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NASA advances Artemis goals with lunar dust breakthrough and rocket milestone

NASA’s lunar exploration plans gained momentum this week with two key developments: Rice University researchers unveiled a method to turn abrasive lunar dust into a strength-enhancing construction material, and NASA shipped the Artemis III core stage ...

NASA’s Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?

But so far, it’s looking like the rocket and spaceship needed for a lunar landing are getting there for NASA. The biggest remaining piece of the architecture, therefore, is a lunar lander. Known in NASA parlance as the Human Landing System,

Artemis astronauts transition after return. Latest on NASA moon missions

Artemis II astronauts are back on Earth, sharing unique videos and adapting to gravity, while NASA plans for Artemis III.
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NASA's TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before

"Most planetary systems appear as 'peas in a pod.' This is not the case in the TOI-201 system."
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NASA’s $23B SLS rocket flies once, then gets discarded—critics renew scrutiny

On November 16, 2022, NASA’s Space Launch System thundered off Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, generating 8.8 million pounds of thrust and sending the uncrewed Orion capsule toward the Moon. Roughly eight minutes later,
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Jeff Bezos’ Botched Space Launch Was So Bad It Could Threaten NASA’s Entire Moon Program

More delays could be coming. The post Jeff Bezos’ Botched Space Launch Was So Bad It Could Threaten NASA’s Entire Moon Program appeared first on Futurism.

NASA Says It’s ‘One Step Closer’ to Paving Way for First Mission to Mars

The largest section of the space rocket that will launch the next moon mission has been shipped to the Kennedy Space Center.