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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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NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Longer
The interstellar traveller is gradually losing power, but a clever tweak means it can continue running all of its scientific instruments.
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Watch Live as Russian Cosmonauts Relocate a Radiator Outside the ISS
Two cosmonauts are getting ready to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday night for some orbital maintenance work.
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Spots Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids for the First Time
A NASA probe sent to observe Jupiter’s swarm of asteroids recently caught the first glimpse of its rocky targets, capturing deep-space images of four of the mysterious Trojans.