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NASA’s huge new rocket will soon send astronauts around the moon

The United States is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, riding a ...

6 spaceflights ahead in 2026, from NASA moon missions to SpaceX Starship

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In the year ahead, NASA's first astronaut moon mission ...
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Meet the Louisiana native helping NASA build its next rocket to the moon

"It’s amazing to think that this thing I have been working on in various capacities for the last eight years is about to send ...
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Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...
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Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX rocket launch schedule in Florida

Follow FLORIDA TODAY's Space Team for industry news, NASA and SpaceX updates, and live launch blog coverage at ...

First Crewed Moon Mission Since 1973 Is ‘Go’ For 2026 — What We Know

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 53 years ...
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OTD In Space - January 4: NASA Cancels Apollo 20 Moon Mission

On 1970, NASA cancelled the Apollo 20 moon mission. This came just six months after Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil ...
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Live long and loiter: Why NASA's ESCAPADE probes will wait a year in space before heading to Mars

"How do you get to Mars when the launch vehicle is not necessarily going to Mars?" ...

A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars may be dead

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which has orbited Mars since 2014, went quiet abruptly in early December. Efforts to reestablish a ...
USA Today

Blue Origin postpones New Glenn Mars mission for NASA. Here's when it could launch now

New Glenn was fueled up and vertical on the launch pad ahead of an impending launch before Blue Origin ultimately called it off. Blue Origin is now working toward a launch of its New Glenn rocket on ...
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NASA to begin modernization at Marshall Space Flight Center: Historic structures to be demolished starting this weekend

NASA's demolition of historic testing sites marks a new era of exploration. What’s next for this $2B project? Discover the ...
Phys.org

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, ...