All news on the topic: Nasa

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Nine months stranded in space: SpaceX capsule brings two astronauts home
Two astronauts who were stranded in space for almost nine months have finally returned to Earth, landing in a SpaceX capsule.
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Stuck in space: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams begin long-awaited return to Earth
Two astronauts stuck in space for nearly nine months are finally on their way back to Earth.
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Nuclear fusion rocket ‘Sunbird’ could slash Mars travel time
Scientists have toyed with the idea of nuclear rockets since the 1950s. Will they finally become a reality?
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Second SpaceX Starship failure in two months signals major setbacks
Back-to-back mishaps indicate big setbacks for program to launch satellites and send humans to the moon and Mars
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Firefly Aerospace lands on the moon, claims first ‘fully successful’ private touchdown
Firefly Aerospace succeeded in its first attempt to land on the moon with its uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft on Sunday, kicking off a two-week research mission as a handful of private firms compete to reach the frontlines of a global moon race.
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Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez are among Blue Origin’s planned all-female crew to space
Pop star Katy Perry and journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, who is also billionaire Jeff Bezos’ fiancée, are set to blast off into space on a Blue Origin rocket, marking the first all-female flight crew in more than six decades.
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NASA provides significant update on massive ’city killer’ asteroid ’the size of Big Ben’ impacting Earth, and it’s good news
NASA has reduced the likelihood that a massive "city killer" asteroid could collide with Earth in the upcoming years.
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NASA Asteroid 2024 YR4 ’city killer’ most likely to hit Earth in agency’s history
NASA considers Asteroid 2024 YR4 to be the most likely massive space object to collide with Earth, posing a greater threat than the previous threat, "God of Chaos" 99942 Apophis.
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Chilling footage shows the potential outcome if an asteroid strikes Earth in 2032
There would be only seconds to prepare before the fireball hits.
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NASA scientist unveils list of countries at risk of being struck by massive ’city killer’ asteroid the size of Big Ben
A NASA scientist has forecasted the potential impact location on Earth of a massive asteroid that might collide with the planet in seven years.
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NASA accelerates Boeing Starliner astronauts’ return after switching from SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
Trading Crew Dragon capsules will shave several weeks off the astronauts’ return to Earth.
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NASA takes emergency action to prevent ’city-killer’ asteroid from hitting Earth
NASA is making emergency preparations to deal with a ‘city-killing’ asteroid after the odds of it smashing into Earth continue to rise.
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NASA and General Atomics conduct nuclear fuel tests for future Moon and Mars missions
Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time it takes us to get to Mars.
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Elon Musk’s rocket explodes after lift-off, scattering debris and disrupting several flights
A rocket launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company exploded shortly after lift-off, showering fiery debris through the air.
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Elon Musk’s Starship set for next test mission as US races China to Mars
SpaceX’S Starship is preparing for its seventh test flight next week, which will see the rocket attempt to deploy fake satellites in space.
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NASA astronauts on ISS say they don’t feel like castaways
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams originally planned to go to space for just eight days but got stuck on the ISS when their Boeing Starliner spacecraft started experiencing problems.
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Nasa spacecraft gets within 3,800,000 miles of the sun for the first time ever
Nasa have made history after their Parker Solar aircraft survived the closest-ever approach to the Sun.
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The fastest spacecraft ever makes its closest approach to the sun, aiming to uncover solar system secrets
The fastest spacecraft ever is preparing to make the closest approach to the sun on Tuesday to get a better understanding of how it works.
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NASA astronaut rushed to hospital after returning from 235 days in space
Neither NASA nor its Russian counterpart agency ROSCOSMOS are yet to disclose why it was that the four astronauts were whisked to hospital after they touched down in Florida today
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NASA Europa launch: Watch live as the Clipper rocket lifts off into space, heading toward Jupiter
NASA’s Jupiter Europa Clipper rocket is launching to explore Jupiter and its moon Europa, marking humanity’s best chance yet to discover life beyond Earth.
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has returned to Earth, but without its astronauts on board
Nasa’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who flew Starliner amid technical failures, will remain at ISS until February
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Two astronauts are stranded in space — how will they endure and make it through until 2025?
The two astronauts were only meant to be in space for eight days, but due to technical issues they won’t return until 2025. Do they have enough supplies for such a stint, how are they coping mentally and what is day-to-day life like up there?
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The end of an era: The US prepares to sever space ties with Russia, threatening Roscosmos’s future
NASA’s ongoing flight tests of the Boeing Starliner manned spacecraft mark another milestone in its journey towards independence from Russian Soyuz services.
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NASA shares incredible new pictures of stormy weather on Jupiter
The images, captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on 5-6 January, 2024, provide a view of both hemispheres of the planet.
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Japanese rocket carrying government satellite explodes seconds into launch
A Japanese rocket launched to send an experimental government satellite into space exploded just seconds after take-off, turning its launch pad into a giant fireball