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Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos

March 20, 2024 admin

Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos. | Photo Credit: Reuters When NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. space agency demonstrated that it was possible to change a celestial object’s trajectory, if needed, to protect Earth. It turns out that this collision changed not…

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Study documents headaches experienced by astronauts in space

March 15, 2024 admin

An astronaut is shown in this handout photo provided by NASA participating in a spacewalk that took place on December 24, 2013, released on December 27, 2013. | Photo Credit: Reuters Research in the expanding field of space medicine has identified many ways in which a microgravity environment and other factors can meddle with the…

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Why spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration

March 13, 2024 admin

Axiom Space chief engineer Jim Stein demonstrates a prototype spacesuit, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Houston. NASA selected Axiom Space to design the spacesuits that its moonwalking astronauts will wear when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade. | Photo Credit: AP Humans have long dreamed of setting foot on the Moon and…

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Going to Mars? Speak to a psychologist first

March 9, 2024 admin

Because these communications travel at the speed of light and can’t go any faster, experts are coming up with ways to improve communication efficiency under time-delayed conditions. Source link

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Private US moon lander still working after breaking leg and falling, but not for long

February 29, 2024 admin

Private US moon lander still working after breaking leg and falling. | Photo Credit: AP The first private U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon broke a leg at touchdown before falling over, according to company officials who said Wednesday it was on the verge of losing power. Intuitive Machines, the company that built the…

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Private US moon lander still working after breaking leg and falling, but not for long

February 29, 2024 admin

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Private U.S. moon lander launched 52 years after last Apollo lunar mission

February 15, 2024 admin

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on February 15, 2024. The mission’s goal is to deliver science payloads to the surface of the moon | Photo Credit: AP A moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early…

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Why now is the time to address humanity’s impact on the moon

February 9, 2024 admin

The Lunar Resources Registry, a private business that locates valuable resources on the moon and helps investors conduct the required exploration and extraction operations, notes: “The space race is evolving into space industrialization.” Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars as navigation guides or for spiritual…

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Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space – more than 878 days

February 6, 2024 admin

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, a crew member of the next mission to the International Space Station, attends a news conference at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. The Russian space agency says one of its cosmonauts has broken the world record for the most time spent in space. Oleg Kononenko, who’s 59 has made five…

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Japan provides up to $80 million subsidy to moonshot startup ispace

October 20, 2023 admin

A model of the lunar rover in HAKUTO-R lunar exploration program by “ispace” is pictured at a venue to monitor its landing on the Moon, in Tokyo, Japan, April 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan will provide a subsidy of up to 12 billion yen ($80 million) to moon exploration startup ispace (9348.T) as part of…

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