Didymos is spinning so quickly that rocks are detaching at its equator and going into orbit
Asteroid Didymos is spitting rocks out into space.
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News tagged with future spacecraft
NASA is building a mission that will refuel and repair satellites in orbit
NASA is planning a mission to demonstrate the ability to repair and upgrade satellites in Earth orbit. The mission, called OSAM-1 (On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing-1), will send a robotic spacecraft equipped ...
Space Exploration
May 24, 2022
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NASA's robotic OSAM-1 mission completes critical design review
NASA's On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1), a mission that will be the first to robotically refuel a satellite not designed to be serviced, and will also demonstrate assembly and manufacturing technologies ...
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2022
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Angelic halo orbit chosen for humankind's first lunar outpost
Mission planners at NASA and ESA's Operations Centre (ESOC) have spent months debating the pros and cons of different orbits, and have now decided on the path of the Lunar Gateway.
Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2019
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PhD student develops spinning heat shield for future spacecraft
A University of Manchester Ph.D. student has developed a prototype flexible heat shield for spacecraft that could reduce the cost of space travel and even aid future space missions to Mars.
Space Exploration
Aug 9, 2018
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Hidden lake discovery sheds light on alien hunt
Evidence of new strains of bacteria in a lake hidden under an Icelandic glacier far from the sun has revealed how life might thrive in sub-surface oceans on the icy moons around Saturn and Jupiter.
Space Exploration
Jul 7, 2017
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Tiny thrusters demonstrate a capability needed to detect gravitational waves
On December 3, 2015, the LISA Pathfinder mission blasted into space carrying the most stable spacecraft thruster system ever qualified for use in space. Developed by NASA JPL, the Space Technology 7 (ST-7) Disturbance Reduction ...
Space Exploration
Apr 7, 2017
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Emotion and tears in mission control as Rosetta comes to a silent end
It's over. Really over. The Rosetta spacecraft has taken its last image, sniffed its last gasp and held its final press conference. To a chorus of sighs from the assembled scientists and engineers, the mission came to a quiet ...
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2016
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Experiment to investigate antibacterial properties of materials in space
Everybody knows a clean house is a healthy place to live, but what if you live on the International Space Station? Air and water are constantly recycled and waste can only be removed when a spacecraft departs for Earth every ...
Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2016
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Europe develops self-removal technology for spacecraft
A new European project has an ambitious goal of cleaning up space for future generations. The Technology for Self-Removal of Spacecraft (TeSeR) program, introduced in May 2016, will develop a prototype for a module that will ...
Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2016
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