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If you’ve watched a Saturn V launch, you’ve probably seen how a large rocket will often jettison a stage on the way up. There are several reasons for this — there is no reason to haul an empty fuel ...

A small team (Appendix 1) was chartered by NASA to make a top-level assessment of the viability of using the Apollo Command and Service Modules the basis for a Crew Return Vehicle, and potentially for ...

NASA's Artemis program is officially paving humanity's modern road back to the Moon. While earlier missions in the program focused on building 'operational heritage' for the Space Launch System (SLS) ...