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NASA's SLS launch was a resounding success, except for its secondary payloads

NASA’s SLS launch was a resounding success, except for its secondary payloads

The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout) mission is designed to use a solar sail to fly over an asteroid and collect images. Drawing: Nasa The tiny Japanese lunar lander never landed on the Moon because it failed to communicate with ground controllers shortly after launching aboard NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The spacecraft was …

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NASA’s Artemis 1 mission launched 10 cubesats. This is how they do

Some of the Artemis 1 mission cubesats are thriving after launching a lunar mission on Nov. 16, but a handful are struggling in deep space. Artemis 1, the first flight of the Artemis program, launched early Wednesday morning (November 16). NASA’s massive Space Launch System rocket successfully sent an unmanned Orion spacecraft on a journey …

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