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AI makes a rendezvous in space
Space travel is complex, expensive, and risky. Great sums and valuable payloads are on the line every time one spacecraft docks with another. One slip and a billion-dollar mission could be lost. Aerospace engineers believe ...
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What's the best way to pack for space?
Packing to go to space is a lot like getting ready for a plane ride with only a carry-on bag. You have to maximize the use of the space in your bag at the same time you want to make sure you have what you need. That's the ...
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Eclipse chasers head to southern Illinois for 2nd total solar eclipse in 7 years
In 1999, Michelle Nichols saw her first total solar eclipse on a cruise in the Black Sea. It would be many years before she witnessed another one during a visit to southern Illinois in 2017.
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NASA's network of small moon-bound rovers is ready to roll
Construction and testing are complete on the CADRE rovers, which will map the lunar surface together as a tech demo to show the promise of multi-robot missions.
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Spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration
Humans have long dreamed of setting foot on the moon and other planetary bodies such as Mars. Since the 1960s, space travelers have donned suits designed to protect them from the vacuum of space and stepped out into the unknown.
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First Arab woman to graduate NASA training shoots for the Moon
Like her ancestors before her, Emirati astronaut Nora AlMatrooshi has spent much of her life gazing up at the stars and dreaming of flying to the moon.
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SpaceX eyes March 14 for next Starship test launch
Elon Musk's SpaceX on Wednesday announced it was eyeing March 14 as the earliest date for the next test launch of its giant Starship rocket, with which it hopes to one day colonize Mars.
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Mar 6, 2024
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What are Hubble and Webb observing right now? NASA tool has the answer
It's not hard to find out what NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have observed in the past. Barely a week goes by without news of a cosmic discovery made possible using images, spectra, and other data captured ...
Astronomy
Mar 6, 2024
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Back on Earth: NASA's Orion capsule put to the test before crewed mission
The Orion spacecraft that traveled around the moon and back during 2022's Artemis I mission completed a different round trip when it recently returned to Ohio for testing.
Space Exploration
Mar 6, 2024
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Just add AI for expert astronaut ultrasound
Ultrasound devices are commonplace in modern orbital medical kits, helping to facilitate rapid diagnoses of astronaut ailments or bodily changes. However it takes real-time guidance from experts on the ground to acquire medically ...
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Mar 6, 2024
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More planets than stars: Kepler's legacy
The Kepler mission enabled the discovery of thousands of exoplanets, revealing a deep truth about our place in the cosmos: There are more planets than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The road to this fundamental change in ...
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Mar 6, 2024
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Study find potential benefits in AI–based systems for spotting hard-to-detect space debris
An increasing number of space objects, debris, and satellites in Low Earth Orbit poses a significant threat of collisions during space operations. The situation is currently monitored by radar and radio-telescopes that track ...
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Mar 6, 2024
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Moon lander Odysseus has a new home and brings an artistic project along for the ride
The moon lander Odysseus, known as Odie, touched down on the moon's surface on February 22, becoming the first time the U.S. has landed on the moon in more than 50 years and the first commercial moon lander to successfully ...
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Mar 5, 2024
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New NASA astronauts graduate, eying moon—and Mars
After two years of rigorous training, ten Americans officially became astronauts on Tuesday, and are now eligible for planned NASA missions to the International Space Station, the moon, and—if all goes well—to Mars.
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Mar 5, 2024
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Astronauts arrive at International Space Station for swap
Three US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived Tuesday at the International Space Station for a six-month mission on board the orbiting laboratory.
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Mar 5, 2024
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Space tourists need better warnings about cosmic radiation exposure, say experts
Space weather experts at the University of Surrey are urging regulators and space tourism innovators to work together to protect their passengers and crews from the risks of space weather radiation exposure.
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Mar 5, 2024
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New study addresses how lunar missions will kick up moondust
Before the end of this decade, NASA plans to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. But this time, through the Artemis Program, it won't be a "footprints and flags" affair.
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2024
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NASA tests the new Starship docking system
The Apollo Program delivered 12 American astronauts to the surface of the moon. But that program ended in 1972, and since then, no human beings have visited. But Artemis will change that. And instead of just visiting the ...
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2024
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Fixing space-physics mistake enhances satellite safety
Correcting 50-year-old errors in the math used to understand how electromagnetic waves scatter electrons trapped in Earth's magnetic fields will lead to better protection for technology in space.
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Mar 4, 2024
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Four new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay
Four astronauts headed to the International Space Station on Sunday where they will oversee the arrivals of two new rocketships during their half-year stint.
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Mar 4, 2024
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