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Space Exploration Jun 3, 2021

NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missions

NASA is returning to sizzling Venus, our closest yet perhaps most overlooked neighbor, after decades of exploring other worlds.

Space Exploration May 25, 2021

Who's an astronaut as private spaceflight picks up speed?

As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?

Materials Science May 17, 2021

Mechanics of the infinitely small: NanoGear, towards a molecular gear

Gears and mechanical transmissions are at home in the Emilia-Romagna region, the Motor Valley of northern Italy. A team of researchers from the University of Bologna and the Institute for Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity ...

Space Exploration May 10, 2021

A new era of spaceflight? Promising advances in rocket propulsion

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) has recently commissioned three private companies, Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin and General Atomics, to develop nuclear fission thermal rockets for use in lunar orbit.

Space Exploration May 7, 2021

AP Interview: NASA chief big on climate, hedges on moon date

NASA's new administrator is big on tackling climate and diversifying the agency's workforce, but hedging on whether the U.S. can put astronauts on the moon by 2024.

Bio & Medicine May 5, 2021

Using flexible microparticles as drug carriers to shuttle nanoparticles to the vascular wall

Drug carriers that target the vascular endothelium must adhere to the endothelial vessel wall to achieve clinical stability. The particle size is a critical physical property to prescribe particle margination within biological ...

Space Exploration May 3, 2021

Bill Nelson, head of NASA, hails 'new day in space'

Former Florida senator Bill Nelson was sworn in Monday as head of NASA, hailing a "new day" for space exploration as the United States seeks to return to the Moon.

Space Exploration Apr 16, 2021

NASA chooses SpaceX to take humans back to Moon

NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency said Friday, in a huge victory for Elon Musk's company.

Space Exploration Apr 16, 2021

SpaceX's next crew arrives in Florida for Earth Day launch

SpaceX's most international crew of astronauts yet arrived at their launch site Friday.

Space Exploration Apr 9, 2021

American, Russians dock at International Space Station

A trio of Russian and American space travelers launched successfully and reached the International Space Station on Friday.

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