After Spending Billions of Dollars on SLS, NASA Admits Its Moon Rocket Is 'Unaffordable'

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NASA has come under heat for the increasing cost of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which space agency officials have finally admitted to being unsustainable and unaffordable, a new report revealed.

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We’re Not Racing to the Moon, We’re Making It Home

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More than 50 years ago, the Apollo program was crafted as a result of rising political tensions between two competing nations. As a new group of countries and emerging space companies set their eyes on the Moon once more, they aren’t going back for national pride but rather to further their space ambitions beyond the…

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FAA Slaps SpaceX With 63 Corrective Actions Following Botched Starship Megarocket Launch

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially closed its investigation into the inaugural launch of SpaceX’s in-development megarocket, Starship.

We may be the only humans to ever see the green Comet Nishimura. Here's how, when, and where to spot it best.

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Comet Nishimura, photographed via telescope in June Lake, California, in late August.

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Enhanced Space Access Means Remarkable New Science Is on the Horizon

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Rocket launches are expensive and laborious, but for decades they’ve been the price of doing business for space agencies hoping to get their latest satellite, telescope, or team of astronauts into the great blue yonder.

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NASA spent billions on its SLS mega-rocket to take humans to the moon. It finally admitted it is 'unaffordable.'

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The SLS rocket stands at Launch Pad 39B, on November 11, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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A device on NASA's Perseverance rover generated enough oxygen on Mars for a small dog to breathe for 10 hours. Astronauts could be next.

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Members of NASA's Mars 2020 project install the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) into the chassis of NASA's next Mars rover.

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Earth's deep blue oceans are fading and changing color — and scientists aren't sure why

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A beach in Paradise island, Bahamas. Scientists have said oceans, especially in tropical areas, are getting greener, reflecting rapidly changing ecosystems.

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Russia dominated the first space race, but now it can't even land on the moon. Photos show the US and China are way ahead.

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NASA's Space Launch System (left) is its new moon rocket. China's Yutu 2 rover (middle) explores the far side of the moon. Russia's Luna-25 lander just crashed (right).

NASA/Steve Seipel; China National Space Administration; NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University; Insider

A new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope blows past Hubble again, revealing an iconic supernova in unprecedented detail

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The supernova remnant as captured by the James Webb Telescope (left) in 2023 and the Hubble Telescope in 2019 (right).

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