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Aretemis 1 is finally headed to the moon

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After a long delay and a hold on the countdown, Artemis 1 had a very exciting launch into space. SLS took off at 1:47 AM from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

It also marks a major success for NASA’s Artemis program to return to the Moon, which has been plagued by years of delays, development mishaps, and billions of dollars in budget overruns. During the past few months, both hurricanes and technical difficulties caused launch delays — including two scrubs. Then, tonight, engineers managed to fix both an intermittent hydrogen leak and a “bad ethernet switch” in the hours just before launch.

Originally reported on The Verge

Super secret space plane returns to earth after 908 days in orbit

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The Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle which looks like a mini space shuttle has landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The space plane spent, 908 days in space. This was its sixth mission.

“Since the X-37B’s first launch in 2010, it has shattered records and provided our nation with an unrivaled capability to rapidly test and integrate new space technologies,” said Jim Chilton, a senior vice president for Boeing, its developer.

The previous mission lasted 780 days.

Originally reported on AP. Featured image taken from article