Solar eclipses, new rockets and new space telescopes are some of the ways that the year ahead will try to follow an exciting 2022 in orbit and beyond.
Tag: Private Spaceflight
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31 Hours Inside SpaceX Mission Control
A reporter got an inside look at SpaceX’s attempt to launch and land three rockets in less than two days in October, part of the company’s bid to make spaceflight appear almost routine.
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50 Years After the Apollo 17 Mission, the Moon Looks Closer Than Ever
Astronauts from NASA said goodbye to the moon for the last time on Dec. 14, 1972. The somberness of the anniversary is offset by the scenes of Artemis I’s recently concluded mission.
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Successful End of NASA Moon Mission Shifts Attention to SpaceX
The splashdown of the Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean started the Artemis program, which will rely on Elon Musk’s rocket company to build a moon lander for astronauts.
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SpaceX’s Latest Launch Is a Japanese Company’s Moon Lander
The company, Ispace, is carrying a rover from the United Arab Emirates, a Japanese robot and other cargo in its bid to possibly be the first commercial lander to reach the moon.