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Two rocket boosters whose parts were used in 80 space shuttle missions are parked outside of Los Angeles, a step closer to joining NASA's retired Endeavour orbiter in an stand-up display.

China's Mars probe Tianwen-1, which blasted into space in July, is now more than 15 million kilometers (9 million miles) from Earth en route to the red planet, the National Space Administration said Saturday.

An amateur astronomer from Brazil discovered the large, "potentially hazardous" asteroid that safely passed by Earth this week on Thursday (Sept. 10).

Astra launched its Rocket 3.1 vehicle late Sept. 11, but the flight ended during the small launch vehicle's first-stage burn. SpaceNews

Astra launched its first orbital test mission tonight (Sept. 11), sending its two-stage Rocket 3.1 skyward from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska.

Friday night's launch failure was apparently caused by a software issue that should be relatively straightforward to fix, Astra representatives said.

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The smoke wafting from the wildfires raging across the Western United States is a wrenching sight, even from nearly a million miles away.

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