NASA lab hopes to find life's building blocks in asteroid sample
Eager scientists and a gleaming lab awaits.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 26, 2023
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News tagged with space mission
NASA power outage temporarily halts contact with space station
A NASA power outage disrupted communication between Mission Control and the International Space Station on Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Jul 25, 2023
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In new space race, scientists propose geoarchaeology can aid in preserving space heritage
As a new space race heats up, two researchers from the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas and their colleagues have proposed a new scientific subfield: planetary geoarchaeology, the study of how cultural ...
Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2023
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Crowds cheer as India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon's south pole
An Indian spacecraft blazed its way toward the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover on the lunar surface, the country's space agency said.
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2023
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India launches cut-price mission to land on Moon
India launched a rocket on Friday carrying an unmanned spacecraft to land on the Moon, its second attempt to do so as its cut-price space program seeks to reach new heights.
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2023
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Astronauts' new rides for Artemis missions arrive at Kennedy Space Center
While the next humans to fly to the moon will rely on the Orion spacecraft for the nearly half-million-mile trip next year on the Artemis II mission, the final 9 miles to the launch pad will come while riding in one of three ...
Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2023
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Perseverance discovers a doughnut-shaped rock on Mars
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this doughnut-shaped rock in Jezero Crater from about 328 feet (100 meters) away using its Remote Microscopic Imager (RMI), part of the SuperCam instrument, on June 22, 2023, the 832nd ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 3, 2023
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Video: Hera Propulsion Module leak test, in time-lapse
ESA's Hera mission for planetary defense will perform a close-up survey of the Dimorphos asteroid in deep space. But first Hera needs to cross millions of kilometers of space to get there. That is the task of Hera's Propulsion ...
Space Exploration
Jun 30, 2023
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NASA achieves water recovery milestone on International Space Station
For space missions that venture beyond low Earth orbit, new challenges include how to provide basic needs for crew members without resupply missions from the ground. NASA is developing life support systems that can regenerate ...
Space Exploration
Jun 30, 2023
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The Mars Sample Return mission is starting to look expensive
Getting to space is hard. It's even more hard to do new and interesting things in space. And when projects get hard, that usually means they cost more money. That is certainly the case for one of the most anticipated missions ...
Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2023
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