The agency mostly completed a dress rehearsal of the fueling and countdown of its rocket, a…
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New York Times Space & Cosmos
How Does NASA Get Back to the Moon? Practice, Practice, Practice.
The agency mostly completed a dress rehearsal of the fueling and countdown of its rocket, a…
South Korea Launches Satellite With Its Own Rocket for the First Time
The launch brings the country closer to its ambition of becoming a player in the space…
A Chinese Telescope Did Not Find an Alien Signal. The Search Continues.
China’s astronomers have been initiated into the search for extraterrestrial intelligence with the kind of false…
SpaceX Said to Fire Employees Involved in Letter Rebuking Elon Musk
In an email, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president, said the letter had made other employees “feel uncomfortable,…
SpaceX Workers Raise Concerns About Elon Musk’s Tweets
The employees said that the chief executive’s behavior online was “a frequent source of distraction and…
How to Wash Your Hair in Space
Water is limited. If globules escape, gently scoop them back to your head. Click…
SpaceX Wins FAA Approval for Launch of Starship Mars Rocket
The Federal Aviation Administration placed conditions on the flights, but ruled that a more extensive environmental…
As the Large Hadron Collider Revs Up, Physicists’ Hopes Soar
The particle collider at CERN will soon restart. “There could be a revolution coming,” scientists say. …
Valery Ryumin, Who Set Endurance Record in Space, Dies at 82
A Soviet cosmonaut, he spent 362 days in flight on three missions. He returned 18 years…