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Space Exploration Feb 15, 2024

Space surgery: Doctors on ground operate robot on ISS for first time

Earth-bound surgeons remotely controlled a small robot aboard the International Space Station over the weekend, conducting the first-ever such surgery in orbit—albeit on rubber bands.

Astronomy Feb 14, 2024

NASA telescopes find new clues about mysterious deep space signals

What's causing mysterious bursts of radio waves from deep space? Astronomers may be a step closer to providing one answer to that question. Two NASA X-ray telescopes recently observed one of such events—known as a fast ...

Space Exploration Feb 14, 2024

European satellite to crash back to Earth within week

A large satellite which ended its mission 13 years ago will come crashing down to Earth in an uncontrolled manner within the next week, but there is almost zero chance it will hurt anyone, the European Space Agency has said.

Space Exploration Feb 14, 2024

Another overnight sonic boom possible from SpaceX launch of moon-bound lander

Another commercial company is trying to become the first to land on the moon with a planned overnight launch atop a SpaceX rocket that could bring another sonic boom to Central Florida.

Space Exploration Feb 13, 2024

How NASA uses simple technology to track lunar missions

NASA is using a simple but effective technology called Laser Retroreflective Arrays (LRAs) to determine the locations of lunar landers more accurately. They will be attached to most of the landers from United States companies ...

Space Exploration Feb 12, 2024

Astronauts from NASA's Expedition 71 to conduct research aboard space station

Studies of neurological organoids, plant growth, and shifts in body fluids are among the scientific investigations that NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Tracy C. Dyson will help support ...

Space Exploration Feb 12, 2024

Turkey hails its first astronaut who returned from a 3-week mission to International Space Station

Turkey's first astronaut returned home to a hero's welcome Monday, portrayed as a symbol of the country's advances in technology and aerospace.

Space Exploration Feb 9, 2024

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden return to Earth, ending private space station trip

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden returned to Earth on Friday, ending a private three-week mission to the International Space Station.

Environment Feb 9, 2024

World's biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission

NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to forecast and fight air pollution.

Space Exploration Feb 8, 2024

Chickpeas grown in lunar regolith are stressed but reach maturity, shows study

A recent preprint posted to bioRxiv investigates how chickpeas have been successfully grown in lunar regolith simulants (LRS), marking the first time such a guideline has been established not only for chickpeas, but also ...

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