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While Artemis scrubs, SpaceX treats Space Coast to launches

ORLANDO, Fla. — While hundreds of thousands of people made their way to the Space Coast two weekends in a row for a shot to see the most powerful rocket to ever lift off from Earth, a couple of scrubs for NASA’s Artemis I mission left them disappointed.

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Frank Drake has passed away but his equation for alien intelligence is more important than ever

How many intelligent civilisations should there be in our galaxy right now? In 1961, the US astrophysicist Frank Drake, who passed away on September 2 at the age of 92, came up with an equation to estimate this. The Drake equation, dating from a stage in his career when he…

The Conversation

This “lifeless” Chilean desert harbors salty pools of microbes

The famously dry region has long been dismissed as a mostly lifeless wasteland, good for little more than mining. To these researchers, it’s a microbial gold mine worthy of protection.

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The Webb telescope has released its very first exoplanet image – here's what we can learn from it

Did you ever want to see an alien world? A planet orbiting a distant star, light years from the Sun? Well, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just returned its first-ever picture of just that – a planet orbiting a distant star.

The Conversation

Lab tries to keep Voyager space probes from disconnecting the world's longest phone call

LOS ANGELES — It's been 45 years since NASA's Voyager spacecraft blasted off from Earth, but the twin explorers still call home from billions of miles away.

Los Angeles Times

NASA may be forced to wait weeks for another shot at the Moon

After scrapping a second attempt to get NASA's 30-story Artemis lunar launcher off the ground on Saturday, officials at the US space agency have warned that it may not be possible to try again before next month.

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NASA may be forced to roll Artemis I back to VAB after Saturday scrub

ORLANDO, Fla. — All signs were pointing to optimism for NASA’s second shot at a moonshot on Saturday, but a familiar foe forced another scrub for the Artemis I flight from Kennedy Space Center. Now the rocket may be forced to head back to the Vehicle Assembly Building with its…

Orlando Sentinel

NASA may be forced to roll Artemis I back to VAB after Saturday scrub

ORLANDO, Fla. — All signs were pointing to optimism for NASA’s second shot at a moonshot on Saturday, but a familiar foe forced another scrub for the Artemis I flight from Kennedy Space Center, and now the rocket may be forced to head back to the Vehicle Assembly Building with…

Orlando Sentinel

Artemis spectators disappointed by 2nd scrub, but support NASA decision to get launch right

ORLANDO, Fla. — After a second postponement, several Artemis spectators were understandably disappointed but said they supported NASA’s decision regardless of how far they may have traveled.

Orlando Sentinel

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s second attempt at launching Moon rocket

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s second bid at launching the SLS, delaying the debut of its Moon-to-Mars mission by weeks.

Al Jazeera

NASA's return to the moon is delayed again after scrub because of fuel leak

Second time was not the charm for the first-ever launch of NASA's towering moon rocket.

Los Angeles Times

NASA Artemis launch called off again after leak

They attempted this twice, and also flushed helium through the line. But the leak persisted.

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NASA calls off second attempt to launch Artemis moon rocket

The space agency has postponed the launch after a fault was found in the rocket’s hardware

The Guardian - US

Nasa calls off Artemis 1 moon rocket launch for second time after fuel leak

Head of US space agency suggests maiden test flight will probably be delayed until the middle of October

Axios

NASA calls off Moon rocket launch due to fuel leak

The rocket won't be able to launch until late September at the earliest.

Daily Mirror

NASA Artemis 1 moon launch: Space agency's second attempt scrapped amid major leak

The launch of Artemis 1, Nasa's unmanned rocket scheduled to take the space agency back to the Moon for the first time in decades, has again been called off by engineers

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Fuel leak again delays preparations for NASA's latest Moon shot

As the US space agency NASA on Saturday resumed its second effort to get its giant 30-story rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon, engineers detected a fuel leak that could lead to a new delay.

The Guardian - UK

Nasa to crash $330m spacecraft into asteroid to see if impact can alter course

Space agency to cause collision with Dimorphos to avert sci-fi fears of catastrophic impact with Earth

Bangkok Post

Launch of Moon rocket scrubbed again

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida: NASA on Saturday scrapped a second attempt to get its new 30-storey rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon after engineers detected a fuel leak.

The Hindu

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s second shot at launching moon rocket

The previous launch bid on August 29 had fallen through after technical problems forced a halt to the countdown and led to the postponement of the uncrewed flight

Axios

The Moon is a jumping off point for Mars

NASA wants to send people to Mars, and it's going to the Moon first.

Inverse

Artemis I: NASA scrubs SLS launch again, citing fuel leaks

NASA wants to launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon, but multiple delays are getting in the way. Here's how to watch the launch when it finally and everything you need to know about this historic flight.

The Independent UK

NASA fuels new moon rocket in week's 2nd launch attempt

NASA has begun fueling its new moon rocket for liftoff on a crucial test flight

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