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Mars Missions: NASA’s 3D-Printed Mars Dune Alpha Facility Needs You! Apply by April 2!

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HOUSTON, TEXAS – NASA is seeking participants to join its yearlong mission in a Mars simulator as part of the space agency’s ongoing research for human exploration of the red planet. The agency is currently halfway through the first of three planned CHAPEA missions and is now accepting applications for the next four-person cohort. The selected participants will live and work in a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston starting in …

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Firefly Aerospace GNC Software Glitch Revealed: Findings of Failed Alpha Rocket Launch

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AUSTIN, Texas – Firefly Aerospace’s fourth launch of the Alpha rocket encountered a glitch that prevented it from achieving the intended orbit, the company revealed on Tuesday. The mission, known as Fly the Lightning, took place on December 22, 2023, and involved the delivery of an electronically steerable antenna payload to low Earth orbit (LEO) for aerospace giant Lockheed Martin. Despite successfully delivering the payload to LEO, the Alpha rocket failed to achieve the target …

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