Elon Musk, founder of private space-faring company SpaceX, recently unveiled his new Starship craft. Amazingly, it is designed to carry up to 100 crew members on interplanetary journeys throughout the solar system, starting ...
Space Exploration
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It's mission over for a robot called Fedor that Russia blasted to the International Space Station, the developers said Wednesday, admitting he could not replace astronauts on space walks.
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2019
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A pre-dawn fire on Wednesday forced Japan's space agency to cancel the launch of an unnamed rocket meant to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, the operator said.
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2019
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Researchers at Siberian Federal University, together with colleagues from the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden), discovered new properties of material based on palladium, which can increase the performance ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 31, 2019
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On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced that the U.S. would land astronauts on the moon "before the decade is out."
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2019
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Hulking robots common to assembly line manufacturing tend to be loners. They often cut, bend and weld metal inside cages and behind barriers meant to safely separate them from human workers.
Robotics
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Fifty years ago at the Paris air show, France's transport minister and Germany's economy minister signed an agreement that would change aviation history.
Business
May 29, 2019
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The payload and platform of the first European satellite that can be completely reprogrammed after launch have been successfully joined together.
Space Exploration
May 16, 2019
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Anxiety has set in across the space industry ever since the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, revealed Project Kuiper: a plan to put 3,236 satellites in orbit to provide high-speed internet across the globe.
Space Exploration
May 8, 2019
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The World Economic Forum has announced the introduction of a Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) system to help tackle the problem of space traffic and congestion in the Earth's orbit. The announcement of the SSR and the participating ...
Space Exploration
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