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President John F. Kennedy made one of his most famous speeches 60 years ago at Rice University, calling for rapid progress in space exploration.

Laredo's Arturo Campos was set to be honored with a moonikin on the flight

NASA postponed the launch of Artemis I on Monday morning, the mega rocket that aims to go...

By the israeli space agency, one by the german space agency, and the one nasa has testing our new survival suit, one of the lead engineers that solved the apollo 13 problem. right now there's no people up there waiting but there are these amazingly complex mannequins. everything about this was a test. how much radiation will they get? what will the heat shield be like? we'll be going hotter and faster into earth thaner before on rye-entry. everything about this mission is pushing the limits. of course, we have to sort of stand down and make sure everything is working before we go. >> moonequin...

Habitats, rovers, space suits, a great place to train astronauts. you don't necessarily want your first crew on mars to never have operated in that environment before. the reason the moon's great for these things is because it's only three or four days away. mars, on the other hand, even when the planets are aligned is about six months one way, and just as "apollo 13" going to the moon had to go all the way around it because they couldn't turn around, didn't have the fuel, if you go to mars, you're also not going to be able to turn around until you get there if you have a problem going outboun...