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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
NASA moon rocket on track for launch despite lightning hits
Though the risks are high, if this test flight goes well, astronauts could return to the moon in a few years.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
NASA tests new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo
NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top
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PublishedAugust 22, 2022
New space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons
Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, stands out brightly alongside countless smaller storms.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2022
Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024
Russia's space chief says the country will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost.
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PublishedJune 30, 2022
Brunswick aerospace company to build Downeast launch site
BluShift Aerospace on Wednesday announced plans to build a space complex in Steuben, but company founder and CEO Sasha Deri said Brunswick will remain the company's base.
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PublishedApril 24, 2022
Maine’s planning to build a spaceport. Here’s how it could become a leader in the industry
The state hopes a new law creating the Maine Space Port Corp. is the first step toward achieving that goal.
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PublishedApril 19, 2022
Bill establishing Maine Space Corp. signed into law
The public-private partnership will be charged with developing the Maine Space Complex and overseeing the launching of small satellites.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2022
Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon
An asteroid tracker says the object is likely the 3rd stage of a Chinese rocket that sent a test sample capsule to the moon and back in 2014, but China says the junk isn't theirs.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
NASA’s new space telescope reaches its final stop – a million miles out
The telescope will enable astronomers to peer back further in time than ever before, all the way back to when the first stars and galaxies were forming 13.7 billion years ago.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Space station remains at high risk from debris from Russian weapons test
NASA and the State Department have condemned the missile strike, saying it also puts satellites and China’s space station at risk.
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