Space exploration

Texas Eclipse Festival offers a ‘choose your own adventure experience’ for April total solar eclipse

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Dr. Sarah Adams

On April 8, 2024, a range of cities from Texas through Ohio and up to Maine will be in the direct path ...

SpaceX Starship rocket launches third test flight

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Elon Musk’s company launched Starship at about 9:25 a.m. ET from its Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas. The rocket has now ...

SpaceX cleared to attempt third Starship launch Thursday

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Dr. Sarah Adams

SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is prepared for a third launch from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad ...

NASA shuts down Maxar-led OSAM-1 satellite refueling project

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA cited “continued technical, cost, and schedule challenges, and a broader community evolution away from refueling unprepared spacecraft, which has led to ...

Odysseus moon lander tipped over, will lose power in hours

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The private U.S. spacecraft made it to the moon Thursday and ushered in a new era of lunar missions since NASA’s Apollo ...

Intuitive Machines stock plummets after moon lander tips over

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Dr. Sarah Adams

(Reuters) – Shares of Houston-based Intuitive Machines slumped more than 30% on Monday after the space exploration firm said its Odysseus moon ...

The 1st private moon landing just happened. Is it time for lunar law?

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Dr. Sarah Adams

There was an electric moment on Feb. 22, when Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander, a rectangular prism built atop several slender metallic legs, ...

How Wall Street reads IM-1 moon-fueled rally

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander “Odysseus” deploys from the upper stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to begin the IM-1 mission. NASA TV ...

NASA’s sample of asteroid rubble double the amount expected

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Dr. Sarah Adams

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped off more than NASA anticipated. It received double the sample it needed to consider its mission on asteroid Bennu ...

Odysseus lunar lander sends back first photos after SpaceX launch

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The photos were chosen from hundreds of images captured by the lander’s cameras shortly after it separated from the SpaceX rocket and ...