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NASA tests next-generation heat shields for future Mars missions

NASA is turning a spacecraft filled with trash into a flying laboratory for future missions to Mars. According to the agency, 12 experimental capsules aboard a departing cargo vehicle will test advanced heat shield materials during atmospheric reentry,
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NASA Plans to Start a Fire on the Moon in First-of-Its-Kind Experiment

As humanity prepares to land on the moon in future Artemis missions, NASA's combustion tests will be critical to assuring astronaut safety. Reading time 2 minutes Artemis 2 was both a milestone and a test: how prepared are we to go back the Moon, and where ...
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NASA, Northrop Grumman repurpose Gateway elements for Moon Base demo missions

Northrop Grumman’s Lunar Infrastructure Demos (LID-1, LID-2 and LID-3) reuse HALO derived technologies to rapidly mature lunar surface power, thermal, autonomy, communications and hosted payload services that can survive the lunar night and scale into ...
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NASA's Artemis missions promise a return to the moon—but when?

NASA's Artemis II mission plans to fly around the moon and back this April. Four astronauts will board the mammoth Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the test flight, spending 10 days off-Earth. They won't be touching down—this mission is intended to ...
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Why is the moon mission called ‘Artemis?’ How NASA names its missions

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Humans have not visited the moon since 1972, but that is set to change this week. Artemis II, a crewed moon mission, is scheduled to launch Wednesday, April 1 from Florida's Kennedy ...

NASA grounds its longest-flying female astronaut—by handing her the keys to the engineering kingdom

NASA astronaut and engineer Christina Koch will become the agency’s acting deputy chief engineer Nov. 1, bringing experience from two spaceflights and from a career developing and operating complex systems in some of the world’s most demanding environments.
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New NASA Earth missions gear up to start science flights

Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Fire clouds out West. From the Arctic fringes to farm country, NASA's newest class of suborbital Earth Venture missions is gearing up to deliver science that will benefit communities in the United States and beyond.
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North Carolina’s Christina Koch named NASA’s acting deputy chief engineer

Astronaut and Jacksonville native Christina Koch has been named NASA”s acting deputy chief engineer effective November 1, the agency announced. Koch, who
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NASA Is Looking for a Way to Protect Lunar Missions from Dangerous Electrical Discharges — Space

NASA is seeking a solution to the problem of static electricity buildup on astronauts during their stay on the Moon.