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Watch the massive turboprop cargo aircraft land as it transports the Orion crew module heat shield to Alabama.

Former NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly II, best known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 return to Earth safely in 1970, has died at 87.

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.

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.

Using a Boeing 737 MAX 10 and a NASA DC-8, the group will monitor and record emission data from the 737 using SAF and traditional jet fuel in flight. 

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.

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