Tag: Kathy Lueders

  • Russia looks to China as new space exploration partner

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    The moon as seen from the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos Russia’s decision to partner with China on a planned lunar research station, and not join the U.S.-led Artemis moon program, was disappointing after more than two decades of cooperation on the International Space Station, says NASA’s top human spaceflight official. Russian and Chinese space…

  • Stuck propulsion valve delays second SLS test-firing

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    One of the SLS core stage’s four RS-25 engines during a wet dress rehearsal in December. Credit: NASA A troublesome liquid oxygen valve on the Space Launch System’s first flight-rated core stage will keep NASA from performing a second test-firing of the rocket’s four main engines this week. NASA hoped to conduct the second hotfire…