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Elon Musk threatened to decommission Dragon spacecraft. Here's what that would mean for NASA
Space science experts told ABC News SpaceX has been essential to NASA’s missions and the breakdown of a relationship would ...
Spacecraft set for a high-stakes lunar landing attempt this week took months to reach the moon. Here’s why
Japan-based company Ispace will attempt to safely land its Resilience spacecraft on the moon this week after the lunar lander ...
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Is AI the next frontier in spacecraft design, or just a shiny buzzword?
The aerospace industry has never been short on complexity. Simulating spacecraft performance, such as orbital dynamics, thermal shielding, and structural loads, requires precise physics and ...
Musk: SpaceX will ground spacecraft used to shuttle astronauts, cargo to space station
Elon Musk said Thursday his aerospace company SpaceX will ground Dragon, the spacecraft NASA uses to service the ...
Resilience spacecraft likely crashed into the moon, Ispace confirms
Resilience, a spacecraft built by Japan-based company Ispace, crashed while attempting to touch down on the moon. If ...
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The Resilience Spacecraft Likely Crashed on the Moon
Early reports suggest that an issue with the Japanese lander's sensors prevented it from sufficiently slowing down ...
Elon Musk Pulls Back on Threat to Withdraw Dragon Spacecraft
Elon Musk is dialing back his threat to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International ...
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Japanese spacecraft has probably crash-landed on Moon — again
Early investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and a sensor measuring the craft’s altitude.
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Chinese Spacecraft Targets Quasi-Moon in Daring Deep Space Mission
China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is on a mission to explore the quasi-moon Kamo'oalewa. It aims to collect asteroid samples and ...