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A camera on one of the Artemis 1 Orion capsule

Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft aced its test flight but still hasn’t tested life support

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The Europe-built service module powering the Orion spaceship during the Artemis 1 mission is nailing its debut lunar round trip, but a key system for keeping future human crews alive is not being tested during the flight. The Orion capsulewhich began the return leg of its groundbreaking journey on Thursday (Dec. 1), is currently not …

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes First Flight With New Navigation Software

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes First Flight With New Navigation Software

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This illustration depicts Mars Helicopter Ingenuity during a test flight on Mars. Ingenuity was taken to the Red Planet strapped to the belly of the Perseverance rover (seen in the background). Ingenuity, a technological experiment, was the first aircraft to attempt controlled flight on another planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Compared to some of the other flights …

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Your Thanksgiving Flight Might Have Turbulence. Here's the Forecast.

Your Thanksgiving Flight Might Have Turbulence. Here’s the Forecast.

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Turbulence can make even the most frequent flier a little unnerved or disturbed. And with nearly 240,000 flights expected over the long Thanksgiving weekend, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, at least a few will encounter rough air. “It almost always starts getting bumpy as soon as we turn off the fasten seatbelt sign,” joked …

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Dwarf tomato seeds will launch to space station aboard SpaceX's next resupply flight | CNN

Dwarf tomato seeds to launch to space station aboard SpaceX resupply flight | CNN

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. CNN — SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply is set to launch this weekend, and it’ll carry a bounty of supplies, a pair of new solar arrays, dwarf tomato seeds and a range of scientific experiments to …

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Dwarf tomato seeds will launch to space station aboard SpaceX's next resupply flight | CNN

Dwarf tomato seeds will launch to space station aboard SpaceX’s next resupply flight | CNN

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. CNN — When SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply mission launches Tuesday, it will carry a bounty of supplies, a pair of new solar arrays, dwarf tomato seeds and a range of scientific experiments to the International …

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Update: NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket launches on lunar test flight

Update: NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket launches on lunar test flight

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Update for 2 am ET: NASA successfully launched the Artemis 1 moon mission on the first Space Launch System rocket at 1:47 am EST (0647 GMT) in a stunning success. Read our full Artemis 1 launch story. You can also see amazing photos of the Artemis 1 launch, the first photos from the Orion spacecraft …

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Artemis I mission takes flight in historic leap forward for NASA's moon program | CNN

Artemis I mission takes flight in historic leap forward for NASA’s moon program | CNN

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. CNN — The historic Artemis I mission took flight in the early hours of Wednesday morning after months of anticipation. The milestone event kicked off a journey that will send an uncrewed spacecraft around the …

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First Starliner crewed flight further delayed - SpaceNews

First Starliner crewed flight further delayed – SpaceNews

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WASHINGTON — NASA has delayed the first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle with astronauts on board, a slip that will push back the spacecraft’s first operational mission into 2024. NASA said Nov. 3 that the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, with agency astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams on board, was …

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Review: Star Ocean: The Divine Force (PS5) - Space Age JRPG Barely Takes Flight

Review: Star Ocean: The Divine Force (PS5) – Space Age JRPG Barely Takes Flight

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After forty-five hours, a few smiles, and one or two frowns, we walked away from Star Ocean: The Divine Force with a shrug. It’s a middle-tier Japanese role playing game that at no point, ever, threatens to get promoted to top-tier status nor sink so low that it ends up sandwiched between Hyperdimension Neptunia and …

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Stocks ease as Ukraine attacks and rate outlook spark flight to havens

Stocks ease as Ukraine attacks and rate outlook spark flight to havens

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MSCI global index drops for a fourth day Russian bombings across Ukraine fuel nervousness Markets braced for high core US CPI, earnings season LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Global shares dropped on Monday after Russian missiles pounded cities across Ukraine and as renewed concern about the economic outlook sent investors into safe-haven assets such as …

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