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UAH TERMINUS student team launches NASA RockSat-X payload
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Team TERMINUS from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, successfully launched a student-developed payload aboard a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket that featured two experiments designed by the UAH Space Hardware Club (SHC). The student packages were launched as part of the NASA RockSat-X program, a flight that soared to an altitude NASA shares reduced Crew-9 team that will return stranded astronauts from ISS
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NASA on Friday shared the reduced crew for its upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station in order to accommodate the return of the stranded astronauts of the Boeing Starliner.
The space agency announced the decision Friday to send only NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard the mission, which will launch no earlier than Sept. Researchers advance AI Models for Lunar science
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Chinese scientists have introduced the world's first professional multimodal large language model (LLM) tailored specifically for lunar science, promising a significant boost in the speed and efficiency of processing vast quantities of lunar data.
This cutting-edge tool was launched at the China International Big Data Industry Expo in Guiyang, located in Southwest China's Guizhou province. NASA says Boeing's Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed on Sept. 6
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NASA said Thursday that Boeing's technically troubled Starliner spacecraft is set to return to Earth next week without stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni WIlliams.
"NASA and Boeing concluded a detailed Delta-Flight Test Readiness Review on Thursday, polling 'go' to proceed with undocking of the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft no earlier than 6:04 p.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 6, from SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink flights after FAA lifts ban on Falcon fleet
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SpaceX carried out back-to-back launches of Falcon 9 rockets carrying Starlink satellites into orbit early Saturday, just hours after U.S. officials lifted a temporary ban on the rocket fleet.
The company first launched the Starlink 8-10 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:43 a.m. EDT, and quickly followed that just an hour later with another Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Data from space probes show that Alfvén waves drive the acceleration and heating of the solar wind
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SpaceX cleared to fly Falcon 9 rocket after landing mishap
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US regulators on Friday cleared SpaceX to restart launching its stalwart Falcon 9 rocket, as a probe continues into a rare mishap this week during a first-stage booster landing.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday after a first-stage booster tipped over and exploded while attempting to land on a droneship off the Florida coast.
The early morning launch was otherwise successful, delivering the latest batch of 21 Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
"The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of the anomaly during the Starlink Group 8-6 mission remains open, provided all other license requirements are met," the FAA said in a statement Friday.
A webcast from Elon Musk's company showed the first stage, which normally fires its thrusters to achieve a precise upright landing, tilting and blowing up as it descended onto a droneship off the Florida coast.
Although landing the booster is a secondary objective, and no lives or public property were at risk, the reusability of the entire rocket system is crucial to SpaceX's business model.
Naval Research Laboratory's LARADO instrument to detect lethal orbital debris, integrated on STP satellite
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NASA's new solar sail extends its booms and sets sail
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Solar sails are an exciting way to travel through the solar system because they get their propulsion from the sun. NASA has developed several solar sails, and their newest, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (or ACS3), launched a few months ago into low Earth orbit.
NASA cuts 2 from next SpaceX flight to make room for astronauts stuck at space station
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NASA on Friday cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station.
NASA's Nick Hague and Russian Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch in September aboard a SpaceX rocket for the orbiting laboratory. The duo will return with Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore in February. NASA decided it's too risky for Williams and Wilmore to fly home in their Boeing Starliner capsule, marred by thruster troubles and helium leaks.