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NASA’s Butch Wilmore retires from astronaut corps after spending 9 unexpected months in space
The astronaut is stepping away from NASA shortly after returning from a troubled test flight that left him aboard the ISS ...
Firefly raises $868 million in upsized US IPO as it sets sights on a positive liftoff
(Reuters) -Northrop Grumman-backed Firefly Aerospace priced its upsized U.S. initial public offering at $45 per share on ...
Stuck astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA less than 5 months after extended spaceflight
One of NASA's two previously stuck astronauts has retired. NASA announced Butch Wilmore's departure from the space agency on ...
Veteran of 4 spacecraft, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore retires
Barry “Butch” Wilmore has flown on the space shuttle, a Russian Soyuz, Boeing’s Starliner and a SpaceX Crew Dragon. After 25 ...
Firefly Aerospace to price US IPO as it sets sights on a positive liftoff
Northrop Grumman-backed Firefly Aerospace, the buzzy space technology startup that put a lander on the moon, is set to price ...
Tennessee native, NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore retires after 25 years, three space trips
The 1981 Mt. Juliet High School graduate has logged 464 days in space over three flights during his NASA career.
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NASA fast tracks plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon
NASA is preparing to beat Russia and China in constructing the first lunar base powered by a custom-built nuclear reactor ...
NASA calls for nuclear power plant on the moon in next decade. Here's what we know.
Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new ...
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ISS holds initiation of cosmonauts, astronauts
Roscosmos cosmonaut and TASS special correspondent Alexey Zubritsky clarified that, in addition to himself, the Russian segment's crew members as well as NASA astronauts had their names officially mar ...
NASA Provides Somber Update On Eerily Silent Lunar Trailblazer Moon Orbiter
After five months of trying to reestablish contact with the lost NASA Lunar Trailblazer, the agency has released a sad update ...
Space to Grow — the privatisation of the solar system
A useful primer explains how cosmic exploration has been commercialised and explores the challenges in policing this new wild west ...
NASA tells John Cornyn it’s moving a shuttle to Houston, but nobody is saying which one
The future of space shuttle Discovery and its possible move to Houston remains murky after officials put out a series of ...