NASA Opens SpaceX's Moon Lander Contract to Rivals
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Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket blew up while the company was testing the spacecraft Sept. 29 at its Texas facility.
World's biggest rocket launched from Texas, was seen 1,500 miles away in Florida, even near NASA. Some in Boynton Beach thought it was a UFO or meteor
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The Soviet Disaster Behind the Largest Rocket Explosion Ever
Many believed that perhaps the Soviet Union would ultimately triumph in the Space Race to the Moon. But while NASA’s Apollo Program carefully planned and prepared for a meticulous mission, the Soviets skipped important static ground tests as part of a frantic push to get their super heavy-lift launch vehicle into the sky first.
Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy and billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday traded barbs online over who should lead the space agency, a day after Duffy invited companies to compete with Musk's SpaceX for a moon landing mission.
A spat over the future of NASA under the Trump administration went public on Tuesday, with Elon Musk panning Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as having a “2 digit IQ” and advocating for his ally Jared Isaacman to run the space agency in a string of social media posts.