Spacex mars mission articles
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The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future
A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this decade to 2040. The mission would be the first to try to return rock samples from Mars to Earth so scientists can analyze them for signs of past life.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said during a press conference on April 15, 2024, that the mission as currently conceived is too...
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Boeing is launching another Starliner space mission, as it struggles to compete with SpaceX
Boeing is poised to send the first Starliner space capsule with a crew of humans into orbit next week, giving it a long-delayed chance to score a badly needed win as it struggles to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The CST-100 Starliner test mission, a years-delayed milestone after more than $1 billion in cost overruns, will ferry two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in a final demonstration before the spacecraft can be approved to fly routine space trips under the...
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on record-tying 20th mission
SpaceX tied its rocket-reuse record on Saturday night (April 27). It w the 20th launch for this Falcon 9's first stage, according to a om...