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Can NASA land astronauts on the Moon by 2024?

Can NASA land astronauts on the Moon by 2024?

Vice President Mike Pence announced a new goal for NASA: Put American astronauts back on the surface of the Moon by 2024. Pence went on during his address to emphasis that NASA’s aim to land humans on the Moon by 2028 was “just not good enough.” This comes less than two weeks after NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told members at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing that the Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket…

Falcon 9 Rocket Returns to Flight and Lands! SpaceX Breathes Fiery Sigh of Relief

Falcon 9 Rocket Returns to Flight and Lands! SpaceX Breathes Fiery Sigh of Relief

Elon Musk, SpaceX employees, and space enthusiasts everywhere are cheering today as the commercial launch company’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully returned to flight and landed...

SpaceX to Launch Expandable Habitat BEAM to Space Station

SpaceX to Launch Expandable Habitat BEAM to Space Station

Bigelow Aerospace's expandable habitat module, BEAM, is hitching a ride in the trunk of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule during next week’s launch to the International Space Station (ISS)...

Soyuz Rocket Set to Launch Progress 63 Resupply Craft Amidst Space Station's Heaviest Traffic Ever

Soyuz Rocket Set to Launch Progress 63 Resupply Craft Amidst Space Station's Heaviest Traffic Ever

On the heals of Orbital ATK’s latest Cygnus resupply mission, Roscosmos’s Progress 63 launches this afternoon from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...