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Space agency is gearing up to send Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft it has developed for a planetary mission, on a 1.8-billion-mile journey.

Class of 2024 includes scientists and performers.

Spaceflight will be the ninth Commercial Crew astronaut rotation mission SpaceX has performed for NASA.

GoAERO is a three-year competition backed by NASA, Boeing, RTX, Honeywell, and aviation and first response industry groups.

Panelists will be discussing aerospace career pathways and offer suggestions for supporting girls and women with an interest in science and math.

Commander Jared Isaacman and mission specialist Sarah Gillis each spent a few minutes outside the Dragon capsule, performing tests on their spacesuits.

The gargantuan rocket’s fifth test flight will attempt a complex booster ‘catch’ maneuver but not for at least a few months.

Researchers believe the space agency is prioritizing short-term wins and commercial arrangements over the personnel and technology that power it.

The mission to return the spacecraft to Earth concludes a flight test to the International Space Station that was unexpectedly extended to three months.

NASA’s Boeing Starliner crew is far from the first to require a Plan B to return from orbit.