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Space Shuttle Boosters Point to the Sky for the First Time in Over a Decade
The pair of rocket boosters that lifted the iconic Space Shuttle to orbit are now standing tall at the California Science Center, awaiting the Endeavor orbiter for the full display that will showcase the launch vehicle in its vertical glory for the first time since its retirement. The solid rocket boosters (SRBs) were stacked in…
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Did NASA Forget How to Put People on the Moon?
NASA’s plodding, iterative approach to its Artemis program gives the distinct impression that it has somehow forgotten how to land humans on the Moon. A closer inspection uncovers the many reasons — whether justified or not — for why it’s taking NASA so long to return boots to those vaunted lunar grounds.
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7 Things We Learned From NASA’s Wildly Successful Artemis 1 Mission
Orion’s 25 day lunar journey sets the stage for humans to once again walk on the Moon.
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How a Single Human Hair Nearly Halted a SpaceX Launch
Engineers quip that FOD is a four-letter word, but there’s nothing funny about foreign object debris and its potential to trigger disaster.