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100 years after Goddard, liquid-fueled rockets power NASA’s moon push

One hundred years ago yesterday, Robert H. Goddard ignited a small rocket fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen on a frozen farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. That flight lasted roughly 2.5 seconds. Today, ...
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NASA’s Next Moon Rocket Runs on Shuttle Engines—Here’s the Story Behind Each One

NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo. The agency’s new era of spaceflight comes with a few parts from its past, ...
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How did the Space Shuttle launch work?

There is a long process to get the Space Shuttle into orbit around the Earth, primarily taking place at Kennedy Space Center ...
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NASA’s mega moon rocket has arrived at the launchpad. What’s next?

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft reached the Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday following a 4-mile, 12-hour crawl from the Vehicle Assembly ...
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‘The start of a very long journey’: NASA’s Artemis moon rocket makes the slow trip to its launch pad

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and its mobile launcher head for the launch pad. (NASA Photo / Keegan Barber) NASA’s massive Space Launch System rocket crept to its Florida launch pad today at a top ...

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NASA rolled out an 11 million-pound moon rocket in preparation for astronauts' launch

NASA moved a 322-foot-tall rocket out to the launchpad on Saturday, a key step as the agency prepares for a long-awaited mission to send four astronauts around the moon. The Space Launch System rocket ...