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NASA's next-generation megarocket set for debut test launch to moon 29 Aug 2022 - 09:14 am
A view of NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, as it stands on launch pad 39B in preparation for the unmanned Artemis 1 mission at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
NASA moon rocket on track for launch despite lightning hits 28 Aug 2022 - 10:59 pm
A view of NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, as it stands on launch pad 39B in preparation for the unmanned Artemis 1 mission at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 28, 2022. (REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
Mercury to reach max elongation with sun this evening, QCH 27 Aug 2022 - 02:33 pm
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NASA’s return to the moon starts with critical test flight 27 Aug 2022 - 12:16 pm
Storm clouds gather over NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 26, 2022. Reuters /Steve Nesius
Boeing targets early 2023 for first Starliner mission carrying astronauts 25 Aug 2022 - 11:01 pm
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule launches aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on a second un-crewed test flight to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on May 19, 2022. (REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
Scientists use stem cells to create synthetic mouse embryos 25 Aug 2022 - 07:28 pm
A microscope image provided by researchers Gianluca Amadei and Charlotte Handford in August 2022 shows a synthetic mouse embryo with colors added to show brain and heart formation. 
Explainer: NASA tests new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo 24 Aug 2022 - 10:13 pm
NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis 1 rocket with its Orion crew capsule stands on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 17, 2022. (REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo)
NASA poised for historic Artemis I lunar launch from Florida 23 Aug 2022 - 07:07 pm
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New space telescope shows Jupiter's auroras, tiny moons 22 Aug 2022 - 09:36 pm
This image provided by NASA shows a false-color composite image of Jupiter obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 27, 2022.
Fear for future after mass die-off of fish in Poland's Oder river 20 Aug 2022 - 12:49 pm
Dead fish floating near Widuchowa in Poland are caught in a dam by the banks of Oder river in Friedrichsthal, Germany August 18, 2022. Reuters/Kuba Stezycki
'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam 18 Aug 2022 - 03:27 pm
The dolmen of Guadalperal, also known as the Spanish Stonehenge, is seen due to the receding waters of the Valdecanas reservoir in the outskirts of El Gordo, Spain, August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Spacesuit issue forces early end to Russian spacewalk 17 Aug 2022 - 10:32 pm
A photo taken from video footage released by Roscosmos Space Agency shows cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev during their spacewalk on the International Space Station (ISS) on August 17, 2022.
NASA's moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight 17 Aug 2022 - 07:50 pm
NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis 1 rocket with its Orion crew capsule rolls to launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
African penguins endangered by shipping noise in Algoa Bay 16 Aug 2022 - 03:18 pm
Group of African penguins walk across Seaforth Beach, near Cape Town, South Africa, November 3, 2020. Reuters/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo
Red panda found in fig tree after escaping Australian zoo 15 Aug 2022 - 12:35 pm
File photo of a red panda in Australian Zoo. Source: Facebook
China develops detection drone for weather modification 14 Aug 2022 - 01:02 pm
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Poland offers reward in seeking cause of river contamination 13 Aug 2022 - 04:00 pm
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Carbon emissions from French wildfires hit record 12 Aug 2022 - 04:22 pm
A wildfire burns near Hostens, as wildfires continue to spread in the Gironde region of southwestern France, in this handout photograph released on August 12, 2022. Courtesy SDIS 33/Handout via REUTERS