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803 Innovations in Flight – Airplane Geeks Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:43:28 — 47.4MB) Innovations in Flight at the National Air & Space Museum, FAA preparing to address...

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How NASA Captured Asteroid Dust to Find the Origins of Life #Space @NASA

In this YouTube video, the folks at Smithsonian Magazine talk with Linda Shiner, the former editor of Air & Space / Smithsonian magazine, about...

NASA Blames Probe Chute Failure On Wire Labels

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule screamed its way through the upper atmosphere, it marked the first time the space agency had brought material...

The 2023 SpaceNews Icon Awards: Winners

SpaceNews established the awards in 2017 to recognize and celebrate the people, programs and institutions shaping a rapidly evolving global space economy. Chosen by...

SpaceX acquires parachute supplier

WASHINGTON — In a rare acquisition, SpaceX has purchased out of bankruptcy a company that provided components for Dragon spacecraft parachutes. A federal bankruptcy court...

Scientists excited by first look at OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples

WASHINGTON — Scientists said they are thrilled with an initial assessment of asteroid samples returned by a NASA spacecraft last month even though they...

China to attempt lunar far side sample return in 2024

HELSINKI — China will launch its Chang’e-6 lunar sample return mission next year in an attempt at a first-ever collection of material from the...

OSIRIS-REx sample capsule lands in Utah

KIHEI, Hawaii — A capsule from a NASA spacecraft landed in the Utah desert Sept. 24, completing a seven-year mission to return samples from...

Interview: Talking asteroid sample return

Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith speaks with some of the key figures at Lockheed Martin, who helped bring the OSIRIS-REx mission to life and will...

NASA is bringing an asteroid sample back to Earth – here’s when, how and why

For the first time in its agency’s history, NASA is bringing home a sample of an asteroid. The nearly eight-ounce sample from carbon-rich asteroid...

Janus considering alternative missions after losing original ride

WASHINGTON — A NASA asteroid smallsat mission that lost its original ride to space is considering alternative missions while also accommodating performance issues with...

NASA adds asteroid flyby to Lucy mission

WASHINGTON — NASA has added another asteroid flyby to its Lucy mission later this year that will provide a test of its capabilities for...

South Korea cancels Apophis probe

SEOUL, South Korea — Citing a “lack of technical capabilities,” South Korea has dropped the plan of developing a robotic spacecraft to escort asteroid...

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