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Archive for April 21st, 2021

Watch live now: NASA Administrator nomination hearing for Bill Nelson

April 21st, 2021 by

NASA will livestream the nomination hearing of former U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) to be the next NASA Administrator and you can watch it live here,

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SpaceX, NASA delay Crew-2 astronaut launch to Friday due to weather

April 21st, 2021 by

SpaceX and NASA have delayed the Crew-2 launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station.

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Watch NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity kick up dust on its 1st flight (video)

April 21st, 2021 by

NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity really kicked up some dust during its historic first flight on the Red Planet, which took place on Monday (April 19).

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On This Day in Space! April 21, 1997: 1st space funeral launches on ‘Founders Flight’

April 21st, 2021 by

On April 21, 1997, the cremated remains of 24 people were launched into space in the first-ever space funeral. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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NASA reaches out to commercial partners for new spacesuits and spacewalk tech

April 21st, 2021 by

NASA is looking to commercial partners to help develop the next generation of spacesuits and spacewalk technology.

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Apollo 13 astronauts raise a toast to their recovery with new statue

April 21st, 2021 by

Fifty-one years to the day after they survived an explosion on the way to the moon, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise came face-to-face with their post-splashdown selves at Space Center Houston. The Apollo 13 crewmates toasted a sculpture capturing their recovery.

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More Mars helicopters? NASA is already thinking about Ingenuity’s successors

April 21st, 2021 by

NASA is already working to map out the bright exploration future opened up by its little Mars helicopter.

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SpaceX’s Crew-2 astronauts will conduct more than 200 science experiments in space

April 21st, 2021 by

The astronauts will launch on the Crew-2 mission to the orbiting lab in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft this Thursday (April 22).

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