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It's almost 'all systems go' for Artemis 2 to take the next giant leap toward stepping on the moon again

One morning this past June, inside the mission control building at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, 20 or so flight controllers were seated at consoles arranged in neat rows. The atmosphere was ...
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Mission Mars: Nuclear thermal propulsion could double efficiency of rockets

A nuclear thermal propulsion engine could cut the travel time in half for future space explorers racing to the Red Planet.