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ReportingAug 3, 2020Read →

NASA Astronauts Cap Historic ‘Odyssey’ Aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule

U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after a two-month voyage that was NASA’s first crewed…

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ReportingJul 30, 2020Read →

NASA’s New Mars Rover Launches From Florida to Seek Signs of Past Life

NASA’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth’s planetary…

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StoryJun 25, 2020Read →

NASA Headquarters in DC to Be Named After NASA’s First Black Female Engineer

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters will be named after Mary W. Jackson, NASA’s first Black female engineer. Bridenstine released an official statement on Wednesday…

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ReportingMay 31, 2020Read →

NASA Resumes Human Spaceflight From US Soil With Historic SpaceX Launch

SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil…

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ReportingMay 30, 2020Read →

SpaceX, NASA to Try Again for Landmark Launch of Two Astronauts From Florida

Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX was set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit on Saturday from Florida for a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil…

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ReportingMay 27, 2020Read →

Weather Delays SpaceX’s First Astronaut Launch From Florida

SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, was forced by foul weather to scrub a planned launch on Wednesday of two Americans into orbit from Florida, a mission that would mark the first…

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ReportingMay 20, 2020Read →

NASA Human Spaceflight Chief Resigns Ahead of Launch

NASA’s human spaceflight chief Doug Loverro has resigned, according to an internal memo seen by agency employees on Tuesday, just a week before the agency is scheduled to launch two astronauts into space from U.S. soil…

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ReportingApr 17, 2020Read →

Coronavirus Forces Detour for Homecoming Astronauts

NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir will take an unusual – and more exhausting – route home after safely landing in the Kazakh steppe on Friday, a Russian healthcare official said, because of lockdowns caused…

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ReportingMar 20, 2020Read →

Coronavirus Deals Blow to NASA’s 2024 Return-To-Moon Plan

The coronavirus has dealt a blow to NASA’s plan to return Americans to the moon by 2024, as the space agency chief on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested…

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StoryFeb 24, 2020Read →

‘A True-Life Hero’: Tributes Pour in for Katherine Johnson After NASA Mathematician Dies at 101

After news that Katherine Johnson, one of the black mathematicians at NASA whose life was portrayed in the movie “Hidden Figures,” had died at the age of 101, social media users praised her work and legacy. Former…

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ReportingFeb 24, 2020Read →

Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Portrayed in ‘Hidden Figures’, Dies at 101

Katherine Johnson, the black woman whose mathematical genius took her from a behind-the-scenes job in a segregated NASA as portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” to a key role in sending humans to the moon, died on…

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ReportingFeb 6, 2020Read →

NASA Astronaut Koch Returns to Earth After Record Space Mission

U.S. astronaut Christina Koch, who led the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday after a record stay on the International Space Station, ending a 328-day mission expected to yield new…

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