Artemis II crew on course to head back home
The Artemis II astronauts are now on course to head back to Earth after their historic, record-breaking lunar flyby.
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Artemis II crew sets farthest flight record
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission, on board their Orion spacecraft, surpassed the previous record for the farthest distance from Earth that human’s have ever traveled. That mark was perviously set by Apollo 13 in 1970 at 248,655 miles.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman spoke with Ed O’Keefe on Face the Nation Sunday to provide an update on the Artemis II mission.
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: ‘Huge’ meteor crosses California sky
The footage shows a sudden flash illuminating the night sky as the meteor burned through the atmosphere, visible for just a few seconds before disappearing.
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President Trump appoints first members of PCAST
PCAST, established by an executive order, will bring together industry leaders to advise the president and provide recommendations on strengthening American leadership in science and technology.
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Lunar eclipse visible in Southern California
The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles held a livestream as the eclipse happened. This is the last total lunar eclipse visible in North America until December 31, 2028.
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NASA and SpaceX delays launch window for Crew-12 mission
NASA and SpaceX are now targeting no earlier than 5:15 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 13, for launch of the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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Artemis II’s wet dress rehearsal test terminated
NASA engineers were forced to halt a wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II mission Monday after detecting a liquid hydrogen leak during the countdown.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth tours launchpad for Artemis II mission
The rocket is is set to launch four astronauts on a trip around the moon no earlier than Sunday, but first, NASA must fuel its rocket and run through the full launch-day process.
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Photo of skydiver in front of the sun goes viral
Friends in Arizona teamed up for a one in a million photo of a skydiver captured in front of the sun. The photo has since gone viral.
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Scientists uncover dinosaur footprints in England
The massive trail of dinosaur footprints stretches over 650-feet in an old mining site in Oxfordshire.
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Researchers say Earth-like exoplanet could be habitable
The exoplanet was discovered during preliminary observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. Experts say they could soon confirm if the exoplanet is habitable and could sustain liquid water.
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew 11 docks at ISS
The docking, which happened just before 2:30 a.m. Eastern, marked the end of a 15-hour journey for the Dragon capsule Endeavor, which launched Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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New study says the COVID-19 pandemic aged our brains
British researchers examined a large database of brain scans and found an age acceleration of five-and-a-half months associated with the pandemic
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Electric hypercar in Britain drives upside down
The McMurty Spéirling is the first car to drive upside down, using fans that spin 23,000 rotations per minute, generating twice the car’s weight in downforce.
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NASA releases stunning close-ups of the Sun
The probe snapped these remarkable images from just about 3.8 million miles away from the solar surface, the closest any spacecraft has ever gotten to the Sun.
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World’s largest camera captures first photos of the cosmos
The Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, along with the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, shared that its new powerful telescope has already photographed millions of galaxies and thousands of asteroids.
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SpaceX rocket’s glow visible over San Diego
Footage filmed by Dennis Hall from San Diego’s College Grove Center shows the rocket making its way across the Southern California sky.
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Blue Origin launches six people into space
Blue Origin successfully completed its 12th human spaceflight and the 32nd flight for the New Shepard program Saturday.
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SpaceX holds ninth Starship test flight in Texas
The ninth uncrewed Starship test flight lifted off just after 7:30 Central, and though the launch was successful, the mission encountered problems some 30 minutes into the flight.
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