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Boeing launches its Starliner capsule on a crewless eight-day journey to the International Space Station and back, a key test mission for NASA's plans to end US dependence on Russia for space rides. IMAGES
NASA unveils its Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 space mission, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission scheduled for late 2024, will take a crew of four astronauts to the Moon. IMAGES
A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if its course can be altered blasts off from California. The SpaceX rocket carrying the experiment lifted off at 10:21 pm Pacific Time (0621 GMT Wednesday) from Vandenberg Space Force Base, NASA TV's livestream showed. IMAGES
NASA releases the first images of Jupiter taken by its Juno spacecraft almost two months after its arrival in orbit around the biggest planet in the solar system. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
NASA'S Juno spacecraft sends its first in-orbit view of Jupiter, known to be the biggest planet in the solar system. Rough cut (no reporter narration).