NASA's HERMES mission—a four-instrument suite to be mounted outside NASA's Moon-orbiting Gateway—has passed a critical mission review on Jan. 27, 2022.
Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2022
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The European Space Agency has narrowed the candidate list for its next generation of astronauts, including dozens who have a physical disability.
Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2022
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If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it.
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2021
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Australia has agreed to build a 20-kilogram (44-pound) semi-autonomous lunar rover for NASA to take to the moon as early as 2026 in search of oxygen.
Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2021
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In the 1970s four spacecraft began their one-way trips out of our Solar System. As the first human-built objects to ever venture into interstellar space, NASA chose to place plaques on Pioneer 10 and 11 and golden records ...
Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2021
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A moon-scanning method that can automatically classify important lunar features from telescope images could significantly improve the efficiency of selecting sites for exploration.
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2021
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A new instrument that will fly to the moon has been delivered to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Space Exploration
Jul 9, 2021
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The liftoff of three astronauts for China's new space station on Thursday marks a landmark step in its space ambitions, its longest crewed mission to date.
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2021
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In a comment published today in Nature Astronomy, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, challenges assumptions about the possibility of modern life on Mars held by many ...
Astrobiology
Mar 16, 2021
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NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will be the agency's ninth mission to land on the Red Planet. Along with characterizing the planet's geology and climate, and paving the way for human exploration beyond the Moon, the rover ...
Astrobiology
Feb 18, 2021
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