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NASA Astronauts Heading To A New Frontier, Interacting With A Twitch Chat

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NASA Astronauts Heading To A New Frontier, Interacting With A Twitch Chat NASA, over the past 30 years, has gone to astronomical lengths to ensure the public is well aware of its work, especially young people. Adapting to a new generation, NASA announced on Wednesday that it will be hosting a livestream exclusively on Twitch, a platform synonymous with various forms of gaming. Read more…

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Space X Is Having Problems With The Rocket That Will Rescue Boeing’s Stranded Astronauts

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Space X Is Having Problems With The Rocket That Will Rescue Boeing’s Stranded Astronauts After more than eight months in space, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are counting down the days until a SpaceX Dragon capsule can launch to the International Space Station and bring them home. Concerns have now been raised about their rescue rocket, however, and a switch of spacecraft could actually mean… Read more…

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Two private landers head to the moon to aid future NASA astronauts

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Two private landers head to the moon to aid future NASA astronauts The landers have a long journey ahead of them. | Image: SpaceXA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday morning carrying two private lunar landers into orbit in support of NASA’s future Artemis landing crews. The Blue Ghost and Resilience landers, built by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and Japan’s iSpace aerospace firm…

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Space Travel Damages Astronauts At The Cellular Level

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Space Travel Damages Astronauts At The Cellular Level Space, the final frontier, is an environment so inhospitable and vast that it could only be compared to traversing the world’s oceans during the Age of Sail. While sailors struggled to fight scurvy two centuries ago, astronauts today now face the threat of damage at the cellular level. Read more…

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Boeing Still Can’t Return Stranded Astronauts To Earth After 51 Days Stuck In Space

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Boeing Still Can’t Return Stranded Astronauts To Earth After 51 Days Stuck In Space Boeing isn’t just having problems on Earth where plane production is facing questions from the top-tier of the U.S. Government, it’s also having issues in space as well. The American company flew two astronauts to the International Space Station last month and leaks onboard its spacecraft mean it hasn’t been able to… Read more…

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Boeing Starliner Strands 2 Astronauts On International Space Station

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Boeing Starliner Strands 2 Astronauts On International Space Station NASA announced on Tuesday that astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will be returning from the International Space Station no earlier than June 26. The pair launched on June 6 in the Boeing Starliner’s first crewed flight and were slated to return after a week, according to CNN. However, NASA has now delayed the… Read more…

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NASA picks three companies to develop a Moon car for Artemis astronauts

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NASA picks three companies to develop a Moon car for Artemis astronauts The Lunar Dawn LTV from Lunar Outpost, Lockheed Martin, General Motors (GM), Goodyear, and MDA Space. | Image: Lunar OutpostNASA has selected Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab to develop the lunar terrain rover for its Artemis lunar explorations. All three companies are in the running for task orders with a potential value …

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