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NASA's moon rocket test hit by hydrogen leak as crew awaits crucial countdown for Artemis launch
World | Feb 03, 2026, 06:41 AM ISTNASA's crucial pre-launch fueling test for its new moon rocket was interrupted by a hydrogen leak, forcing engineers to pause operations and attempt quick fixes. The outcome will decide whether the Artemis crew can begin their lunar fly-around mission this month.
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NASA's Artemis Moon rocket passes key test
Science | Mar 19, 2021, 12:41 PM ISTNASA has completed a crucial hot fire test of the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which is designed to power future Moon missions under the agency's Artemis programme.
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SpaceX delays launch debut of upgraded Falcon rocket
World | May 11, 2018, 08:13 AM ISTThis latest version of the Falcon 9 was supposed to blast off on Thursday from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, carrying Bangladesh's first satellite, which would bring the internet to all corners of the country.
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NASA human spacecraft set for December flight
World | Sep 12, 2014, 11:30 AM ISTWashington: NASA's Orion spacecraft - built to take humans farther than they have ever gone before - is now ready for fueling.The Orion crew module, stacked atop its service module, moved out of the Neil
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NASA's Mars spacecraft gears up for maiden test flight
World | Jun 13, 2014, 12:14 PM ISTWashington: With just six months until its first scheduled trip to space in December this year, engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center have begun the final assembly of Orion spacecraft that could take man to
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Nasa deliberately kept Kalpana Chawla, other astronauts in dark about impending death
World | Feb 02, 2013, 12:29 PM ISTLondon, Feb 2: A NASA employee has revealed how Mission Control decided 10 years ago not to reveal to Kalpana Chawla and six other astronauts that they were doomed to die on re-entry of the