A mission to launch the first satellites into orbit from Western Europe suffered an "anomaly" Tuesday, Virgin Orbit said.
Space Exploration
Jan 10, 2023
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The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite launched into Earth orbit on Friday, Dec. 16, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in central California, and engineers are working to prepare the mission to begin measuring ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 29, 2022
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A titanium tube containing a rock sample is resting on the Red Planet's surface after being placed there on Dec. 21 by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Over the next two months, the rover will deposit a total of 10 tubes at ...
Astronomy
Dec 21, 2022
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NASA's InSight mission has ended after more than four years of collecting unique science on Mars.
Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2022
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Astronauts could be given an enhanced diet during spaceflights that includes a greater variety and quantity of fruits, vegetables, and fish to improve their health and performance compared to standard spaceflight food, reports ...
Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2022
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A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with a colleague from Université de Paris, has found that hydrogen concentrations in regolith on the moon are higher in the higher latitudes. They have published ...
NASA's Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2022
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A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that's designed to roll around up there ...
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2022
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SpaceX is set Wednesday to launch the first private—and Japanese—lander to the Moon.
Space Exploration
Nov 29, 2022
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NASA's Orion capsule entered an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles around the moon Friday, as it neared the halfway mark of its test flight.
Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2022
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