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NASA's mightiest rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo

NASA’s new moon rocket has blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard

The Independent UK

Artemis 1: Most powerful rocket in history blasts off in historic moon mission by NASA

The Space Launch System rocket thundered skyward from the Kennedy Space Center following nearly three months of vexing fuel leaks and slight damage from Hurricane Nicole

Daily Mirror

NASA fueling moon rocket for launch after leaks, hurricanes

NASA is fueling its new moon rocket for a middle-of-the-night launch

The Independent UK

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Humans are going back to the Moon, and beyond – but how will we feed them?

NASA’s Artemis I launch is a major step forward in humans going deeper and spending longer in space than ever before.

The Conversation

Lack of rocket rules raises questions about space safety

Eroding norms in space put objects in orbit and people on the ground at risk.

Axios

EXPLAINER: NASA's new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo

NASA is making another attempt to launch its new moon rocket on its first test flight

The Independent UK

New moon calendar 2026: When is the next new moon?

Discover what a new moon is and when the next new moon will occur with our new moon 2026 guide.

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Leonids: You need to see November's biggest meteor shower this week

The Leonids, made of debris from 55P/Tempel–Tuttle, become a storm once every 33 years or show. It won't happen this year, but still should put on a spectacular show.

Inverse

We Are Going to the Moon

Thanks to the rise of private spaceflight companies, mankind will have a future off-Earth.

Reason

So Long, Soyuz: Russia Is Leaving the International Space Station

Privatization can free orbital innovation from ground-bound politics.

Reason

NASA's Costly, Delayed Mission To Update Its Spacesuits

NASA has spent more than $420 million on the development of spacesuits with very little to show for it.

Reason

Archives: December 2022

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Brickbats: December 2022

News of politicians and space bureaucrats behaving badly from around the galaxy.

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Review: Astronauts Don't Really Eat Astronaut Ice Cream

The treats you bought in gift shops are too crumbly to eat in microgravity.

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It's Been 50 Years Since Humans Walked on the Moon

The last time there was a manned mission to the moon, Pong had just been released on Atari.

Reason

Review: When Homer Simpson Went to Space

"Deep Space Homer" aired only eight years after the real-life Challenger disaster.

Reason

From Space Regulator to Astronaut: Q&A With George Nield

He spent his government career thinking about space. Then he got to fly.

Reason

Robert Heinlein's Dream of Private Space Travel Is Coming True

A new generation of companies has made space travel affordable.

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The Independent UK

Nasa Artemis moon mission launch planned for Wednesday

Mission managers met on Monday to discuss the flight readiness of the rocket and spacecraft after it was slightly damaged by Hurricane Nicole.

Evening Standard

NASA’s theory about the lack of alien visitors is truly depressing

Paper embraces the Great Filter theory of civilisations wiping themselves out before they can leave their planets.

WEKU

Watch Live: NASA's Artemis moon rocket counts down to launch

The space agency has been trying for months to send its giant moon rocket on its first test flight. The goal is to send a crew capsule, with no astronauts on board, around the moon and back.

Axios

NASA to launch Space Launch System rocket on first flight Wednesday

The launch is set for 1:04am ET on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

NASA Returning to the Moon with Mega Rocket Launch

Third time's the charm? After two failed attempts, NASA plans to launch its new mega Moon rocket early Wednesday from Florida, less than a week after the massive machine withstood a hurricane, AFP said. "Our time is coming.

The Guardian - US

‘Let’s try something really bold’: inside Oscar-tipped Nasa doc Good Night Oppy

The Amazon Prime movie, aided by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of a Wall-E-esque rover sent on a mission to Mars that lasted for 15 years

Orlando Sentinel

After hurricanes, gas leaks and delays, NASA’s Artemis I moonshot ready for liftoff

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Artemis I is ready to fly but not without some risk. Hurricane Nicole last week lashed NASA’s $4.1 billion Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft with 100 mph gusts, but the countdown clock is still on for a launch in the wee hours of Wednesday.

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