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NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket Is $6 Billion Over Budget, Claims Scathing New Report
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket cost the space agency $US6 ($8) billion more than its original budget and is six years behind schedule, a shocking report recently revealed. The massive rocket is designed to return humans to the Moon, but could end up jeopardizing the space agency’s lunar program as funds run low.
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Watch Live as NASA Reveals the Artemis Astronauts Who Will Fly to the Moon
NASA’s Moon plans officially kicked off in November 2022, and the party is just getting started. The Orion capsule flew to the Moon and back as part of the Artemis 1 mission, but now the spacecraft is gearing up for its second lunar trip with a crew of astronauts on board.
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After Surviving a Trip to the Moon, Manikins Helga and Zohar Are Back Home for Analysis
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission may not have had real astronauts on board the Orion capsule, but there was an inanimate crew that went on the lunar trip. Two of the manikins that took part in the inaugural mission have been returned to their home in Germany, where the data they collected will be used to…
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NASA’s Artemis 1 Megarocket Launch Was Really, Really Loud
NASA’s new lunar program is in full swing, thanks to the successful launch and return of the Artemis 1 mission in late 2022. Physics researchers recently determined that the roar of the Space Launch System megarocket was louder than anticipated — but not so loud as the NASA launch that sparked an urban legend.