NASA and SpaceX launch private lunar lander mission

NASA will launch the latest mission to the moon late on Tuesday, February 13 (or early on Wednesday, February 14, depending on where you live). As part of its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, the company Intuitive Machines will launch its first lunar lander, with the aim of delivering science payloads to the surface …

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Private astronauts enjoy extra time aboard the space station

The Ax-3 crew aboard the ISS. Axiom Space/NASA Private astronauts who reportedly paid tens of millions of dollars for a two-week stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are getting a little extra value for money after their departure date was changed due to poor weather conditions at the landing site. “Due to ongoing unfavorable …

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How to watch Axiom-3 depart from the ISS on Monday

On Monday, the Axiom-3 crew will depart from the International Space Station (ISS), marking the end of the first all-European private mission to the station. Launched on January 18, the four-person crew has been on the station since Saturday, January 20, and will return to Earth in their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. NASA Live: Official Stream …

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Hubble Space Telescope is in safe mode due to a gyro problem

The Hubble Space Telescope has experienced a problem with its hardware and is currently in safe mode, with science operations paused until the fault can be corrected. The problem is with one of the telescope’s three operational gyros, which are used to control the direction in which the telescope points. When a fault like this …

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NASA’s Artemis moon crew suit up for mission practice run

The four Artemis II astronauts who will embark on a flyby of the moon in November next year successfully conducted a pre-launch practice run on Wednesday. In line with launch day procedures, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, started the day by waking up …

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FAA hints SpaceX will be able to launch Starship next month

SpaceX chief Elon Musk is keen to send its next-generation Starship rocket on what will be its second crewless test mission after the first one ended spectacularly  minutes after launch in April. But first SpaceX has to receive a launch permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The latest news, which dropped via Reuters on …

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