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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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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.
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Remembering Enterprise: The Test Shuttle That Never Flew to Space
Prior to the inaugural launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981, NASA conducted a series of performance tests with a prototype known as Enterprise. Named for the fictional Star Trek vessel, Enterprise provided our first glimpse of what a future spaceship might actually look like.
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Tropical Storm Ian Forces NASA to Postpone Upcoming Launch of Megarocket
Ian, the ninth named tropical storm of the current Atlantic hurricane season, has foiled NASA’s plan to launch the Artemis 1 mission on Tuesday September 27.