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NASA picks SpaceX to launch Pandora exoplanet mission
The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora, a 716-pound (325-kilogram) satellite designed to help scientists better understand how our understanding of exoplanets ' atmospheres are affected by changes in their host stars.
4 Space Missions to Watch in February 2025: NASA, SpaceX and More
The space industry started off 2025 with a bang. January brought the dual launch of lunar landers from the Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and Japan’s iSpace. Sent into orbit on Jan. 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center,
NASA astronaut says "we don't feel abandoned" as space mission stretches on
Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Butch Wilmore have not been "abandoned" in space, as NASA considers plans to speed their return.
NASA chooses SpaceX launch site in Texas for Pandora mission launch
NASA's Pandora satellite mission to document at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars will start from SpaceX at its Starbase launch facility in Cameron County, Texas.
SpaceX to Launch NASA’s Pandora Mission
NASA said Monday the selection of SpaceX is part of the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare program. The VADR launch services contract looks to enable NASA to issue fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity awards throughout the five-year ordering period. It has a $300 million ceiling value.
NASA, SpaceX Schedule Launch to Space Station
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the 10th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is targeted for launch on March 12. Takeoff will be from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,
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How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon
Before arriving at the Moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Moon over several months ...
NASA's polar ice experiment paves way for future moon missions
NASA's Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the moon's subsurface and analyze where ...
NASA and SpaceX’s Unexpected Spacecraft Swap Sends Crew-10 to Space Sooner
NASA and SpaceX are pushing up Crew-10’s launch date by reusing a previously flown Dragon spacecraft, Endurance. This ...
How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations
To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...
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NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions
NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...
NASA set rescue mission date for astronauts who've been stranded in space for eight months
Stranded astronauts Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita 'Suni' Williams can finally count their days in space — as the pair finally have a return date.
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"Stranded" NASA astronaut on International Space Station photographed from Earth in world first
NASA astronaut Suni Williams was undertaking a repair on the ISS when she was photographed from Earth by an amateur ...
What we know about possible Nasa mission to ‘deflect’ asteroid heading for Earth
By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...