Lunar lander launched, separated successfully in latest U.S. moon attempt
A moon lander was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in more than a half century and the first by …
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New NASA climate satellite will keep eye on plankton, clouds. Here’s why
NASA’s newest climate satellite rocketed into orbit Thursday to survey the world’s oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. SpaceX launched the Pace satellite on its $948-million US mission before dawn …
Crew with first astronaut from Turkey launched on commercial flight to space station
Live video streamed online by Axiom showed the two-stage 25-storey-tall launch vehicle streaking into partly cloudy skies over Florida’s Atlantic coast atop a fiery, yellowish tail of exhaust. Cameras inside …
Moon landing attempt by US company appears doomed after ‘critical’ fuel leak
“We are currently assessing what alternative mission profiles may be feasible at this time,” the company said in a statement. The United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket, part of the …
U.S. shoots for 1st lunar landing in 50 years, this time with private companies leading the way
A robotic lander built by a private company was bound for the moon on Monday in an attempt to make the first U.S. lunar soft landing in more than half …
Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to orbit the moon, dead at 95
Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. …