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mission

[mish-uhn] / ˈmɪʃ ən /


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Both the Murriyang telescope and the Canberra complex contributed to NASA's Artemis II mission in April 2026, continuing Australia's decades-long involvement in space exploration.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Survivors told me that the boat started to sink backwards as soon as they got in it," Alexandre Coissac, IOM chief of mission in Djibouti, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

At a packed conference of foreign investors in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, last week, Michael Garcia, deputy chief of mission at the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Additional search crews and aerial assets were assigned to the mission, and just after 2 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

If I’d done something that dumb during an actual time-travel mission, I’d have Glitched back to the present missing a chunk of my leg.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Australia's radio astronomy facilities have a long history of supporting some of NASA's most important space missions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

After congratulating the crew on completing thousands of combat missions with “zero casualties, zero flight mishaps, and zero working toilets,” Jost’s Hegseth offered an update on developments back home.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

A childhood of sci-fi, The Thunderbirds and televised Nasa missions meant space was always a keen interest of his.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Tetiana Hasanenko, the head of Oleshky’s city military administration, who is based in Ukrainian-held territory, said the missions weren’t announced beforehand, though officials messaged some residents privately that the shipments were coming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

I learn that when I am on Mars, I will not only be collecting, studying, and analyzing pieces of Mars’s atmosphere, but I will be searching for other Mars Rovers from previous missions.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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