ax-2 private astronaut launch (photos)

SpaceX rolled its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule out to the launch pad on Thursday (May 18) ahead of Sunday's (May 21) planned Ax-2 private astronaut launch.

Space

SpaceX rolls next Starship prototype out to pad for engine test (photo)

SpaceX rolled the Ship 25 Starship upper-stage prototype out to the launch pad early Thursday morning (May 18) to test-fire its six Raptor engines.

Inverse

This Volcanic Hellworld of an Exoplanet Might Be Habitable, Actually

The new exoplanet sounds like a horrible place, but it may be just what life needs to gain a foothold around a red dwarf star.

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Earth is safe from a devastating asteroid impact for 1,000 years (probably)

Earth probably won't get hit by an asteroid at least 0.6 miles (1 kilometers) wide in the next 1,000 years, a new study finds.

Space

SpaceX launches 22 next-gen Starlink satellites to orbit, lands rocket at sea

SpaceX launched 22 of its 'V2 mini' Starlink broadband satellites to orbit early Friday morning (May 19) and landed the returning rocket at sea.

Space

China launches BeiDou navigation satellite to orbit (video)

China launched a satellite for its BeiDou navigation system system on Tuesday night (May 16), the first time it had done so in nearly three years.

Wales Online

Carol Vorderman says she’s ‘allergic to wedding rings’ as she asks fans for help

The Welsh tv personality requested assistance on what to send into space

Space

Don't mess with Mars. It has a crust made of 'heavy armor,' scientists say

NASA's InSight mission spotted a marsquake that probed the thick Mars crust and confirmed why the north and south of the Red Planet are so different.

Wales Online

"Most manipulative" star signs revealed as astrologer warns they 'always get their way'

Nicolas Aujula says the biggest pushovers include Pisces and Libra, while the most are Leo and Taurus

Space

What happened to the missing stars at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy?

The stellar companions of more than a dozen stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy have gone missing — and astronomers want to know why.

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