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Daily U.S. space news, weekend history articles & full coverage for every U.S. space launch. AmericaSpace - For a Nation That Explores.
Cape Canaveral, FL
Joined September 2008
When Artemis II lifts-off, Orion will be carrying the most advanced, band-width capable, and secure communications system ever in a crewed spacecraft. O2O. https://t.co/K2fdUqT1qQ
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Artemis II: never-before-seen images show the crew inside the Orion capsule during a launch rehearsal. The exercise took place on December 20, 2025, at the Kennedy Space
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We can’t show you what’s inside. 🦨🤫 Skunk Works® moves faster than the threat, delivering cutting-edge uncrewed, stealth, hypersonic and [REDACTED] technologies. Learn more.🔗⬇️
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Gwynne Shotwell is the only reason SpaceX hasn’t died but has thrived. She keeps the trains running on time. https://t.co/AkknPqzYyk
wsj.com
Shotwell has an expansive role at the rocket and satellite company, helping to foster its rise. With an IPO looming, the toughest stretch may still lie ahead.
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@NASAKennedy At the end of January, NASA will conduct a wet dress rehearsal — a prelaunch test to fuel the rocket. Following a successful wet dress rehearsal, the mission management team will assess the readiness of all systems before committing to a launch date.
nasa.gov
Lee este artículo en español aquí.
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NASA is planning on rolling out the Artemis II rocket and spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at @NASAKennedy no earlier than Jan. 17. The four-mile journey will take up to 12 hours.
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THE ROCKET WILL BE RETURNED TO NASA IN APRIL WHEN IT CAN LAUNCH IN THE DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER - DPW
BREAKING: NASA has released a photo showing that the ENTIRE Artemis II SLS is GONE!! It has been STOLEN! THE WHOLE THING!!! No cameras managed to catch the thief or when it happened but because of this Artemis II is CANCELLED! We can only pray the thief returns the rocket 🙏🙏
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After giving voice for years to those questioning the professionalism of NASA individuals who resolved the Orion heat shield issues, acknowledging that NASA got it right all along should also come with a mea culpa @SciGuySpace. You and they were wrong! https://t.co/edSrX1NQ6b
arstechnica.com
That level of openness and transparency is exactly what should be expected of NASA."
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POV: Your job is preparing Orion — humanity’s ride to the Moon.🌕 As the @NASAArtemis II vehicle manager for the Orion Program at @NASA_Johnson, Branelle Rodriguez has been involved in every stage of the spacecraft’s preparation for its historic mission in 2026.
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NASA’s Quesst Mission Marks X-59’s Historic First Flight https://t.co/A4klgxGqg4 The X-59 is shown during its historic first flight flown by NASA test pilot Nils Larson. NASA/Lori Losey NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its …
nasa.gov
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28 at 11:14 a.m. EDT from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in
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New Glenn version 2 compared to Starship
Starting with NG-3, we will phase in a series of upgrades to the New Glenn launch system designed to increase payload performance, launch cadence, and enhance reliability. Read more: https://t.co/7kAvogzmey
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Estes Energetics is one of the rare U.S. producers of military grade black powder, a key ingredient used as an igniter in solid propellant systems
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In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how an ingenious way to avoid being swamped by AI content was invented in the late 2020s
newscientist.com
In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how an ingenious way to avoid being swamped by AI content was invented in the late...
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Build 0.56.0(1) of MissionOrion 2 uploaded. Fingers crossed that this is the last TestFlight build and that it's good enough to submit to Apple's AppStore.
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MissionOrion2 is about done after 379 branches and an amazing code journey in Swift and SwiftUI. This is one of the draft videos for Apple's AppStore submission. They can only be 30 seconds long, so some of the parts are sped-up.
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I thought you guys might enjoy this. Testing the Launch Head swing arm on the brand new second Vulcan mobile Launch Platform. Four of these support the rocket on the pad and hold it down during ignition. And then, get out of the way...
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Some have said that it would be hard for NASA to terminate its HLS contract with SpaceX. But SpaceX’s lack of specific performance in reaching many key milestones needed to support an Artemis III landing in 2027 opens the door to such a termination.
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Getting ready to rocket! 🚀 The Orion spacecraft we built for @NASA's Artemis II mission has been stacked onto the Space Launch System rocket! Early next year, "Integrity" will carry four astronauts on a mission to the Moon.
The last major hardware component before Artemis II launches early next year has been installed. 🚀🇺🇸🌕 “Integrity” is our Orion spacecraft that will hold the Artemis II astronauts on their trip around the Moon. It’s now fully attached to the Space Launch System and we are one
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