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NASA declares troubled Lunar Trailblazer moon orbiter dead

"While it was not the outcome we had hoped for, mission experiences like Lunar Trailblazer help us to learn and reduce the risk for future, low-cost small satellites to do innovative science as we prepare for a sustained human presence on the moon.

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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends in disappointment

The Lunar Trailblazer mission was one of several commercial spaceflights planned for travel to the moon during 2025. Its goal was to create high-resolution maps of any water on the moon's surface, as well as assessing how much water was present,

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Sadly, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer failed to do what it said on the tin

The Lunar Trailblazer hitched a ride on the second Intuitive Machines robotic lunar lander mission, IM-2, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on February 26, 2025. The spacecraft separated as planned from the rocket about 48 minutes after launch,

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NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177 million for 1st multi-rover mission to moon's south pole

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract to deliver a pair of rovers and three scientific instruments to ...

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What NASA’s Artemis and a $65 Million Pivot Reveal About Science Centers’ Future

What is it that takes to save a world-class space center from the verge of collapse and what can the Artemis I mission learn about leading institutions through crisis and change? When Kimberly ...

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NASA and Boeing Starliner astronaut 'Butch' Wilmore retires

Astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore announced his retirement Wednesday after 25 years with NASA and serving as a U.S. Navy test ...

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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon ...

Launch recap: SpaceX rocket launches NASA Crew-11 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Following a weather scrub, SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-11 from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. The liftoff occurred 11:43 a.m.

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Katy Perry to rocket into history on first all-female space ... - MSN

Pop icon Katy Perry joins the team alongside Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist and STEMBoard CEO, and Amanda Nguyenis, a bioastronautics research scientist. Award-winning journalist Gayle ...

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SpaceX launches a pair of NASA satellites to probe the origins of space weather

Two NASA satellites rocketed into orbit from California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, commencing a $170 million ...

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Mark Kelly: My Fix for NASA

NASA makes us proud to be Americans. And even more so, the agency is an engine of discovery and innovation that benefits all ...

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Blue Origin lines up NASA’s Mars-bound mission for next New Glenn launch

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin announced its next launch of the New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral will be for a ...

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NASA’s Plan for a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon Could Be a Lunar Land Grab

Spurred by competition from China and Russia, the Trump administration is pushing for nuclear power on the moon by 2030 ...

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