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Trek to the Stars With October’s Most Compelling Spaceflight Images
From capturing precious asteroid samples and exploring volcanic moons to navigating mysterious toxic blobs and portraying fictional Space Force battles, October was a captivating month in spaceflight and space exploration, as these images attest. Canadian author L.M. Montgomery once wrote, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” Indeed, it is…
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NASA Showcases Orion Spacecraft Trio for Future Crewed Artemis Moon Missions
The crew modules for NASA’s Artemis 2, 3 and 4 missions are currently stationed next to one another at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the three spacecraft undergoing different stages of production for their upcoming launch dates. NASA recently shared a group photo of its Orion crew capsules inside the high bay of…
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NASA Has Lost Contact With the Moon-Bound CAPSTONE Probe
The probe successfully escaped Earth’s gravity yesterday but has since gone silent. Ground teams are now trying to reestablish contact.
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NASA Hopes to Launch a Very Special Microwave-Sized Satellite on Monday
A tiny satellite is poised to set the stage for something far grander: a full-blown lunar space station. NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite is scheduled to launch on Monday and then travel to a unique lunar orbit in a pathfinder mission for the Artemis program, which is seeking to return humans to the Moon later this decade.