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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket failure forces NASA to evaluate astronaut launch schedule for ISS
By Elizabeth Howell published
SpaceX is supposed to send a new group of astronauts to the ISS in mid-August. But after a rocket failure, NASA and SpaceX are figuring out what to do next.
![NASA's official insignia, nicknamed the "meatball," as worn on the moon by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aJod4x6oaRXakp6SRjWtFh-320-80.jpg)
'Meatball' milestone: NASA's original logo still soars after 65 years
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
One of the world's best known and certainly most-traveled logos is 65 years old. The NASA insignia has adorned t-shirts and spacesuits, been reproduced 10 stories tall and reached the moon and Mars.
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Scarlett Johansson serves up Apollo-era nostalgia in 'Fly Me to the Moon' (review)
By Jeff Spry published
"Fly Me To The Moon" provides an undeniably enjoyable time capsule tied to those adventurous days of Apollo when national pride swelled and the world was united in the summer of 1969.
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Space Force launching lasers in 2025 to help pinpoint the center of Earth
By Samantha Mathewson published
The U.S. Space Force aims to better pinpoint the location of Earth’s center using lasers on GPS satellites slated to launch in 2025.
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When will Starliner come home? Boeing and NASA still don't know
By Josh Dinner published
Boeing's Starliner capsule has been in orbit for more than a month, and it remains unclear when the spacecraft and its two astronauts will return to Earth.
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SpaceX Starship landings could contaminate water ice on the moon
By Leonard David published
Could human landing systems touching down on the moon deliver water from their rocket exhaust plumes? New research says it's a possibility.
![NEOWISE is depicted in an artist’s concept in front of an image of the infrared sky that the mission captured. The string of red dots moving across the sky near the center of the image is Holda, the first asteroid the space telescope detected shortly after being reactivated in 2013.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8hkRUv8Q5tospge6vKJrP3-320-80.jpg)
After 14 years in space, NASA's prolific NEOWISE asteroid-hunter is about to shut down
By Samantha Mathewson published
A NASA asteroid-hunting mission is coming to a close, paving the way for the next generation of planetary defense efforts.
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'This is how we get to Mach 3:' Virgin Galactic's Jameel Janjua on his long journey to space (exclusive)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Jameel Janjua made it 'to the bitter end' in a Canadian astronaut government selection in 2009, but wasn't chosen. He found a different path to space, however: Virgin Galactic.
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