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The Atlas V is being rolled back into the facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station so the liquid oxygen valve can be replaced. The next opportunity to launch to the space station won’t be for at least another week, May 17th at the earliest.
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he trusts SpaceX, despite Elon Musk's increasingly controversial profile.
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The crew of four commercial astronauts flew to the International Space Station last month on a SpaceX rocket and capsule. Their time in space was extended several days due to poor weather off Florida.
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The Falcon rocket headed south over the Atlantic from Cape Canaveral to achieve a rare polar orbit. It will spend at least three years studying the oceans from 420 miles up, as well as the atmosphere.
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Seventy-two flights later, the small-but-mighty helicopter's time has come to an end after it was damaged during a test flight last week.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who holds the U.S. record for longest space flight, about his unexpectedly long stay aboard the International Space Station.
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The helicopter had stopped communicating with the Perseverance rover during a test flight. Trouble for the overachieving rotorcraft threatened to cut short its otherworldly flight exploration.
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Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it.
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A crippling fuel leak has forced a U.S. company to give up on landing a spacecraft on the moon.
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Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander successfully launched but is now having issues charging its battery and power.
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A missing tomato sparked a lighthearted mystery for the astronauts on board the International Space Station — and it's finally been solved after months of accusations and intrigue.
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A NASA mission called Psyche is about to launch on a mission out to an unusual asteroid that's scientists believe is largely composed of metal.