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How well would a laser communication system work from Mars?
Communications with Mars explorers face unique challenges, including 4–24 minute signal delays and limited bandwidth that restricts data transmission. While NASA's Deep Space Network currently manages these communications, ...
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How CADRE passed its autonomy testing
Getting missions to land successfully on the moon has been difficult. Recent missions, such as IM-1 and IM-2, which the private company Intuitive Machines completed, have been qualified successes at best, with both landers ...
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How do robots feel in space?
How do robots feel in space? This is both a practical and possibly an existential question. Still, today, we'll focus on the practical side by looking at a review paper from Hadi Jahanshahi and Zheng Zhu of York University ...
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3 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on China's space station
Three Chinese astronauts landed back on Earth on Wednesday after six months on China's space station.
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Juno mission gets under Jupiter's and Io's surface
New data from the agency's Jovian orbiter sheds light on the fierce winds and cyclones of the gas giant's northern reaches and volcanic action on its fiery moon.
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Apr 29, 2025
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Chinese astronauts' return to earth delayed owing to weather
Three Chinese astronauts' return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions.
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Apr 29, 2025
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Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlinks
Amazon's first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks.
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Apr 29, 2025
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NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
Fresh from space, NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains vanishing.
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Apr 29, 2025
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P160C fires up successfully, a new chapter for Ariane 6 and Vega launchers
The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on 24 April at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by the French Space Agency (CNES). The successful test ...
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Apr 28, 2025
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ACES finds its home in orbit
The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), ESA's state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, has been successfully installed on the International Space Station, marking the start of a new chapter in space-based precision science.
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Apr 28, 2025
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Amazon set for launch of Starlink-rival satellites
After delaying an earlier attempt due to bad weather, Amazon is preparing to launch its first batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on Monday, stepping into direct competition with Elon Musk's Starlink.
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Apr 28, 2025
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Global first test success for NASA space power system
A spacecraft power system that combines the technological know-how of engineers and scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA Glenn has passed its first test with flying colors.
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Apr 28, 2025
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Fully automated laboratory heads into orbit to test food production in space
Cranfield University spin-out company Frontier Space has sent a fully automated laboratory into orbit as part of a European Space Agency project to assess the viability of creating lab-grown food in microgravity.
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Apr 25, 2025
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NASA Marshall fires up hybrid rocket motor to prep for moon landings
NASA's Artemis campaign will use human landing systems, provided by SpaceX and Blue Origin, to safely transport crew to and from the surface of the moon, in preparation for future crewed missions to Mars. As the landers touch ...
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Apr 25, 2025
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NASA's Roman mission shares detailed plans to scour skies
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct after launch. These observation programs are designed to investigate some of the most profound ...
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Apr 24, 2025
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NASA tests key spacesuit parts inside this icy chamber
When NASA astronauts return to the moon under the Artemis campaign and eventually venture farther into the solar system, they will encounter conditions harsher than any humans have experienced before. Ensuring next-generation ...
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Apr 24, 2025
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A novel concept for a multiplanetary crewed mission to Mars and Ceres
For NASA, sending a crewed mission to Mars has been the long-term goal for over two decades. China has joined the club in recent years, with plans to send crewed missions to the red planet ahead of NASA. In both cases, the ...
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Apr 24, 2025
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Spaceship carrying 3 Chinese astronauts docks with Tiangong space station in latest crew rotation
A spaceship carrying three astronauts docked Thursday with China's space station in the latest crew rotation, marking a further step in the country's ambitions for a crewed mission to the moon and explore Mars.
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Apr 24, 2025
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China launches 3 astronauts to replace crew on Chinese space station
China has launched three astronauts into space to replace the crew on the Chinese Tiangong space station, marking a further step in the country's ambitions for a crewed mission to the moon and explore Mars.
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Apr 24, 2025
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Chinese astronauts set to blast off for space station
China will send a new team of astronauts to its space station on Thursday, as the country marches toward its ambition of becoming a space power to rival the dominance of the United States.
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Apr 24, 2025
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