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PUNCH spacecraft make final pit stop before launch
Four small suitcase-sized spacecraft, designed and built by Southwest Research Institute, have made a final Earth-side pit stop at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere ...
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Establishing a permanent lunar presence will depend on ingenuity and the moon's own resources, researchers say
NASA's Artemis program goal of establishing a human presence on Earth's moon is closer than ever to becoming a reality within the next few decades. But today's starry-eyed dreamers are reckoning with the gritty reality of ...
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Astronauts set to swab the exterior of station for microbial life
Astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station to collect microbiological samples during crew spacewalks for the ISS External Microorganisms experiment. This investigation focuses on sampling ...
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A tether covered in solar panels could boost the ISS's orbit
The ISS's orbit is slowly decaying. While it might seem a permanent fixture in the sky, the orbiting space laboratory is only about 400 km above the planet. There might not be a lot of atmosphere at that altitude. However, ...
Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2025
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NASA rockets to fly through flickering, vanishing auroras
Two NASA rocket missions are taking to the Alaskan skies in hopes of discovering why some auroras flicker, others pulsate, and still others are riddled with holes. Understanding these peculiar features is part of NASA's goal ...
Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2025
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Trump vows to plant flag on Mars, omits mention of Moon return
US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to "plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars" but made no mention of NASA's planned return to the moon, heightening speculation about his space strategy.
Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2025
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NASA Kennedy ground systems prepping hardware for Artemis II and beyond
Teams with NASA are gaining momentum as work progresses toward future lunar missions for the benefit of humanity as numerous flight hardware shipments from across the world arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in ...
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2025
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Malargüe—A satellite dish best served cold: Cryogenic upgrade boosts capacity by almost 80%
In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will allow missions to send much more data back to Earth, a capacity increase of almost 80%.
Astronomy
Jan 20, 2025
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Astronauts on NASA's Artemis mission to the moon will need better boots. Here's why
The U.S.'s return to the moon with NASA's Artemis program will not be a mere stroll in the park. Instead it will be a perilous journey to a lunar location representing one of the most extreme environments in the solar system.
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2025
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The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas
If there is a leader in the aerospace industry, SpaceX is it. The company's Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon spacecrafts are the current go-to vehicles to deliver astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2025
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NASA sets new hydrogen sulfide exposure limits for space missions
NASA's Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) assembled a small working group to review hydrogen sulfide (H2S) Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentration (SMAC) values. The group met virtually three times ...
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2025
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Watch doorbell camera capture rare meteorite strike in Canada
A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple's walkway.
Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2025
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US grounds SpaceX's Starship after fiery mid-air explosion
The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission.
Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2025
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A seed-sized signal amplifier chip could boost space communications
Smaller than a strawberry seed, this tiny signal amplifier was produced by the European Space Agency to fill a missing link in current technology, helping to make future radar-observing and telecommunications space missions ...
Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2025
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SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean
SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean.
Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2025
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NASA's IMAP instrument installations complete
With the installation of a charged particle detector on Dec. 3, 2024, all 10 of NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) science instruments have been fully integrated on the spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2025
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SpaceX catches Starship booster again, but upper stage explodes
Hours after Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin nailed its first-ever orbital mission, SpaceX seized back the spotlight on Thursday as its latest test of Starship, its gargantuan next-generation megarocket, ended with the upper stage ...
Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2025
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Bezos' Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket to orbit, a feat 15 years in the making
Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. By reaching orbit, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launch has marked a milestone for a commercial ...
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2025
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Musk's Starship set for launch after Bezos orbital triumph
The rivalry between the world's two richest men is going cosmic.
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2025
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Latest moon mission carries a new reflection on history
In July 1969, four faculty members traveled from College Park to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to provide last-minute instruction to a noteworthy pupil: an Apollo 11 astronaut about to become one of the first humans to ...
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2025
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