Space

The 26,400-nautical-mile, round-trip flight delivering an observatory to McMurdo Station took nearly a year to organize, according to the space agency.

The Handheld Universal Lunar Camera in development has a blanket for dust and thermal protection, as well as ergonomic buttons for use with bulky gloves.

The two major spacecraft components, which have undergone testing, will transport astronauts on a mission around the moon.

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Brian Key and Scott Bellamy recently received medals at the ‘Sammies’ for their work on the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission.

The new 36-acre innovation hub will accommodate up to 1.4 million square feet of research space, the University of California at Berkeley said.

It will take the Psyche spacecraft about six years to travel the estimated 2.2 billion miles to reach the metal-rich asteroid targeted for study.

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Two astronauts had been scheduled to spacewalk Thursday outside the International Space Station to conduct research and maintenance.

The California facility will support high-rate production of the Rutherford engine, as well as the development of the new Archimedes engine that will power the Neutron rocket.