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SpaceX's 'Starship' rocket, the largest ever built, takes off from the space company's Texas launch site. CEO Elon Musk hopes the ship will one day colonize Mars and NASA is awaiting a modified version to land humans on the Moon. The first test in April ended in a spectacular explosion over the Gulf of Mexico. IMAGES
NASA scraps its launch of a 30-story rocket due to orbit the Moon, citing a fuel leak in delaying the mission for a second time. The leak occurred as liquid hydrogen was being pumped into the rocket. No new date for another try was immediately announced. IMAGES
A test flight of NASA's powerful new Moon rocket may be possible on Friday, Artemis 1 mission manager Mike Sarafin says, after the US space agency scrubbed Monday's launch because of an engine issue. "Friday is definitely in play," Sarafin tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
SpaceX's new Crew Dragon capsule successfully launches and is en route to the International Space Station with a dummy on board. IMAGES
Petit à petit, la sonde spatiale Voyager 1 s’approche d’un cap très symbolique : celui du jour-lumière de distance avec la Terre. Du jamais-vu. Voyager 1 a quitté la Terre il y a un peu plus de 48 ans et 2 mois. Toujours active, elle poursuit son odyssée de plus en plus loin dans le cosmos, tant bien que mal, là où aucune autre mission ne s’était jamais rendue auparavant.
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