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  • NASA Is Testing Moon Landers in Earth Orbit (2027)

    NASA Is Testing Moon Landers in Earth Orbit (2027)
    Nov 5 2026
    Artemis III is an upcoming crewed spaceflight mission of the NASA-led Artemis program. Planned for 2027, the mission is designed as a crewed demonstration flight in low Earth orbit rather than a lunar landing. Four astronauts will launch aboard the Orion spacecraft on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will test rendezvous and docking operations
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  • 600 Million Watched This Man Step on the Moon

    600 Million Watched This Man Step on the Moon
    Nov 4 2026
    Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon, and the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program. The mission was crewed by Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, all of whom were on their second and final spaceflight. Launched atop a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center i
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  • This Lab Orbits Earth Every 93 Minutes (It Never Stops)

    This Lab Orbits Earth Every 93 Minutes (It Never Stops)
    Nov 4 2026
    The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). It is the product of the International Space Station program and is operated by five partner space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). It is the first space station built, maintained and crewed through international cooperation and the largest human space
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  • This Shuttle Had 4 Minutes to Live. NASA Knew It.

    This Shuttle Had 4 Minutes to Live. NASA Knew It.
    Nov 4 2026
    On February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board. It was the second of two Space Shuttle missions to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986. The mission, designated STS-107, was the twenty-eighth flight for the orbiter and the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle fleet. It
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  • This Company Launches Rockets 3x Per Week—Here's How

    This Company Launches Rockets 3x Per Week—Here's How
    Nov 3 2026
    Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is an American spaceflight, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence company headquartered at the Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas. The company operates three divisions: "Space", which conducts more orbital launches annually than any other launch provider, including national programs; "Connectivity", which operates
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  • This Crew Just Flew Further Than Humans Ever

    This Crew Just Flew Further Than Humans Ever
    Nov 3 2026
    Artemis II (April 1–11, 2026) was a crewed flyby of the Moon. It was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972, the first crewed flight of the NASA-led Artemis program, the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), and the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity by the four-person crew. The mission was a test flight supporting the Artem
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  • This Astronaut Was Supposed to Walk on the Moon

    This Astronaut Was Supposed to Walk on the Moon
    Nov 3 2026
    Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( HAYZ; born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and test pilot. He is one of the 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the Moon, having served as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 13. He was to have been the sixth person to walk on the Moon, but the Apollo 13 landing was aborted en route. Haise f
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  • This Astronaut Walked 19 Hours Outside Earth

    This Astronaut Walked 19 Hours Outside Earth
    Nov 2 2026
    Winston Elliott "Win" Scott (born August 6, 1950) is a retired United States Navy Captain and former NASA astronaut. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997 logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space, including three spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 26 minutes. Often known by his nickname of "Win", he was also a Naval Aviator and initially flew helic
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