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Boeing's 1st crewed Starliner to return to Earth without astronauts on Sept. 6

Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule is poised to return to Earth without any crew aboard on Sept. 6, NASA announced on Thursday (Aug. 29).

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NASA record holder can relate to astronauts stuck in space. He was, too

NASA's record-holding astronaut is urging his two stuck-in-space colleagues to stay positive and “keep up the good work."

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2 solar probes are helping researchers understand what phenomenon powers the solar wind

Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or ionized gas, called the solar wind, which envelops our solar system. Outside of Earth’s protective magnetosphere, the fastest solar wind rushes by at speeds of over 310 miles (500 kilometers) per second. But researchers haven’t been able to figure out…

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Stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts to stay six more months in space – what this means for the future of commercial spaceflight

Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore must have heaved a sigh of relief when they opened the hatch and floated into the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6 2024. It was the first time the Starliner spacecraft they arrived on had ever carried people.

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NASA Inspector General issues harsh report on delayed SLS mobile launcher project

The NASA Office of Inspector General has issued a scathing report on the Mobile Launcher 2 project. ML-2 is needed to transport NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket to the launch pad.

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Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to debut Oct. 13 with NASA Mars launch

The inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket, which will send NASA's two-satellite ESCAPADE mission toward Mars, will launch no earlier than Oct. 13.

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FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing

SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing

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Mock shuttle Pathfinder restored atop its stack at Alabama rocket center (photos)

An early mockup of NASA's winged orbiters, Pathfinder was returned to its position atop a space shuttle propulsion "stack" at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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What time is Blue Origin's private NS-26 astronaut launch on Aug. 29 (and how to watch live)

A Blue Origin rocket will launch a new private astronaut mission to suborbital space this week. Here's what time and where to watch.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Will Rescue Astronauts Trapped On International Space Station

Commander Barry Wilmore and Pilot Sunita Williams initially arrived at the ISS for an eight-day mission but have been trapped there since June. The post Elon Musk’s SpaceX Will Rescue Astronauts Trapped On International Space Station first appeared on Bored Panda.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Climbs Mars Crater For Rock Samples

NASA's Perseverance rover embarks on a mission to collect rock samples on Mars, potentially revealing ancient climate and signs of past life.

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NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars begins steep climb to rim of a crater

A NASA rover on Mars is tackling a new challenge and climbing to the rim of a crater

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NASA's DART asteroid crash really messed up its space rock target

DART appears to have derailed its asteroid target from its normal evolution progress. The impact also made a crater.

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We finally know why Astrobotic's private Peregrine moon lander failed

Astrobotic says the Peregrine lunar lander, aka the first private moon mission, failed because of a faulty valve.

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How 2 fatal shuttle disasters weighed on NASA's decision to bring Boeing Starliner astronauts home on SpaceX Dragon

The Challenger and Columbia space shuttle tragedies influenced NASA's thinking on how the Boeing Starliner astronauts should return home, agency officials said.

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Fallout from NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission could hit Earth — potentially triggering 1st human-caused meteor shower

A new study suggests that millions of tiny space rock fragments, which were ejected from the deliberate 2022 collision between the asteroid Dimorphos and NASA's DART spacecraft, may be on a collision course with Earth and Mars. While these fragments are probably harmless, they could trigger the first human-caused meteor…

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Polaris Dawn: the first spacewalk by commercial astronauts will be historic, but the mission carries risks

The Polaris Dawn mission has been attracting lots of attention because it will feature the first ever spacewalk by commercial space travellers. There are many reasons why this is a landmark mission. But, with its ambition comes a degree of risk.

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New Hubble Telescope image captures peculiar ring-shaped galaxy

A galaxy's outstretched arms form a nearly perfect circle around its central disk in a striking new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Even with astronauts stuck in space until next year, NASA’s pushing human flights harder than ever

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to go to the International Space Station (ISS) on a roughly ten-day mission. Instead, they have been “stuck” there since June, as the reliability of their spacecraft – Boeing Starliner – has not met NASA’s strict standards for crewed flight.

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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent 286 days stuck in space — is that a new record?

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams spent 286 consecutive days aboard the International Space Station after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth empty. Is their extended spaceflight record-setting?

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Mattel rolling out Matchbox toy of SpaceX's Tesla astronaut transport

Mattel is counting down to the release of its latest space-themed Matchbox toy. Its 1:64 scale version of SpaceX's Crew Transport Vehicle is arriving Oct. 1.

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Boeing Starliner will return from space without a crew, NASA announces in long-awaited decision

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will not return to Earth on the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Instead, NASA will bring them home in February 2025 aboard a SpaceX vehicle, while Starliner falls to Earth uncrewed.

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'Fireflies' help NASA map radiation around Jupiter and its moons

The first ever 3D radiation map of Jupiter and its moons has been created using low-light cameras aboard the Juno Spacecraft that have been tweaked to operate as radiation detectors.

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How can we protect humans on Mars from dangerous solar storm radiation?

As space agencies and private companies look toward sending human crews to Mars, they'll have to find ways to mitigate the dangers posed by high-energy radiation from solar storms.

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Physicists find superconductor behavior at temperatures once thought 'impossible'

Scientists have observed an unexpected new behavior in a superconducting material. If physicists can figure out the cause, it could help them to find room-temperature superconductors.

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