There is always something new happening in the world of space technology. This week, there are two big stories that are capturing headlines. On one side, NASA is making progress on its plans to send people to Mars by the 2030s. On the other side, SpaceX has announced a new project that could help make space travel more affordable for civilians.
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In space tech news, NASA is planning to test the Orion space capsule that will take humans to Mars in 2033. This week, they announced “Orion Flight Test-02”, which will be an uncrewed mission with a launch date of August 2021 from Launch Complex 37 (LC37) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The flight itself should last approximately five hours before splashing down off the coast near Key West and then returning to New Mexico for recovery operations where engineers can collect data about performance during reentry so future spacecraft designs can incorporate improvements based on this information.
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