Wants 'tens of metric tons of O2 production per year' on the cheap NASA has opened the brainstorming-bay doors to anyone with ideas on how to extract oxygen from Moon rocks - a key element of the space agency's work to "develop infrastructure techno…
Lees meerTrundlebot has trundled 32km across 'punishingly cold environment bathed in dust and radiation' NASA's Curiosity Rover has notched up 4,000 days on Mars as the trundlebot continues its fourth extended mission despite showing signs of wear and tear.…
Lees meerRepeat performance will be able to return to Earth and might one day carry crew The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to return to the International Space Station (ISS) cargo delivery business by 2028, judging by announcements made at ESA Space Summ…
Lees meerWhich way is up? Just feel the vibrations, man Spatial disorientation among pilots led to 101 deaths, 65 lost aircraft and $2.32 billion of damages in the US Airforce between 1993 and 2013, according to research. The problem also hits astronauts, wh…
Lees meerDodged Apollo 13 disaster because of rubella, but helped to rescue the crew Obit Thomas K Mattingly II, command module pilot of Apollo 16 and commander of two Space Shuttle missions, has died aged 87.…
Lees meer'Ejecta halo' detected by orbiter reminds that life on Luna will be dirty, gritty, and sneezy India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has published research that reveals its Chandrayaan-3 mission made quite a mess on the Moon.…
Lees meer'Ejecta halo' detected by orbiter reminds that life on Luna will be dirty, gritty, and sneezy India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has published resrarch that reveals its Chandrayaan-3 mission made quite a mess on the Moon.…
Lees meerScientists offer explanation for origin of two anomalous structures nestled within our world The remains of a giant ancient space rock that scientists believe collided with Earth billions of years may be hiding deep below Earth's surface, according …
Lees meerNo launch license until environmental investigation is complete SpaceX has inched a little closer to being granted a license for the next Starship launch after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it had completed the safety review…
Lees meerAll in the name of science, or just a political stunt? This week marks 25 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and became the oldest person to orbit the Earth.…
Lees meerScrew it... no wait, unscrew it, cry boffins NASA's first-ever asteroid sample-collecting spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has had its mission extended – and will next visit Apophis, a near-Earth object expected to fly as close as 20,000 miles to our home plan…
Lees meerThe sky isn't the limit when it comes to greener fuel alternatives NASA is studying contrails to determine if more environmentally friendly aircraft fuels might reduce their formation.…
Lees meerRadio bouncing off multiple reflectors is a hard-to-defeat method of monitoring a weapons cache Researchers say they have developed a method to remotely track the movement of objects in a room using mirrors and radio waves, in the hope it could one …
Lees meerRadio bouncing of mutliple reflectors is a hard-to-defeat method of monitoring a weapons cache Researchers say they have developed a method to remotely track the movement of objects in a room using mirrors and radio waves, in the hope it could one d…
Lees meerNASA: Nice rocket, but what about the dust? Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has unveiled a mockup of the cargo version of its Blue Moon lunar lander ahead of a crewed version intended for NASA's Artemis program.…
Lees meerFirst module of new space station to be launched in 2027 Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a project to build an Orbital Station following a meeting regarding the development of the country's space industry.…
Lees meerTwo new pieces of research suggest center is smaller than previously thought Two new studies from a NASA Mars probe suggest the red planet's core is surrounded by a layer of molten rock, and the core is smaller than previously thought.…
Lees meerA towel is just about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can carry One spacewalking cosmonaut was hit on their visor by a contaminated tether as a pair of International Space Station crew members ventured outside the outpost …
Lees meerMeanwhile, ESA looks to SpaceX for help with Galileo constellation United Launch Alliance's (ULA) first certification mission of its Atlas V replacement, the Vulcan Centaur, is set for near the end of the 2023 with a Christmas Eve launch.…
Lees meerThe things the kingdom will do to get away from Europe... The UK Space Agency and Axiom Space are signing an agreement to send more Brits into space on a commercially sponsored mission.…
Lees meerThe things the kingdom will do to get away from Europe... The UK Space Agency and Axiom Space are signing an agreement to send more Brits into space on a commercially sponsored mission.…
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