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NASA’s Artemis II will carry secret mementos into space to honor July 4

As the United States approaches the 250th Anniversary of Independence, NASA is preparing a very specific kind of celebration: ...
New York Post

NASA needs volunteer space cadets to track its next Artemis mission to the moon and back — here’s how to sign up

NASA’s first manned trip to the moon in over 50 years needs volunteers. The space agency announced last week that it’s crowdsourcing Earth-side support for its next mission. Artemis II, tentatively ...
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Space shuttle Discovery is headed to Houston. The Smithsonian and NASA say it may have to be sent in pieces

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...
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Inside the USSR’s Secret Space Shuttle Program Buran

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union secretly built its own space shuttle to rival America’s NASA program. Called Buran, it looked like the Space Shuttle but hid radical differences. In this ...
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We led NASA’s human exploration program. Here’s what Artemis needs next.

The Orion spacecraft being prepared for the Artemis 2 mission. Exploration programs would get a sharp funding increase in a House spending bill for fiscal year 2026. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak The recent ...
SpaceNews

NASA to test SpaceX’s Starshield in pilot program

WASHINGTON — NASA plans to test SpaceX’s Starshield satellite network, designed primarily for national security customers, to support operations of the agency’s Deep Space Network. In a Dec. 11 ...
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Is NASA’s Artemis program safe? What’s next for Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Marshall has lost about 350 people through the deferred ...