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SpaceX’s Starship created a volcano-like explosion in first launch

The Starship rocket destroyed its launch pad during its first launch attempt in 2023, and the explosion resembled a powerful volcanic eruption, spraying sand and chunks of debris over a huge area

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Debris around the Space X Starship launch pad

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Starship launch 3: What time is the SpaceX flight today?

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SpaceX's Starship prepped for flight

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How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life's origins

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How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life's origins
Workers with NASA???s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) paint the bright red NASA ???worm??? logo on the side of an Artemis II solid rocket booster segment inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility (RPSF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. The EGS team used a laser projector to mask off the logo with tape, then painted the first coat of the iconic design. The booster segments will help propel the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the Artemis II mission to send four astronauts around the Moon as part of the agency???s effort to establish a long-term science and exploration presence at the Moon, and eventually Mars.

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NASA workers paint iconic logo onto Artemis II rocket boosters

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Two lunar landers have fallen over – but they’re still doing okay

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Intuitive Machines is about to launch its Odysseus moon lander

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Why it takes so much work to grow plants in space

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SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket

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Starship launch: Next SpaceX flight test is expected this month

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Japan's rolling and hopping lunar rovers send back images of the moon

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Chickpeas grown in moon dust for the first time

With a little help from a fungus and earthworms, chickpeas have been grown in lunar soil. It is a step forward in figuring out how to make long-term stays on the moon sustainable

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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft landed on the moon – but it's having problems

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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft landed on the moon – but it's having problems

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Japan’s SLIM lander is about to touch down on the surface of the moon

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NASA is delaying its Artemis missions to the moon

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Why moon missions in 2024 could reveal both our history and our future

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