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NASA prepares for major test firing of largest rocket since Saturn V By (0) NASAs Space Launch System moon rocket, shown during recent fuel-loading tests at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, is prepared for an eight-minute test firing Saturday. Photo courtesy of NASA NASA plans a test firing of the agencys huge SLS moon rocket, shown in an artists conception here, on Saturday in Mississippi. Image courtesy of NASA NASAs Space Launch System moon rocket, shown during recent fuel-loading test...

NASA is setting up a high-tech simulator made by Lockheed Martin to teach astronauts how to operate the Orion capsule during planned moon missions.

Presidential transition, weak funding put 2024 moon landing goal in doubt By (0) NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (C) gets a tour of the B-2 Test Stand on a work platform between the four RS-25 engines of the first core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket at the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis early lat year. File Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA NASAs 212-foot-high core stage of the Space Launch System rocket towers over a test stand at Stennis Space Center in southern Miss...

SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics await NASA lunar lander decision By (0) The Dynetics human lander is shown on the moon in a conceptual drawing that portrays its horizontal, barrel-shaped capsule near the surface. Image courtesy of Dynetics An artists conception shows a lunar lander design for Jeff Bezos Blue Origin, complete with a crew capsule stacked on top of a descent vehicle. Image courtesy of Blue Origin SpaceXs Starship SN-8 test rocket, which would be developed to land on the moon, is s...

Universities prepare to launch experiments with NASA, Virgin Orbit By (0) Technicians prepare small satellites for launch  at Virgin Orbits processing facility in Mojave, Calif. Photo courtesy of Virgin Orbit Technicians prepare a small satellite, MiTEE, for launch in California after it was built and shipped by the University of Michigan. Photo courtesy of Virgin Orbit Quartz marbles and smaller material are packed inside the Q-PACE small satellite for an experiment in microgravity. Photo c...