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Coronavirus delays work on NASA’s moon rocket and capsule for the Artemis mission
•There are two confirmed cases at NASA centres: Ames Research Center in California and Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.
NASA chief sticks by dwarf planet Pluto, says it deserves to be a real planet
Tech2 News Staff •Astronomers in the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of its planetary status in 2006.
Moon2Mars: Jim Bridenstine on why is NASA going to the Moon again 50 years later?
•Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator said, “We are...going to the Moon to stay, and moving beyond to Mars.”
Donald Trump expresses his unhappiness with NASA's new moon mission on Twitter
•NASA plans to build a space outpost in lunar orbit that can relay astronauts to the moon by 2024.
NASA to send equipment to the Moon starting 2020 for Artemis crewed mission in 2024
•Three American firms have been tasked with sending instruments & equipment to the Moon for the Artemis program.
NASA executive resigns weeks after being appointed to lead 2024 moon landing mission
•If the $1.6 billion funding doesn't come through, NASA will revert to its original plan to land in 2028.
NASA's Christina Koch's stay to help understand effect of long term spaceflight on women
Tech2 News Staff •All the data of astronaut's lives in space mostly focus on men, Christina Koch will help researchers understand women in space better.
Pentagon defends Mission Shakti ASAT test, says India has cause to be concerned over 'threats to nation from space'
Fp Staff •US Strategic Command Commander General John E Hyten told members of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee that the first lesson from the Indian ASAT is that they (India) are concerned about threats to their nation from space.
Mission Shakti has created 400 pieces of debris, endangered space station: NASA
•Risk of collision with the ISS has increased by 44 percent over 10 days: NASA Chief.
Russian-American crew arrive at the International Space Station
•NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine congratulated the crew on a successful launch.