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PublishedJanuary 8, 2024
Moon landing attempt by U.S. company appears doomed after ‘critical’ fuel leak
A propulsion system problem 'threatens the ability of the spacecraft to soft land on the moon,' the company said.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2023
Send your name to space via NASA’s ‘Message in a Bottle’
NASA is asking people to submit their names ahead of the mission's October 2024 launch. Those submitted by the end of 2023 will go into space on the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which should enter Jupiter's orbit in 2030.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Frank Borman, commander of first Apollo mission to the moon, dies at 95
The Apollo 8 astronaut also went on to become chief executive of Eastern Air Lines.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2023
Maine astronaut Jessica Meir inducted into International Air & Space Hall of Fame
The Caribou native was the first Maine woman to travel to space and is training for a future mission to the moon.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2023
Biddeford manufacturer provided critical piece for NASA’s asteroid mission
Fiber Materials Inc., which was recently acquired by Spirit AeroSystems, produced the space capsule's heat shield, the company's latest contribution in a string of NASA missions.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2023
NASA’s first asteroid samples land in Utah after release from spacecraft
Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won’t know for sure until the container is opened.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2023
One American, 2 Russians blast off in Russian capsule to International Space Station
The crew was due to arrive 3 hours later, joining 7 station residents from the U.S., Russia, Denmark, and Japan.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Boeing’s 1st astronaut flight bumped into next year, more repairs needed
NASA hired Boeing and SpaceX nearly a decade ago to deliver astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX is now 3 years into its taxi service. Boeing has only had a pair of space test flights with no one aboard.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2023
NASA’s first new wind tunnel in 40 years will turn science fiction to fact
The $43.2 million federal government contract to design and build the 25,000-square-foot facility went to BL Harbert International, a construction company based in Alabama.
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PublishedMay 19, 2023
NASA picks Bezos’ Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers
Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX
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