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Moon, Mars, and Musk: How Trump's Second Term Could Reshape NASA’s Space Ambitions

This is Beirut, 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Should NASA return to the Moon or go straight to Mars? Maintain its focus on climate science, or pivot away? President-elect Donald Trump's second term, alongside SpaceX CEO and new consigliere Elon Musk, could mark a Big Bang for the US space program. The brash billionaire duo share a knack for disruption and a hunger for making history — ...

Starliner Returns Empty After NASA Safety Concerns

This Is Beirut, 07/09 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Boeing's beleaguered Starliner made its long-awaited return to Earth on Saturday without the astronauts who rode it up to the International Space Station, after NASA deemed it too risky to bring them back aboard the spacecraft. After years of delays, Starliner launched in June for what was meant to be a roughly weeklong test mission -- a final ...

Sideways US Lander Sends First Images Back From Moon

This Is Beirut, 26/02 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A lunar lander from the United States, which toppled over during its touchdown, has transmitted its initial images from the southernmost point ever reached by any craft on the Moon. An American lunar lander that tipped over during touchdown has sent back its first images from the farthest south any vessel has ever landed on the Moon. The ...

American Probe Marks First Private Lunar Landing

This Is Beirut, 23/02 11:59 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Nova-C successfully landed on the Moon on Friday, February 23. This latest lunar landing does not only mark the American comeback to the Moon, but also the first to be carried out by a private company. For the first time since the Apollo era, an American spaceship landed on the Moon: an uncrewed commercial robot, funded by NASA to pave the way ...

US Lunar Lander Fails After 'Critical Loss' of Fuel

This Is Beirut, 08/01 18:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A historic private mission to land on the Moon was facing near-certain failure Monday after the spacecraft suffered a critical loss of fuel. This was a major blow to America's hopes of placing its first robot on the lunar surface in five decades. Fixed to the top of United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander ...

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