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HOUSTON — A busy week is ahead of the first Starliner astronauts after their scheduled launch on May 6. Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams will be the first NASA crew to fly to space aboard Boeing Starliner.

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Japan’s “Moon Sniper” lander has defied the odds for a third time, surviving yet another long, frigid lunar night despite not being designed to endure such harsh conditions, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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NASA’s moon program still has some work to do before it can put human boots back on the lunar surface. The agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report on Wednesday (May 1) titled “NASA’s Readiness for the Artemis 2 Crewed Mission to …

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More than 27,000 asteroids in our solar system had been overlooked in existing telescope images — but thanks to a new AI-powered algorithm, we now have a catalog of them. The scientists behind the discovery say the tool makes it easier to find and …

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Scientists may have discovered why the orbits of some planets decay, ultimately leaving these worlds to “death spiral” into their stars. This discovery may help astronomers spot which planets in star systems are doomed die a fiery death, and when.

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NASA has selected nine companies to develop concepts that could aid agency science missions to Mars down the road. The agency is awarding each company between $200,000 and $300,000 for this early-stage work, with the goal of making robotic Mars …

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Both space telescopes went down on April 23 — but, while Hubble is back, TESS remains in safe mode. Comments (0). A split screen diagonally. On the top is the Hubble Space Telescope, wrapped in. (Left) The Hubble Space Telescope back after a week in …

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The 10-month PREFIRE mission will focus on climate change by taking measurements that can only be obtained from space, measuring the amount of heat Earth loses from its polar regions. Once in near-polar, …

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The long-awaited Crewed Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally upon us. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is scheduled to launch Starliner with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on a shakedown mission to …

The Washington Post

During a NASA budget hearing this week, Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, said that “while the U.S. remains the global leader in space exploration, we face increasing challenges internationally.”.