Scientists grow plants in lunar dirt, next stop moon
For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA's Apollo astronauts.
Space Exploration
May 14, 2022
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News tagged with space radiation
Physicists develop ideal testing conditions of solar cells for space applications
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the University of North Texas, the NASA Glenn Research Center and several collaborators within the space power community, have recently ...
Materials Science
May 03, 2022
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Spacecraft navigation uses X-rays from dead stars
The remnants of a collapsed neutron star, called a pulsar, are magnetically charged and spinning anywhere from one rotation per second to hundreds of rotations per second. These celestial bodies, each 12 to 15 miles in diameter, ...
Space Exploration
May 03, 2022
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DLR provides female measuring mannequins for the NASA Artemis I mission
In 2022, NASA's Artemis I mission will send a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew to the moon for the first time in almost 50 years. On this uncrewed test flight, it will be the twin measuring mannequins Helga and ...
Space Exploration
May 03, 2022
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NASA's Webb telescope is now in full focus, ready for instrument commissioning
Alignment of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments. ...
Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2022
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Finland's first science satellite, Foresail-1, is ready for space
Foresail-1, the first satellite from the Finnish Center of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space, is ready for space.
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2022
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Cosmic Dawn III recreates the Epoch of Reionization in unprecedented resolution
Physicists have become keenly interested in the first billion years of the universe—the stretch between the Big Bang and the formation of the first stars during which galaxies began to form. During the last 600 million ...
Astronomy
Apr 11, 2022
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Researchers discover source of super-fast electron rain
UCLA scientists have discovered a new source of super-fast, energetic electrons raining down on Earth, a phenomenon that contributes to the colorful aurora borealis but also poses hazards to satellites, spacecraft and astronauts.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 30, 2022
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Exploring the secret of Venus that may be hidden in the heat of the night
Despite being close to Earth and having nearly the same size, Venus is another world. Underneath its thick mantle of acid sulfuric clouds, at the surface 460 degrees Celsius are the rule. This temperature is kept by the greenhouse ...
Astronomy
Feb 22, 2022
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How NASA plans to destroy the International Space Station, and the dangers involved
NASA has announced plans for the International Space Station (ISS) to be officially decommissioned in 2031. After dozens of launches since 1998 got the station up and into orbit, bringing it down will be a feat of its own—the ...
Space Exploration
Feb 18, 2022
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Health threat from cosmic rays
The health threat from cosmic rays is the danger posed by cosmic rays generated by the Sun and other stars to astronauts on interplanetary missions. Cosmic rays consists of high energy protons and other nuclei. They are one of the most important barriers standing in the way of plans for interplanetary travel by crewed spacecraft.
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