Third Time’s a Charm? NASA Sets a New Date to Launch Its Mega-Moon Rocket
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket has been in development for more than 18 years and has never flown so much as an inch. But that might change on Nov. 14 at 12:07 a.m. ET, when the massive 32-story machine blasts off for a 25-day mission around the moon. That mission, known as Artemis 1, will be preparatory to a similar crewed mission that could be flown as early as 2024.
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China Sends Yet Another Rocket Stage Hurtling Uncontrollably Toward Earth
There’s a lot that China would like you to pay attention to when it comes to its just completed Tiangong (“Palace in the Sky”) space station—and there’s one thing the country would very much like you to ignore.
On the upside, there’s the thousand or more scientific studies that crew members hope to carry out over the decade or so the station will be in...