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NASA teases Artemis astronaut reveal as record federal budget request comes in

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gave his annual State of NASA speech on Thursday dropping the news of when the agency would announce the four astronauts that will fly on the first crewed mission of the Artemis program while giving a top-level look at a record budget request…

Orlando Sentinel

Russia announces its first mission to moon in decades as new space race heats up

Russian space agency Roscosmos has announced that its robotic Luna 25 lander will be heading to the moon in July as the race to lay claim to its rich resources heats up

Daily Mirror

Lessons from shuttle Columbia disaster could stave off next tragedy

ORLANDO, Fla. — “Never again” is the phrase echoed among NASA leaders recalling the last major tragedy in the space program that occurred 20 years ago this week, when Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003, never making its way back home to Florida.

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NASA commemorates those lost in 3 tragedies on Day of Remembrance

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — It has been nearly 20 years since the seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia didn’t make it home, and NASA leaders gathered Thursday to commemorate their lives as well as those from Space Shuttle Challenger and Apollo 1 on the Day of Remembrance.

Orlando Sentinel

Nasa to test nuclear-powered rocket that could fly astronauts to Mars in record time

The space agency says an in-Earth orbit demonstration of the craft will be conducted in 2027

Evening Standard

NASA to test nuclear fission-powered spacecraft engine by 2027

The technological advancement has long been seen as critical to long-haul missions, including a manned trip to Mars.

Al Jazeera

Nasa to test nuclear rockets that could fly astronauts to Mars in record time

Project, in concert with US government agency Darpa, aims to develop pioneering propulsion system for space travel

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Nasa and Boeing’s billion-dollar plane concept could slash emissions

The plane could take to the skies in the 2030s with 30% less emissions, by Nasa’s projections

Evening Standard

What we know about Elon Musk’s week and what’s in store for Twitter

After being spotted relaxed at the World Cup with Jared Kushner, the Tesla CEO lost an online poll on whether he should stay on as Twitter boss

The Guardian - UK

‘A new day has dawned’: Orion returns to Earth to complete Artemis I mission

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA chased down the Orion spacecraft after its record-breaking reentry into Earth’s atmosphere Sunday to conclude the Artemis I mission that lifted off from Kennedy Space Center more than three weeks ago.

Orlando Sentinel

Halfway done: Orion reaches farthest distance from Earth on Artemis I mission

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA officials said the Orion spacecraft traveled to its farthest distance from Earth on Monday, two days after breaking a record set by Apollo 13.

Orlando Sentinel

Japanese astronaut to join NASA mission

A Japanese astronaut will be on board the Gateway space station when it orbits the moon during NASA's Artemis missions, the Japanese government and the U.S. space agency agreed on Friday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Nasa’s Artemis 1 rocket blasts off to the moon

The uncrewed mission around the moon will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration.

The Independent UK

Nasa’s rocket launch to the moon next week aims to close 50-year gap

Nasa’s rocket Artemis is going to launch again – but why exactly are we going to the moon again?

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No evidence to support Trump’s latest claim on corruption and ‘stolen’ votes in 2018 in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump repeated claims this week that votes were being “stolen” as part of the “corrupt Election process in Broward County” in 2018, and asserted “the ballot theft immediately ended” after he sent in the FBI and Justice Department.

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ASX falls sharply, Wall Street slumps as Federal Reserve keeps raising rates aggressively

Australian shares close sharply lower, after the US Federal Reserve delivers another 0.75-of-a-percentage-point rise and gives no indication of when they will stop, sending Wall Street tumbling.

ABC News

The Loop: It's 20 years since the Bali bombings, states are bracing for more heavy rain, and the Fat Bear Week champion has been crowned

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NASA Kicked Asteroid Off Course in Test to Save Earth

NASA on Tuesday celebrated exceeding expectations during a mission to deflect a distant asteroid, in a sci-fi like test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth. The fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor deliberately smashed into the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos on September…

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NASA confirms humans changed the motion of a celestial object for the first time

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, better known as DART, successfully shifted the orbit of an asteroid known as Dimorphos — a huge victory for local scientists and engineers whose work was involved in the mission, NASA officials announced Tuesday.

Wales Online

Nasa successfully diverts asteroid in first Earth defence test

Mission shows Nasa 'serious as a defender of this planet'

Salon

NASA asteroid crash a smashing success

The mission sets a precedent as to how humanity might deflect a deadly Earth-bound asteroid in the future

Al Jazeera

NASA says DART spacecraft successfully alters asteroid’s path

Taking a page out of science fiction and Hollywood scripts, US space agency aims to prevent collision with Earth.

France 24

NASA strike test successfully altered asteroid's trajectory

A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.

The Independent UK

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit

Orlando Sentinel

NASA may be forced to roll Artemis I back to VAB after Saturday scrub

ORLANDO, Fla. — All signs were pointing to optimism for NASA’s second shot at a moonshot on Saturday, but a familiar foe forced another scrub for the Artemis I flight from Kennedy Space Center. Now the rocket may be forced to head back to the Vehicle Assembly Building with its…

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