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NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, 2 cosmonauts are aboard ISS

An Alabama rocket is set to carry NASA's new mini space shuttle

An aerospace contractor that builds rockets here in Alabama is gearing up for a historic blastoff later this year. United Launch Alliance is working with another company that wants to send a small version of NASA’s space shuttle on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

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Rocket carrying NASA's Jonny Kim, 2 cosmonauts docks with space station

The craft carrying astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian cosmonauts docked with the space station. They're scheduled for an eight-month stay.

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NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, two cosmonauts are aboard the ISS

A Soyuz rocket with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian cosmonauts on board docked with the International Space Station early Tuesday, following a three-hour, 10-minute flight from launch.

Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

Space.com · 1d

Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and send it to Houston for display.

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Senators Cruz, Cornyn file legislation to bring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston

The bill, which the lawmakers are calling the "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act," would authorize the transfer of the shuttle to its "rightful home near NASA's Johnson Space Center." "I am proud ...

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Texas Senators John Cornyn, Ted Cruz file bill to bring famed NASA space shuttle to Houston

The two U.S. senators from Texas are hoping to bring one of NASA’s famed space shuttles to what they call its rightful home – Houston. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, introduced a bill on Thursday that would move space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Virginia to a nonprofit near the Johnson Space Center in Houston – likely Space Center Houston,

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Rocket Report: “No man’s land” in rocket wars; Isaacman lukewarm on SLS

Ars Technica has mentioned SpinLaunch, the company that literally wants to yeet satellites into space, in previous Rocket ...

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Amid tense clashes between NASA and Musk, two NASA science missions launch on SpaceX rocket

Meanwhile, NASA’s Space Shuttle successor, the Space Launch System, has accrued billions in cost overruns and years of delays. The rocket’s side boosters and engines were originally ...

Alabama’s ‘rocket city’ is the heart of US space travel. Musk’s Doge could be its demise

Known as the Rocket City, Huntsville has long been a focal point of US aerospace and defence. It is home to the Marshall ...

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Why Does NASA Always Launch Rockets From Florida?

1950 (the military tested rockets and missiles before NASA was formed in 1958, focusing primarily on space exploration), and the significantly longer range was one of the key reasons to make the ...

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Rocket carrying NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, 2 Russian cosmonauts docks with space station

Harvard Medical School graduate and now a NASA astronaut, blasted off with two cosmonaut crewmates aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket early Tuesday, chased down the International Space Station and ...

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As preps continue, it’s looking more likely that NASA will fly the Artemis II mission

It is the single largest element for NASA's Artemis II mission, which is slated to ferry a crew of astronauts around the far ...

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Novel nuclear rocket fuel test could accelerate NASA's Mars mission

A team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, joined by university students, recently traveled to The ...

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