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The mission, Ax-3, is the third time Houston-based Axiom Space has sent paying passengers to the I.S.S. During 16 days of orbit, the all-European crew will conduct 30 experiments and public outreach.
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Update: SpaceX and Axiom Space are now targeting Thursday, Jan. 18 at 4:49 p.m. ET for the launch of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International Space Station (ISS). This launch date change will allow additional time for teams to complete pre-launch checkouts and data analysis, including of the parachute system energy modulator.
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NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight. The two-hour launch window is set to open at 2:17 p.m., and if successful, it will be the first capsule to fly to the moon since NASA's Apollo program 50 years ago. Monday's scheduled launched was scrubbed due to engine problems.
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The space agency's long-awaited Artemis I mission will have to wait until at least Saturday, after a problem with one of the SLS rocket's engines was discovered.
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At a news conference onThursday, September 8th, NASA provided an update on the Artemis I mission. NASA is hoping to launch the SLS rocket on September 23rd or September 27th. This assumes the fuel leak has been fixed, and the Space Force grants a waiver on a termination system battery requirement. Without that waiver, the SLS rocket will have to be rolled back into the Vehicle Assembly Building, pushing the launch into October.Are you curious about what NASA hopes to achieve with Artemis I? In the video below, WFIT's Rick Glasby explains in layman's terms the goals and timetable for this historic mission.
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It took nearly 10 hours for the 322-foot rocket to make the four-mile trip from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B. The next time it moves, it will be traveling farther -- and faster -- on a test flight to the moon.
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Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are preparing to roll the SLS rocket to its pad ahead of a planned launch later this month.
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Florida’s aerospace agency wants to expand its role from helping companies finance rocket and satellite projects to more directly getting money into the hands of firms seeking to move burgeoning technology to the launch pad.
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NASA has set a launch date for its new Artemis rocket. The space agency has pinned its hopes on the delayed and over-budget program to get humans back to the moon and eventually Mars.
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More than 4,700 pounds of cargo launched Thursday evening from Kennedy Space Center on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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A new attraction opened on June 15 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex. It combines actual flight-flown artifacts with a motion theater simulating space travel.
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NASA's new moon rocket Space Launch System, or SLS, is back at its launchpad at Kennedy Space Center. Engineers will try once again to conduct a dress rehearsal of a launch countdown June 19.