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Nelson cites China’s growing space prowess, calls for sustained NASA funding

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator Bill Nelson holds up a picture of China’s Zhurong Mars rover during a virtual hearing with a House of Representatives subcommittee Wednesday. Credit: NASA/U.S. House of Representatives Holding up a photo taken by China’s new Mars lander, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warned Congress Wednesday that his …

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Core of NASA’s first Artemis moon rocket towed into Vehicle Assembly Building

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The 212-foot-long core stage for the Artemis 1 mission rolls into the Vehicle Assembly Building Thursday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now A decade in the making, the core stage for NASA’s first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket rolled into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space …

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NASA barge delivers first SLS core stage to Kennedy Space Center

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The core stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday evening aboard a specially-built barge, completing a voyage by sea from a test site in Mississippi to begin final preparations for the first flight of NASA’s Artemis Moon program. The 310-foot-long (94.4-meter) transport vessel completed a …

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SLS core ready for shipment to Florida; NASA still hopes for late 2021 launch

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Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi hoist the Space Launch System core stage out of the B-2 test stand April 19 after a hot fire test March 18. Credit: NASA Teams at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi removed the core of NASA’s first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket from a test stand earlier …

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Astrobotic selects SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch robotic lunar lander

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A Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off in April 2019 with the Arabsat 6A commercial communications satellite. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now A commercial lunar lander built by Astrobotic will launch from the Kennedy Space Center on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in late 2023 to deliver a water-hunting NASA rover to the moon’s …

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Biden to nominate former Sen. Bill Nelson as NASA administrator

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Sen. Bill Nelson speaks during a Senate hearing in 2012. Credit: NASA/Paul Alers Former Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, a longtime space advocate whose district included the Kennedy Space Center and who flew aboard the shuttle Columbia in 1986 as a congressional observer, is President Biden’s choice to serve …

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NASA’s moon rocket scores an ‘A+‘ on critical engine test

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Four RS-25 engines fire at the base of the Space Launch System core stage during Thursday’s test-firing at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The core of NASA’s first huge Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts back to the moon aced a crucial test-firing Thursday in Mississippi, clearing …

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NASA’s moon rocket set for second test-firing Thursday

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The orange core stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System rocket stands in the B-2 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA/Stennis Two months after a first test-firing ended prematurely, NASA plans to ignite the core stage of the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket again Thursday for an eight-minute burn …

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Stacking complete for SLS boosters

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The twin solid rocket boosters for the Artemis 1 mission are stacked on the SLS Mobile Launcher inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Isaac Watson The twin 177-foot-tall (54-meter) solid-fueled boosters for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System have been stacked inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy …

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