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Rocket Carrying NASA Astronaut’s Cremated Remains Blows Up After Launch
A small suborbital rocket from Colorado-based company UP Aerospace failed shortly after its launch on Monday, exploding seconds after liftoff over the New Mexico desert. The rocket was carrying over a dozen student experiment payloads for NASA, as well as the cremated remains of a late NASA astronaut.
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Did NASA Forget How to Put People on the Moon?
NASA’s plodding, iterative approach to its Artemis program gives the distinct impression that it has somehow forgotten how to land humans on the Moon. A closer inspection uncovers the many reasons — whether justified or not — for why it’s taking NASA so long to return boots to those vaunted lunar grounds.
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What Even Is Green Ammonia and Will It Replace Fuel?
Ammonia has been in the news because of its suitability as a hydrogen carrier and fuel, in addition to being a vital ingredient in fertiliser. Existing distribution networks and the ease of turning ammonia gas into a liquid make ammonia a cost-effective way to transport renewable energy. For a given volume, ammonia – a molecule…
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Reluctant Russia Promises to Keep Working On ISS Until 2028
Russia has agreed to keep its cosmonauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) until 2028 despite earlier threats to withdraw from the orbiting lab.