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The world finally has its first 'parastronaut'. Can we expect anyone to be able to go to space one day?
The European Space Agency made history last week with the announcement of the first "parastronaut," 41-year-old UK citizen John McFall.
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With a small network of satellites around Mars, rovers could navigate autonomously
When it comes to "on the ground" exploration of Mars, rovers make pretty good advance scouts. From Pathfinder to Perseverance, we've watched as these semi-autonomous robots do what human explorers want to do in the future. ...
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Dec 01, 2022
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BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers
The night sky is a shared wilderness. On a dark night, away from the city lights, you can see the stars in the same way as your ancestors did centuries ago. You can see the Milky Way and the constellations associated with ...
Astronomy
Dec 01, 2022
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SpaceX again postpones Japanese moon lander launch
SpaceX on Wednesday postponed the launch of the world's first private lander to the Moon, a mission undertaken by Japanese firm ispace.
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Dec 01, 2022
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At NASA, France's Macron and US vow strong space cooperation
Paris and Washington pledged Wednesday to reenforce their cooperation in space, particularly on exploration and climate, during a visit by France's Emmanuel Macron to NASA headquarters alongside US Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Dec 01, 2022
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Graphene heading to space and to the moon
Graphene Flagship Partners University of Cambridge (U.K.) and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB, Belgium) paired up with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC, United Arab Emirates), and the European Space Agency ...
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Nov 30, 2022
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SpaceX postpones mission to put Japanese lander on Moon
SpaceX on Wednesday postponed by one day a mission to launch the first private—and Japanese—lander to the Moon.
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Nov 30, 2022
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Chinese spaceship with 3 aboard docks with space station
Three Chinese astronauts docked early Wednesday with their country's space station, where they will overlap for several days with the three-member crew already onboard and expand the facility to its maximum size.
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Nov 30, 2022
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NASA cancels greenhouse gas monitoring satellite due to cost
NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated.
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Nov 30, 2022
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Image: Hubble Telescope spies sparkling spray of stars in NGC 2660
This glittering group of stars, shining through the darkness like sparks left behind by a firework, is NGC 2660 in the constellation Vela, best viewed in the southern sky. NGC 2660 is an open cluster, a type of star cluster ...
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Nov 29, 2022
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Japanese company aims to put first private lander on Moon, with UAE rover on board
SpaceX is set Wednesday to launch the first private—and Japanese—lander to the Moon.
Space Exploration
Nov 29, 2022
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Developing the low-energy ion spectrometer for the Chinese BeiDou-3 satellite
In our daily lives, we rely on weather forecasts to know whether it will rain tomorrow. The monitoring and prediction of space weather such as geomagnetic storms and substorms are also vital for the operation safety of satellites ...
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Nov 29, 2022
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Europa's plate tectonic activity is unlike Earth's
Plate tectonics represents a defining framework of modern geoscience, accounting for large-scale features on Earth's surface, such as mountains and valleys, as well as the processes that shape them, like volcanoes and earthquakes. ...
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Nov 29, 2022
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NASA's Juno mission spots two Jovian moons
On Nov. 29, 2021, NASA's Juno mission completed its 38th close flyby of Jupiter. As the spacecraft sped low over the giant planet's cloud tops, its JunoCam instrument captured this look at two of Jupiter's largest moons.
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Nov 29, 2022
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China launches 3 astronauts to complete space station
China launched a rocket Tuesday carrying three astronauts to complete construction of the country's permanent orbiting space station, during which they will expand the facility to its maximum capacity of six crew aboard.
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Nov 29, 2022
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NASA's Lunar Flashlight SmallSat readies for launch
When NASA's Lunar Flashlight launches no earlier than Nov. 30, the tiny satellite will begin a three-month journey, with mission navigators guiding the spacecraft far past the moon. It will then be slowly pulled back by gravity ...
Space Exploration
Nov 28, 2022
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SpaceX gives Space Coast 52nd launch of the year
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Saturday from Kennedy Space Center on the 52nd successful flight of the year from the Space Coast.
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Nov 28, 2022
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Air-breathing ion engines could continuously boost spacecraft anywhere there's an atmosphere
Staying in orbit can be challenging, at least for lower orbits that are more affected by Earth's atmosphere. But, such orbits also come with advantages, such as better vantage points for new commercial operations such as ...
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Nov 28, 2022
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The first SLS launch caused damage to the launch pad. How bad was it?
When you test launch the most powerful rocket ever successfully flown, there's bound to be some collateral damage. With 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) packs a mighty punch (the Saturn ...
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Nov 28, 2022
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What happened to those CubeSats that were launched with Artemis I?
NASA made history on November 16 when the Artemis I mission took off from Launch Complex 39B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its way to the moon. This uncrewed mission is testing the capabilities of the Space Launch System ...
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Nov 28, 2022
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3D radargram brings new focus to Mars' north polar cap
China rocket taking 3 to space station to blast off Tuesday
NASA's Orion capsule enters far-flung orbit around moon
King of rockets, NASA's SLS could soon be usurped by SpaceX's Starship
Artemis: why it may be the last mission for NASA astronauts
Cutting-edge experiments ride SpaceX's 26th CRS mission to space station
NASA's Europa Clipper gets its wheels for traveling in deep space
European Space Agency names new astronauts, agrees record budget
European Space Agency to vote on record budget, name new astronauts
Space diversity: Europe's space agency gets 1st parastronaut
France, Germany, Italy agree on next-generation space rockets
Who will become history's first 'parastronaut'?
NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit
NASA's going back to the moon and must confront a familiar enemy: Dust
Orion spacecraft makes closest moon approach on Artemis I mission
Chinese coast guard seizes rocket debris from Filipino navy
NASA Moon mission 'exceeding' expectations
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First privately built Indian space rocket launches
NOAA adopts Finland's CubeSat-proven space weather monitor
NASA Webb micrometeoroid mitigation update
Where should we impact an asteroid to effectively deflect its orbit?
What would asteroid mining do to the world's economy?
New potential target proteins for novel antibiotics discovered
New chip-scale laser isolator opens new research avenues in photonics
Researchers develop a safer carrier for cancer vaccines
