It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission
For now, it looks like NASA’s orange behemoth has a little life left in it. All the hardware for the Artemis II mission has ...
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NASA completes SLS core stage stacking for Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)
The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side ...
SpaceX Rocket Launch Creates a Glowing Spiral in Night Sky
Frozen fuel from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket created a luminous swirl that lasted for several minutes and could be seen from ...
NASA puts biggest rocket pieces together for Artemis II moon mission
The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a big hurdle over the weekend. The 212-foot-tall core stage was placed Sunday ...
SpaceX Rocket Leaves a Glowing Spiral in the Sky, Visible Across Europe
Frozen fuel from the Falcon 9 rocket launched Monday created a luminous display for several minutes, and was seen by people from England to Eastern Europe.
A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years
Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...
As preps continue, it’s looking more likely NASA will fly the Artemis II mission
It is the single largest element for NASA's Artemis II mission, slated to ferry a crew of astronauts around the far side of ...
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Pulsar unveils nuclear fusion rocket concept
The Sunbird concept is for the fusion-powered ‘tugs’ to be permanently based in space, able to dock with spacecraft and ...
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 152 — Atomic Rockets II: Nuclear Electric Boogaloo
On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...
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NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe's Beginning
"Everything in NASA science is interconnected, and sending both SPHEREx and PUNCH up on a single rocket doubles the opportunities to do incredible science in space," said Nicky Fox, associate ...
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Ad Astra: The future of propulsion technology
Famed engineer, NASA technologist, spaceflight expert, and author Les Johnson summarized the potential for nuclear propulsion to Interesting Engineering via email: “Using a fission rocket to get ...
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Delayed SpaceX Rocket Finally Departs, Delivers NASA Satellites
The rocket carried two separate science missions, one dubbed SPHEREx to study the universe and the other called PUNCH to provide details about the sun for NASA. A space telescope, SPHEREx stands ...