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Robot grippers could be used to remove space debris
Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube" in this image from Feb. 4, 2025. The experimental grippers demonstrated autonomous detection and capture techniques that may be ...
Space Exploration
Feb 7, 2025
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A wedding necklace and Polish dumplings will be part of a mission to the International Space Station
What do a wedding necklace, Polish savory dumplings and a photo of Hungary's first astronaut have in common?
Space Exploration
Feb 5, 2025
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Rocket junk has a 1 in 4 chance per year of entering busy airspace, study suggests
There's a 26% annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a UBC study. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Space Exploration
Feb 5, 2025
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Burrowing mole-bot could characterize other planets' soil
Burrowing under soil opens up a whole new world, especially when that soil is on other planets. Getting under the top layer of regolith on a world such as Mars could give access to a world still extant with life, whereas, ...
Space Exploration
Feb 4, 2025
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin mimics the moon's gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight
Jeff Bezos' rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon's gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home.
Space Exploration
Feb 4, 2025
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Boeing Starliner official talks pros and cons of NASA contracts
Boeing executive Mark Nappi had been the face of the company's Starliner program during its beleaguered Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station that ultimately left its crew of two NASA astronauts behind when ...
Space Exploration
Feb 4, 2025
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SpaceX pushes Kennedy Space Center launch to Tuesday, could bring sonic boom with booster landing
SpaceX said it was pushing to Tuesday an evening launch attempt that could mean a sonic boom may rattle parts of Central Florida as the company aims to bring its booster back for a rare land recovery.
Space Exploration
Feb 4, 2025
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Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely
We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered: Are we alone?
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2025
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Property and sovereignty in space − as countries and companies take to the stars, they could run into disputes
Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don't enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos.
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2025
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Can ocean-floor mining oversights help regulate space debris and mining on the moon?
Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of how or whether the seabed should be exploited is pending. Outcomes in this contentious area could ...
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2025
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Measuring light sail performance in the lab
Sailing has been a mainstay of human history for millennia, so it's no surprise that scientists would apply it to traveling in space. Solar sailing, the most common version, uses pressure from the sun to push spacecraft with ...
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2025
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AI technique predicts Hall thruster power for spacecraft with high accuracy
A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such as SpaceX's constellation satellites, Starlink and NASA's asteroid probe, Psyche, and is one of the ...
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2025
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Planet party and snow moon to shine over California: When to watch the sky
Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to AccuWeather.
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2025
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Japan launches a navigation satellite on a new flagship rocket for an improved positioning system
Japan's space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own.
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2025
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A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2025
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Artemis team leaders say major changes under Trump could mean more delays
NASA's commercial partners have mounted a vigorous defense of the Artemis moon mission plans amid the specter of changes from the new Trump administration.
Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2025
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From Earth to space: Testing tech in lava tubes for future space exploration
What does an ancient lava tube in the Canary Islands have in common with space exploration?
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2025
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First steps taken toward developing interstellar lightsails
The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner, known as ...
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2025
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Could gravitational waves be the key to cosmic communication?
When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015, it opened a whole new window into the universe. Before that, astronomy depended on observations of light in all its wavelengths.
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2025
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NASA's 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together
NASA's two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2025
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