The first trip to the moon for NASA's new rocket has one more major hurdle, but it's taking the jump nice and slow as Artemis I began its 4.4-mile journey with a top speed of 0.8 mph to the launch pad Thursday.
Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2022
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The Apollo 16 capsule is dusty all these decades after it carried three astronauts to the moon. Cobwebs cling to the spacecraft. Business cards, a pencil, money, a spoon and even a tube of lip balm litter the floor of the ...
Space Exploration
Feb 9, 2022
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SpaceX and NASA are investigating a parachute issue that occurred on the last two capsule flights.
Space Exploration
Feb 5, 2022
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The Tianwen-1 Mars entry capsule successfully landed on the surface of Mars in southern Utopia planitia on May 14th, 2021 at 23:18 UTC. One of the biggest challenges it faced is that a typical blunt body such as the capsule ...
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2022
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Biophysicists in Japan have found ways to make and manipulate capsule-like DNA structures that could be used in the development of artificial molecular systems. Such systems could function, for example, inside the human body. ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 13, 2021
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An innovative herbicide delivery system could revolutionize the way agricultural and environmental managers battle invasive weeds.
Plants & Animals
Dec 2, 2021
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The United States said Monday it was investigating a "debris-generating event in outer space" after astronauts on the International Space Station were forced to prepare for a possible evacuation.
Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2021
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High wind off the Florida coast has prompted SpaceX to delay the return of four space station astronauts in orbit since spring.
Space Exploration
Nov 8, 2021
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The astronauts who will depart the International Space Station on Sunday will be stuck using diapers on the way home because of their capsule's broken toilet.
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2021
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In 1545, King Henry VIII's favorite ship, the Mary Rose, capsized and sank in the Battle of the Solent defending England and Portsmouth from a French invasion fleet. The wreck remained on the seabed until 1982 when it was ...
Analytical Chemistry
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