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Zoom in / NASA astronaut Jessica Mir watches as the SLS core stage completes an eight-minute firing full-time. Welcome to the 3.37th edition of the Rocket Report! This week saw NASA set a major milestone by igniting the four main engines of its space launch system rocket and firing them …

GIF by Leslie Katz / CNET The second time was a charm. NASA on Thursday completed a serious hot-fire test of its space launch system Core Stage, following an earlier test that did not go as planned. The event lasted about eight minutes and created a huge billing cloud that …

Three new bacterial strains discovered at the International Space Station could help plants grow on Mars To cope with the rigors of space on deep space missions, food grown outside of Earth needs a little more help from bacteria. Now, in a recent discovery at the International Space Station (ISS), …

Vaccine distribution is on the rise in many countries, but the Covid-19 case has also risen again and there is a possibility of another increase in infections on the horizon, with the world on the run. Experts say that the key to winning the race is not only whether the …

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover captured the image using its onboard left navigation camera. The Marrow is located at the top of the rover’s mast and assists in driving. This image was acquired on March 7, 2021 (Sol 16). Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech NASARecorded his new rover crushing on the surface …