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NASA’s space elevator dream is facing a serious problem

NASA’s long-term space ambitions keep pulling old ideas back into the spotlight, and few sound bigger than a space elevator. In theory, it could transform access to orbit and slash reliance on ...
See how the 322 foot tall (98 m) Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket looks from the Vehicle Assembly Building's ...
It’s job done with Artemis II, as the mobile launcher 1 tower that has sat on KSC’s Launch Pad 39-B since the historic moon ...
Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. The crew is ...
We’re just days from NASA’s first launch attempt for the much-anticipated Artemis 2 mission. Here are the key numbers to know as the space agency gets ready to send astronauts around the Moon for the ...
A CT company made a piece of equipment that will be essential as the Artemis II mission returns to Earth from its trip around ...
The crew lifted off around 6:35 p.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On the 10-day mission, they could travel farther from Earth than any humans have gone before. NASA plans to continue ...
A giant rocket’s tower of flame lifted three Americans and one Canadian at 6:35 p.m. Eastern on the first crewed journey that will go around the moon since 1972. Kenneth Chang The Artemis II crew ...
Launching to the Moon is an all-day undertaking, something the four astronauts waiting to climb aboard NASA’s Artemis II rocket know well. “It is actually a very long day,” said Victor Glover, the ...
NASA's long-awaited return trip to the moon launched on Wednesday, April 1 as crowds of people watched in awe to see the Artemis II mission take off in Florida. The Orion capsule lifted off at about 6 ...
Phoenix Ikner is the suspect in a fatal mass shooting at Florida State University in 2025. Court records show he sought help on the shooting from ChatGPT. Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes ...
Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA’s push toward a landing in two ...