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Astronauts strapped in for historic US lunar launch

Astronauts strapped in for historic US lunar launch

Four astronauts strapped into their seats and were sealed inside their space capsule Wednesday, ready to blast off aboard a massive rocket on a historic odyssey around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The mission dubbed Artemis 2 has been years in the making and

NASA to build $20 bn moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans

NASA to build $20 bn moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans

NASA's chief on Tuesday said the US space agency will invest $20 billion to develop a base on the Moon, while suspending its plans to create the lunar orbital space station known as Gateway. "The agency intends to pause Gateway in its current form and shift focus

US judge halts implementation of Trump vaccine overhaul

US judge halts implementation of Trump vaccine overhaul

A US judge on Monday dealt a blow to the Trump administration by blocking the government from implementing major vaccine policy changes made by health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The federal court in Massachusetts abruptly halted key components of the overhaul that vaccine skeptic Kennedy has rolled out over

NASA delivers harsh assessment of botched Boeing Starliner test flight

NASA delivers harsh assessment of botched Boeing Starliner test flight

NASA on Thursday blamed what it called engineering vulnerabilities in Boeing's Starliner spacecraft along with internal agency mistakes in a sharply critical report assessing a botched mission that left two astronauts stranded in space. The US space agency labeled the 2024 test flight of the Starliner capsule a

Environmental groups sue Trump administration over scrapped climate rule

Environmental groups sue Trump administration over scrapped climate rule

A coalition of environmental and health groups filed suit Wednesday against the Trump administration's repeal of a key scientific finding that underpinned federal climate regulations. The action taken in a Washington appeals court argues that Republican President Donald Trump's move -- which eliminated greenhouse gas standards on