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Category: Space Exploration
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Roundup: Artemis Moon Program Updates and, NASA s Artemis III, and more.
Artemis Moon Program Updates and Milestones this week: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is now the primary assembly site for the SLS core stage, with the Artemis III core stage; and NASA has rolled out the core stage of the Space Launch System…
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Detonation Engines, Titan Sensors, and Artemis Suit Delays
Other Space Exploration Signals this week: Astrobotic has completed the first hot-fire tests of its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) at NASA’s Marshall; and Astrobotic has completed a series of ground tests for Chakram, a…
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Galactic Ice Maps, Metal Asteroids, and Titan’s Flying Lab
Deep Space & Exoplanets this week: NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, launched via SpaceX Falcon Heavy, is currently en route to the solar system’s largest; and NASA’s SPHEREx mission has mapped interstellar ice across molecular clouds spanning…
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Smashed Rocks and Space Dust: The Latest in Asteroid Defense and Chemistry
Asteroid Research & Defense this week: The European Space Agency’s Hera probe is scheduled to arrive at the Didymos-Dimorphos system in November 2026 to; and A series of recent publications analyzing returned samples from asteroids Bennu…
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Curiosity Finds Life’s Building Blocks as China Races to Return Mars Soil
Mars Exploration this week: The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has reaffirmed its timeline for the Tianwen-3 mission, aiming to; and NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified complex organic molecules in a 3.
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Artemis II Hits the Moon, But NASA Budget Cuts Loom Large
Artemis & Lunar Missions this week: NASA has launched the Artemis II mission, sending a four-person crew—including three NASA astronauts and one from; and NASA has moved the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft…
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NASA’s Mobile Launcher Rolls Ahead of Artemis III Preparation
Space Exploration this week: NASA has moved the mobile launcher for the Space Launch System from Launch Complex 39B back to the Vehicle Assembly; and NASA’s mobile launcher for the Space Launch System has returned to the Vehicle Assembly…
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Artemis II Astronauts Back in Houston, Reunite with Families
Space Exploration this week: The Artemis II crew has returned to Johnson Space Center in Houston following the successful completion of their; and NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft, carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover…