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Artemis II update: NASA targets March 6 for launch of historic moon mission following successful 'wet dress rehearsal'NASA is targeting March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for the Artemis II mission to the moon following a successful 'wet dress rehearsal' on Thursday.
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Bungled Boeing Starliner mission was the highest order of mishap that put stranded astronauts at risk, report saysThe 2024 Starliner mission, which left astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stranded in space for nine months, has received NASA's worst mishap classification in a damning report.
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NASA starts countdown clock for second Artemis II wet dress rehearsal after rocky first attemptNASA will attempt to fuel its Artemis II rocket again tomorrow after hydrogen leaks derailed the first wet dress rehearsal and delayed what is scheduled to be a historic crewed flight around the moon.
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Supercomputers simulated the orbits of 1 million satellites between Earth and the moon — and less than 10% survivedResearchers used a pair of powerful supercomputers to simulate the potential trajectories of 1 million satellites in a cislunar orbit between Earth and the moon. Less than 10% of these orbits remained stable throughout the simulations, but this is not as disastrous as it may sound.
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'The brain consistently moved upward and backward': Astronauts' brains physically shift in their heads during spaceflightOpinion A new study analyzed brain MRI scans from 26 astronauts and found that the longer someone lived in space, the more their brain shifted in their skull.
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Hydrogen leak derails Artemis II wet rehearsal, pushing launch date back by weeksNASA has delayed the Artemis II launch until March at the earliest after engineers discovered hydrogen leaks during last night's wet dress rehearsal.
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Artemis II simulated launch window opens tonight as NASA delays mission due to 'rare Arctic outbreak'
NASA's Artemis II simulated launch is scheduled for tonight after Arctic weather forced the mission to be delayed. The first crewed Artemis mega moon rocket could still leave Earth as early as this weekend.
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NASA jet crashes in flames on Texas runway — taking it out of the Artemis II missionNew footage shows one of NASA's WB-57 research jets spewing out flames and smoke as it skids across a runway during an emergency landing near Houston. The veteran aircraft was due to play a small role in the Artemis II mission.
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NASA is preparing for simulated launch of Artemis II mega moon rocket — and it could happen as early as SaturdayNASA has announced it will fuel the Artemis II rocket as part of a simulated launch that will take place as early as Saturday (Jan. 31).
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