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After some setbacks, Boeing prepares for Starliner's first crewed launch into space
Boeing is set to launch humans to space for the first time Monday night aboard its…
Boeing Starliner’s first crewed launch into space is set for Monday : NPR
Photographers capture the Boeing Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket as it is rolled out…
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The Israeli military urges civilians to leave Rafah. China’s president begins a five-day European tour. NASA…
NASA's administrator on ambitions to return to the moon
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with NASA administrator Bill Nelson about the space agency’s plans to return…
Astronauts on the moon have a new way to stay fit, and it involves the wall of death
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Alberto Minetti of the University of Milan about his research on…
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill meets President Biden : NPR
Actor Mark Hamill, wearing a pair of aviator shades he said he got from President Biden,…
How climate and deer are impacting boreal caribou : Short Wave : NPR
White-tailed deer have expanded their range in North America over many decades. Since the early-2000s, these…
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, is finally ‘phoning home’ again : NPR
The space probe contacted ground control for the first time in five months with status updates…
Space junk crashed through his roof. Who should pay to fix it? : NPR
In March 2021, mission controllers in Houston used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release an external…