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NASA launches a strange flying saucer-like spacecraft

NASA has just sent a spacecraft into orbit that looks less like a traditional satellite and more like something from a 1950s movie set, a sleek disk that immediately invites the phrase “flying saucer.
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Momentus shares jump after NASA deal to advance in-orbit servicing

Momentus (NASDAQ:MNTS) shares surged about 30% after the company announced it has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to ...
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NASA, Momentus Team Up For In-Orbit Servicing Mission

Commercial space startup Momentus and NASA will partner on an in-space servicing mission in low Earth orbit (LEO), set to launch no earlier than March, Momentus announced Feb. 9.
Observer

Four Astronauts, One Giant Test: What’s at Stake for NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission

More than 50 years after Apollo 17, NASA’s Artemis II will send four astronauts on a 10-day loop around the Moon to test the agency’s deep-space hardware.
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NASA launches unusual flying saucer-shaped spacecraft

NASA launched four flying saucer-shaped spacecraft into orbit on Thursday. The space agency says the UFO lookalikes are new tech that might "expand access to space." Called DiskSat, the plate-shaped ...
NBC New York

NASA Testing Saucer-Shaped Designs for Mars Landings

The flying saucers of science fiction movies might be the shape of things to come for future Mars missions that are expected to involve larger payloads that today's landing vehicles are not equipped ...