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After 10 years, NASA’s space plane is finally cleared for flight

NASA’s long-promised space plane is finally on the cusp of leaving the runway behind and heading for orbit, a decade after ...

NASA craft to face heat-shield test on its first astronaut flight next year

The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...
Aviation Week

NASA Tweaks Artemis II Reentry To Address Heatshield Concerns

Artemis II NASA astronauts (left to right) Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA is opting for a new flight ...
Nextgov

Learning to fly: how Reentry simulates NASA’s most daring missions

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Thanks to the shutdown, there have not been too many innovative government programs operating over the past few months. NASA was able to ...
The New York Times

The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars

In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House and seven talented astronauts were wrangled into an orbital battle over soft-drink supremacy. In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House ...