• When NASA’s Space Launch System blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center for the first time, the capsule will be empty. Acting Director Robert Lightfoot announced the decision after a review of the first launch of the massive rocket.
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• Could humans be on NASA’s next deep-space mission, as early as 2019? NASA’s acting director Robert Lightfoot wants to find out.
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• The space capsule that may one day take humans to the moon and Mars is ready for delivery to Kennedy Space Center.
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• NASA’s Space Launch System is the agency’s next big rocket, slated to take astronauts into deep space. But budget concerns and a presidential election have some fearing for the program.
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• A launch pad that could one day help blast astronauts off to Mars is nearing completion. It’s not new, instead NASA is recycling an older structure.
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• NASA’s testing out an engine that will one day carry astronauts to Mars. The RS-25 engine is one of four that will power NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) that will carry the Orion capsule to deep space destinations like Mars.
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