The US company Orbit Fab is aiming to produce the go-to "gas stations" in space, its CEO tells AFP, hoping its refueling technology will make the surging satellite industry more sustainable—and profitable.
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2023
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Century-old sugar maples in Wisconsin. Five-hundred-year-old cedars in Oklahoma. Fifty-foot-wide oaks in Georgia. These trees grace our nation's old-growth forests, and scientists say they hold unexplored mysteries from their ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2023
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The bone density of astronauts—of both the human and rodent variety—decreases in space. Researchers report on April 19 in the journal Cell Reports that changes to the gut microbiomes of space travelers might be associated ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 19, 2023
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Cedars-Sinai investigators, in collaboration with Axiom Space of Houston, are sending stem cells to space in early May to explore whether microgravity can make it easier and more efficient to produce large batches of stem ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 18, 2023
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Russia said Wednesday it planned to use the International Space Station until 2028, an apparent reversal of an earlier announcement to quit the orbiting laboratory after 2024.
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2023
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Headlines proclaiming the rise of a new "space race" between the U.S. and China have become common in news coverage following many of the exciting launches in recent years. Experts have pointed to China's rapid advancements ...
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2023
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are hard at work on research guided by students and researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2023
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Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the first Saudi woman, will blast off from Florida on May 8 on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space and NASA officials said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Apr 6, 2023
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NASA unveiled the crew on Monday for its first human mission to the Moon in more than 50 years –- including the first woman and Black man to voyage into deep space.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2023
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Kenya will launch its first operational satellite next week in a landmark achievement for the country's space program, the government said on Monday.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2023
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