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NASA reports trouble with Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope, which has been peering into the universe for more than 30 years, has been down for the past few days, NASA said Friday.
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The Lunar Lantern could be a beacon for humanity on the moon
In October of 2024, NASA's Artemis Program will return astronauts to the surface of the moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. In the years and decades that follow, multiple space agencies and commercial partners plan ...
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2021
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Student experiments to blast off from NASA Wallops
After being developed via a virtual learning experience, more than 70 experiments built by university students across the United States are ready for flight on NASA suborbital flight vehicles.
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2021
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SpaceML.org: A new resource to accelerate AI application in space science and exploration
The SETI Institute and Frontier Development Lab (FDL.ai) are announcing the launch of SpaceML.org. SpaceML is a resource that makes AI-ready datasets available to researchers working in space science and exploration, enabling ...
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2021
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Scientists detect signatures of life remotely
It could be a milestone on the path to detecting life on other planets: Scientists under the leadership of the University of Bern and of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS detect a key molecular ...
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2021
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Space sustainability rating to shine light on debris problem
There's a problem brewing overhead. Invisible to the naked eye and relatively unheard of, it threatens our future in space—space debris.
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2021
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LLNL/Tyvak space telescope goes into orbit
Thousands of images of Earth and space have been taken by a compact space imaging payload developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers and its collaborator Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.
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Jun 18, 2021
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After 9 years and $10M, Georgia spaceport nears FAA approval
After nine years of planning and $10 million invested by local taxpayers, county officials in Georgia's coastal southeast corner came a big step closer Thursday to winning federal approval of a project engineered to literally ...
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2021
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Crew starts making China's new space station their home
Three Chinese astronauts have begun making China's new space station their home for the next three months, after their launch and arrival at the station Thursday marked further advances in the country's ambitious space program.
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Jun 17, 2021
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Juno detects Jupiter's highest-energy ions
Jupiter's planetary radiation environment is the most intense in the solar system. NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting the planet closer than any previous mission since 2016, investigating its innermost radiation belts ...
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2021
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EXPLAINER: The significance of China's new space station
Adding a crew to China's new orbiting space station is another major advance for the burgeoning space power.
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2021
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Astronauts install new rollout solar panels on International Space Station
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Shane Kimbrough of the United States spacewalked outside the International Space Station on Wednesday as they began the painstaking process of installing new solar panels to boost the ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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Rocket blasts off carrying first Chinese crew to new space station
The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off Thursday for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power.
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2021
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China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond
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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Computer trouble hits Hubble Space Telescope, science halted
The Hubble Space Telescope has been hit with computer trouble, with all astronomical viewing halted, NASA said Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2021
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Space embrace: Astronauts and robots work together to service the ISS
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, according to one of the three laws of robotics imagined by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. On board humanity's only outpost in space, this obedience has turned into ...
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2021
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Spacesuit problems prevent astronauts from completing job (Update)
Spacesuit problems prevented astronauts from completing the installation Wednesday of powerful, new solar panels outside the International Space Station.
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Jun 16, 2021
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Why is everyone so obsessed with going to Mars? Here are some other worlds ripe for exploration
Last month, China successfully landed and deployed the Zhurong rover on Mars, becoming the second country ever to set wheels on the surface of the red planet.
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2021
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Total solar eclipses shine a light on the solar wind with help from NASA's ACE mission
From traversing sand dunes in the Sahara Desert to keeping watch for polar bears in the Arctic, a group of solar scientists known as the "Solar Wind Sherpas" led by Shadia Habbal, have traveled to the ends of the Earth to ...
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2021
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China to launch first crew to new space station on Thursday
Astronauts blasting off on Thursday for China's first crewed mission to its new space station will have a choice of 120 different types of food and "space treadmills" for exercise, China's space agency said.
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Jun 16, 2021
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