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'If it had had a payload, it would have made it to orbit.' Elon Musk reveals cause of Starship explosion (video)

SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket blew up about eight minutes into its second-ever test flight last fall because the launch team vented its liquid oxygen, Elon Musk said.

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What time is the SpaceX Ax-3 astronaut launch for Axiom Space? How to watch it live on Jan. 17.

SpaceX will launch the private Ax-3 mission for Axiom Space on Jan. 17 to send four astronauts to the International Space Station for two weeks. Here's when and how to watch.

Space

'Star Trek' on Mars? Curiosity rover spots Starfleet symbol on Red Planet

NASA's Curiosity rover found a Mars rock shaped like a Star Trek badge this month. The mission continues to beam up images from the Red Planet after 12 years of work.

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Moon rock revelations could solve lingering lunar geology puzzle

High-temperature experiments conducted on Earth with lunar rock samples may have finally revealed how a unique type of rock was created and distributed on the moon.

Space

SpaceX rolls rocket to pad for Ax-3 astronaut launch (photos)

SpaceX just rolled its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule out to the pad for the planned Wednesday (Jan. 17) launch of the private Ax-3 astronaut mission.

Space

Doomed Peregrine moon lander will burn up in Earth's atmosphere — but we don't yet know where

The leak that stopped the Peregrine moon lander's attempt is nearly finished, but the Astrobotic mission is still on track to burn up above Earth instead of reaching its lunar destination.

Space

Last built-for-flight external tank lifted into place for space shuttle Endeavour exhibit

NASA's last-existing, built-for-flight space shuttle external tank took to the sky, briefly leaving the ground to become part of the California Science Center's space shuttle Endeavour exhibit.

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Scientists discover cosmic fossil created by erupting supermassive black hole

Giant clouds of cold gas in NGC 4945, were blasted through the spiral galaxy when its central black hole erupted 5 million years ago.

Space

NASA's troubled Mars sample-return mission has scientists seeing red

NASA's Mars Sample Return program is the agency’s highest priority in planetary science, but projected multibillion-dollar overruns have some calling the plan a 'dumpster fire.'

Space

Meet the 4 astronauts of SpaceX's Ax-3 launch for Axiom Space

An international crew of four private astronauts are launching on Axiom Space's third mission to the International Space Station.

Space

Failed Peregrine lunar lander carrying human remains will crash into Earth by Thursday (Jan. 18)

Astrobotic's controversial Peregrine lunar lander, which sprang a fatal propellant leak shortly after launching last week, will be deliberately burned up in Earth's atmosphere in the coming days.

LiveScience

No alien life needed: Dark streaks in Venus' atmosphere can be explained by iron minerals

The dark streaks in Venus' atmosphere — a potential sign of life, according to some researchers — can be explained by Iron-bearing sulfate minerals, a new study reports.

Space

Astrobotic's Lunar Lander to Safely End Mission After Failed Moonshot

Astrobotic's lunar lander, Peregrine, is set to burn up in Earth's atmosphere following a failed moonshot mission. NASA paid over 0 million for experime...

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US company's lunar lander will burn up in Earth's atmosphere after failed moonshot

A U.S. company's lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth's atmosphere after a failed moonshot

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Peregrine moon lander heads back toward Earth and should burn up in the atmosphere

The mission was to be the first time an American company sent a spacecraft to the moon — and the first time the U.S. returned to the lunar surface in more than 50 years.

Space

Ailing Peregrine moon lander on path to crash into Earth, Astrobotic says

The beleaguered private moon lander Peregrine is now on a collision course with Earth, Astrobotic said Saturday.

The Hindu

Pinarayi to open Global Science Festival Kerala on January 15

Described by the organisers as a curated event “that explores Science through art,” GSFK will be thrown open to the public by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at 6 p.m. on Monday.

LiveScience

Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a dwarf galaxy

The irregular dwarf galaxy UGC 8091 is likely a building block of ‘grand design’ galaxies like our Milky Way.

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The Observer view on the Peregrine lander: one glitch won’t keep private enterprise off the moon

The delay to Nasa’s 10-year lunar programme gives us time to beef up the treaties governing the exploitation of extraterrestrial resources

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 93 — Does America really want to go back to the moon?

On Episode 93 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod we talk space history and America's desire to go to the moon with former NASA historian Roger Launius.

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Hobbled Peregrine moon lander limps to lunar distance as Astrobotic fights to keep it alive

Astrobotic's Peregrine lander has made it out to lunar distance, a major milestone for the crippled craft — but a moon landing still doesn't seem to be in the cards.

Space

NASA's Lunar Retroreflector Network could make landing on the moon much easier

Landing on the moon soon be much easier thanks to NASA's Lunar Retroreflector Array network being carried to the lunar surface on international and commercial landers.

The Guardian - US

Nasa unveils quiet supersonic aircraft in effort to revive commercial flights

In launch event on Friday, agency shared plans to test over US cities to see if it’s quiet enough by engaging ‘the people below’

The Conversation

What delays to the Artemis II and III missions mean for Canada

On Jan. 9, NASA announced it would be shifting the launch of Artemis II to September 2025. Artemis III — the first mission to land humans on the surface of the moon since 1972 — was moved to September 2026.

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NASA unveils its revolutionary X-59 Quesst 'quiet' supersonic jet (photos, video)

NASA and Lockheed Martin showed off the finished X-59 Quesst jet today, which promises to usher in a new era of quieter supersonic flight.

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