To launch part of its space station to orbit, China used a large rocket that cannot control its atmospheric re-entry. It is the third time such a rocket has been used.
Tag: Rocket Science and Propulsion
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NASA Will Send More Helicopters to Mars
Instead of sending another rover to help retrieve rock and dirt samples from the red planet and bring them to Earth, the agency will provide the helicopters as a backup option.
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China Set to Launch Space Station Module With Unknown Landing
The Wentian module, the second part of the Tiangong orbital outpost, requires using a massive launcher that has twice conducted uncontrolled re-entries into Earth’s atmosphere.
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NASA’s CAPSTONE Launch to the Moon: How to Watch
The small spacecraft will be the first to head to the moon in a year when other planned missions have yet to get off the launchpad.
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They Found Two New Craters on the Moon and Discovered a New Mystery
Tediously searching through imagery from a NASA spacecraft, researchers found where a discarded stage of a forgotten rocket crashed in March. But other questions remain.