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NASA’s Artemis I makes way to moon after successful launch

Mariana Navarro

Posted on November 18, 2022 · After multiple delays, NASA's Artemis I rocket launched Wednesday and is set to travel to the moon and back.

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Take 2: NASA aims for Saturday launch of new moon rocket

Associated Press

Posted on August 31, 2022 · The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — remains on its pad at Kennedy Space Center with an empty crew capsule on top.

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NASA set for first moon mission in 50 years with Artemis I launch Monday

Ariel Worthy

Posted on August 26, 2022 · Artemis 1 will be the first moon mission since Apollo in 1972 and will be a test of various systems and capabilities.

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NASA celebrates 64 years of pushing the boundaries of science and technology

Lisa Rosborough

Posted on July 29, 2022 · NASA historians, astronomers, and space logistics experts discuss sixty decades of NASA and the scientific, technological achievements in human spaceflight.

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Watch: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down In Atlantic Ocean

Bill Chappell, NPR

Posted on March 8, 2019 · The craft's splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean hit its expected landing time of 8:45 a.m. ET Friday after re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

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50 Years Later, NASA Creates Tribute To 3 Astronauts Who Died In Space Race

BRENDAN BYRNE

Posted on January 27, 2017 · On Jan. 27, 1967, three astronauts were killed when a fire broke out in their Apollo 1 cockpit during a test on the launchpad. The capsule will be put on public view for the first time Friday.

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NASA’s Day Of Remembrance, 30 Years Since Challenger

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Posted on January 28, 2016 · Families of the lost Challenger astronauts gathered at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to mark the space shuttle's 30th anniversary.

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NASA’s Day of Remembrance focuses on the members lost in the Columbia Shuttle for its 20th anniversary

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on January 26, 2023 · Family and guests paid respects to lost lives at the Johnson Space Center’s Astronaut Memorial Grove today with a focus on the Columbia accident that occurred on February 1, 2003.

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Houston stargazers can see green comet in the sky during January, early February

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on January 18, 2023 · The comet is not expected to be visible to the naked eye, but those with binoculars and away from Houston's city lights can try to spot it in the overnight hours.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2628: The Edge of Space

Michael Barratt

Posted on January 11, 2023 · Episode: 2628 When traveling into space, how do you know you’re there? Today, astronaut Michael Barratt asks, where exactly is the border of space?

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NASA expecting busy year as it prepares for next Artemis launch in 2024

Jack Williams

Posted on January 2, 2023 · Judging from the early returns of the Artemis 1 mission, NASA is off to a good start. The empty Orion crew module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja on December 11 after a 25-day mission that covered 1.3 million miles, including a loop around the Moon.

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