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NASA and SpaceX to send first Native American woman to orbit
CNN - Jackie Wattles
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The first Native American woman ever to travel to Earth’s orbit will take flight this week on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. The astronaut, NASA’s …
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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft discovers dust grains older than the Solar System
skyatnightmagazine.com - Ezzy Pearson
Grains of dust from before the Solar System’s creation have been found in the samples of asteroid Ryugu brought back by the Japan Aerospace …
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Firefly Aerospace rockets into orbit with successful Alpha launch
newatlas.com - By Nick Lavars
Texan startup Firefly Aerospace has joined the growing group of orbit-capable space startups, with the successful launch of its Alpha rocket over the …
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2 days ago
SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts arrive at launch site for Oct. 5 liftoff
space.com - Mike Wall
Hurricane Ian pushed their arrival back a few days. The crewmembers of SpaceX's next astronaut mission for NASA have made it to the launch site. That …
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3 days ago
NASA’s Artemis I launch has officially been delayed until November
The Verge
The long-anticipated launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has been pushed back to mid-November after NASA waved off its September 27th launch plans in the wake of Hurricane Ian (via Space.com). The space agency announced on Friday that it’s aiming to squeeze in the Artemis I launch …
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Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit for the first time
TechCrunch - Darrell Etherington
There’s another space-proven private launch company in the club — Firefly Aerospace. The company’s small payload Alpha rocket reached orbit successfully early on Saturday morning after taking of from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This is a major achievement for Firefly, which has been a …

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