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NASA funds Cedar Park-based Firefly Aerospace to deliver drones to lunar South Pole
11+ hour, 11+ min ago (508+ words) CEDAR PARK, Texas - NASA's plans to establish a permanent base on the moon are getting a boost from Central Texas. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory awarded Cedar Park-based Firefly Aerospace Inc. a $75 million subcontract to deliver four specialized drones directly to…...
Firefly Aerospace working with NASA on lunar drones
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (29+ words) FOX 7 Austin NASA's plans to establish a permanent base on the moon are getting a boost from Central Texas....
Blue Origin 'New Glenn' Rocket explodes
11+ hour, 7+ min ago (40+ words) FOX 7 Austin An investigation into the cause of an incredible Blue Origin rocket explosion happened Thursday night. The rocket had been scheduled to launch on its fourth mission as soon as next Thursday....
World's most powerful telescope being built in Chile has Texas ties
3+ week, 4+ day ago (794+ words) AUSTIN, Texas - The world's most powerful telescope may live in Chile, but parts of the project call Texas home. The Giant Magellan Telescope will be the largest Gregorian optical-infrared telescope in history and will be completed in the 2030s. Dr. Dan…...
Texas plays part in making world's most powerful telescope
3+ week, 4+ day ago (29+ words) FOX 7 Austin The world's most powerful telescope may live in Chile, but parts of the project will call Texas home....
Watch: NASA Artemis II crew talks historic moon mission
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (250+ words) The Artemis II astronauts talked with the first time with journalists and media professionals following their historic 10-day mission to the moon and back. NASA's Artemis II astronauts held a press conference on Thursday afternoon, April 16, to talk about their…...
Artemis II splashdown: NASA astronauts back on Earth after historic moon flyby
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (529+ words) NASA's Artemis II astronauts safely returned to Earth after a historic mission around the moon, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, officials said. The crew traveled about 694, 000 miles after launching April 1 from Kennedy Space…...
Artemis II live tracker, day 6: Track NASA's moon mission
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (864+ words) Artemis II made history in several ways as the Orion spacecraft flew by the moon's surface on Monday, traveling farther than the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. Artemis II is also the first human crew to lay eyes on the moon's surface,…...
Firefly Aerospace prepares for Blue Ghost 2 Mission
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (27+ words) FOX 7 Austin A Cedar Park company is working on a return trip to the moon for later this year....
Blue Ghost Mission 2 prepares for its return to the moon
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (480+ words) CEDAR PARK, Texas - A Cedar Park company is working on a return trip to the moon for later this year. A lunar lander built in Cedar Park captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon. It's just one small…...