Tag: space exploration
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Japan’s SLIM moon lander surprisingly survived a second lunar night
[ad_1] View of the moon’s surface taken from the SLIM lander’s tilted position JAXA Most landers we send to the moon operate for a single lunar day – about two Earth weeks – before being overtaken and killed by the extreme cold of lunar night. But Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has now…
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NASA’s Artemis astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon
[ad_1] An artist’s concept of an Artemis astronaut deploying an instrument on the lunar surface NASA NASA has selected the first science experiments that astronauts will bring to the moon as part of the Artemis III mission. This mission, currently planned for 2026, will mark the first time humans have walked on the lunar surface…
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See the messages NASA is sending to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa
[ad_1] Illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft NASA/JPL-Caltech IN OCTOBER, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is due to start its journey to explore Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moon Europa (imagined above in illustration). NASA asked the scientific organisation that I lead, METI International, to draw on our expertise at attempting to contact extraterrestrial intelligence and help craft a…
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SpaceX’s Starship created a volcano-like explosion in first launch
[ad_1] Debris left by the explosion of the SpaceX Starship launch pad in Texas on 22 April 2023 UPI/Alamy Live News When SpaceX’s Starship rocket launched for the first time in 2023, it destroyed its launch pad in an explosion similar to a volcanic eruption that sent huge chunks of concrete high into the sky.…
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Starship launch 3: What time is the SpaceX flight today?
[ad_1] SpaceX’s Starship prepped for flight SpaceX SpaceX is launching its massive Starship rocket for the third time on 14 March, following two failed missions. Here is everything you need to know about it. What is Starship? Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built. It is 121 metres long and its reusable booster can…
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How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life’s origins
[ad_1] ON THE morning of 24 September 2023, Dante Lauretta woke up early, his pulse racing. For 20 years, he had been working on a NASA space mission that aimed to scoop up a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth. Now, it was time for the sample capsule to land. If anything…
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From France to the moon: rocket simulator opens in Toulouse
[ad_1] The Cité de l’Espace centre is offering visitors the experience of space travel in a rocket and moon lander simulator. ADVERTISEMENT In Toulouse, France, the Cité de l’Espace is launching a new immersive experience: Lune Xplorer, where you can take a seat in a rocket simulator. You can climb aboard a spaceship similar to…
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NASA workers paint iconic logo onto Artemis II rocket boosters
[ad_1] ART and science merge to spectacular effect in these photos, recently released by NASA. The images amp up anticipation for the upcoming Artemis II mission, which will be NASA’s first crewed space flight beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Last month, NASA workers began the hefty task…
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Two lunar landers have fallen over – but they’re still doing okay
[ad_1] An image taken by the Odysseus lander moments after it tipped over Intuitive Machines Both of the landers currently on the surface of the moon have ended up lying on their sides, but they still appear to be functioning surprisingly well. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration…
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NASA switches SpaceX’s Crew-8 launch date again | Digital Trends
[ad_1] Just a couple of days after NASA announced it was delaying the launch of SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by a week, the agency has come back to say it’s pushing back the earliest possible launch date by another two days. It means that the Crew-8 mission will now launch…