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• NASA could miss a 2024 deadline set by the White House to land humans on the moon. Funding is at the heart of the delay.
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• India’s attempt to land a rover on the moon appears to have ended in failure. The Indian space agency lost contact with the lander during a touchdown attempt earlier this month. It follows the landing failure of another mission — SpaceIL’s attempt to land the Beresheet spacecraft on the moon earlier this year. So what makes these lunar missions so hard?
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• Scientists have discovered a planet outside our solar system that contains signs of water — a key resource needed to support life.
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• The state’s aerospace business agency wants to award $100,000 to an early-stage company doing business in the sunshine state.
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• A long-delayed NASA mission to study the ionosphere has a new launch date.
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• Despite winds nearing 100 mph, Kennedy Space Center was spared major damage as Hurricane Dorian moved up the coast.
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• The Space Command is coming online this week. It’s a key step in the creation of a brand new military branch — Space Force.
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• There’s a rocket launch scheduled Thursday morning from the Space Coast. United Launch Alliance is aiming to send a GPS satellite into space.
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• The Trump administration is calling for a new branch of the U.S. military — a Space Force. Military leaders made the case Tuesday at the National Space Council meeting.
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• NASA is seeking out private companies to ship cargo to a new space station that as planned will orbit the moon.
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