NASA to return moon rocket to hangar
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NASA just launched rockets into the northern lights and captured the hidden electricity that powers them.
NASA’s first crewed moon mission in decades was delayed as its engineers grapple with an all-too-familiar rocket problem: hydrogen leaks. Fixing the issue is even trickier than it may seem.
NASA is launching a rocket mission from Alaska as early as Saturday to study and help understand electrical circuitry underlying the aurora. The rocket mission will use a technique similar to how a CT scan works on humans, to reconstruct the electrical currents flowing from the northern lights, NASA said.
The White House budget proposal aims to discontinue NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) after three missions due to cost overruns. NASA's overall budget, including science programs, faces cuts, with the Mars Sample Return mission slated for termination.