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The mystery behind a "strange noise" that a NASA astronaut heard coming from the Boeing Starliner spacecraft while aboard the International Space Station has been solved, the space agency said Monday.Astronaut Butch Wilmore first reported the pulsating sound coming from a speaker inside the spacecraft to Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, just days before it was set to leave the station and return to Earth on autopilot.NASA said in a statement on social media that the pulsing sound from the speaker has since stopped and determined the feedback was the result of an audio configuration between the space station and Starliner."The space station audio system is complex, allowing multiple spacecraft and modules to be interconnected, and it is common to experienc...

NASA announced it is canceling its Viper moon rover project due to high cost and launch delays.The Viper rover was meant to explore the moon's south pole in search of water.Astrobotic Technology still plans to fly its Griffin moon lander by the end of next year, but it will no longer carry a moon rover with it as initially intended.NASA said Wednesday it's canceling its water-seeking moon rover, citing cost overruns and launch delays.The Viper rover was supposed to launch in late 2023 aboard a lander provided by Astrobotic Technology, but extra testing and increased costs kept delaying the mission, threatening other projects, the space agency said.The rover had aimed to explore the moon's south pole. About $450 million had been spent so far on its development, NASA said.SCIENTISTS DISC...

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