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Intuitive Machines gets $116.9 million NASA contract for delivery to Moon's south pole
(Reuters) - NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines a $116.9 million contract to deliver six science and technology payloads to the Moon's south pole, the space exploration company said, sending its share...
Thomson Reuters Aug 29, 2024
SpaceX's Falcon 9 grounded after failing landing attempt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded after failing an attempt to land back on Earth during a routine S...
Thomson Reuters Aug 28, 2024
Scientists in Chile question if Antarctica has hit a point of no return
By Alexander Villegas PUCON, Chile (Reuters) - Nearly 1,500 academics, researchers and scientists specializing in Antarctica gathered in southern Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic R...
Thomson Reuters Aug 28, 2024
SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launch of Polaris Dawn
(Reuters) - SpaceX on Tuesday said the company is standing down from the Falcon 9 launch of Polaris Dawn scheduled for early Wednesday due to unfavorable weather forecast in splashdown areas off the c...
Thomson Reuters Aug 27, 2024
REUTERS NEXT-India's space agency chief sees higher funding
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Tanvi Mehta BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's space agency expects a 20%-30% increase in its budget in the coming years, its head said in a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker interview o...
Thomson Reuters Aug 27, 2024
World's first parastronaut hails Paralympics' 'powerful platform'
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - British Paralympian John McFall will be taking a stand for sports and space this week after becoming the first person with a physical disability to be cleared for futur...
Thomson Reuters Aug 27, 2024
Crewed SpaceX mission delayed after leak in ground equipment
By Gerry Doyle (Reuters) - The launch of SpaceX's four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at Kennedy Space Center, the company s...
Thomson Reuters Aug 27, 2024
Analysis-Astronauts' plight piles pressure on Boeing's struggling space unit
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in its space business and raises doubts o...
Thomson Reuters Aug 26, 2024
Factbox-SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission: Who are the astronauts doing the spacewalk?
(Reuters) - SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history this week with the first privately managed spacewalk, a risky endeavour previously undertaken only by government astronauts . Two of...
Thomson Reuters Aug 26, 2024
SpaceX to return Boeing's Starliner astronauts from space next year, NASA says
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle...
Thomson Reuters Aug 24, 2024
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