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NASA astronauts to be tested in Kraken

The US space agency NASA will soon begin allowing its astronauts to test the simulator Kraken, originally developed by the US Navy. Kraken can best be described as a giant washing machine that tosses around whoever is inside the simulator at accelerations that can reach three times Earth’s gravity. The idea behind letting astronauts test […]

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NASA sets speed record in space communication

NASA has announced that their space communication system, TBIRD (TeraByte InfraRed Delivery), has once again set a speed record for data transmission from space to Earth. TBIRD is a laser-based communication system mounted on NASA’s PTD-3 satellite (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator), which was launched into space last year. In December of last year, NASA announced that […]

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James Webb observes water on a comet

James Webb continues to explore space, and now astronomers have discovered water vapor on a comet using the space-based super telescope. Comet 238P/Read is located in the main asteroid belt, the large asteroid belt situated between Mars and Jupiter, approximately 200-300 million kilometers from Earth. Based on the observed water vapor around the comet, it […]

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62 new moons discovered around Saturn

Astronomers announced last week that they have discovered 62 new moons around Saturn. This brings the total number of moons to 145 and means that Saturn now has more discovered moons than all the other planets in the solar system combined. Earlier this year, twelve newly discovered celestial bodies around Jupiter were given moon status, […]

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ClearSpace to clean up space debris

Swiss company ClearSpace has signed an agreement with Arianespace, which means that ClearSpace’s debris removal satellite, ClearSpace-1, can be sent into space within a few years. ClearSpace’s business idea is to develop spacecraft that will act as space garbage collectors and remove defunct satellites from Earth’s orbit. Now it seems that the launch of their […]

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Vast presents the Haven-1 space station

In 2030, it is planned that the International Space Station (ISS) will be retired, and after that, one or more private space stations are expected to take over the work currently being carried out on the ISS. Today, the American space company Vast presented the Haven-1 space station, which they plan to build with the […]

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NASA tests snake-like robot EELS

NASA has developed a snake-like robot called EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor) that is intended for future exploration of planets and moons. Now, EELS has been tested in different conditions. In the video below, you can check out some of the tests. EELS is designed to be largely autonomous in its investigations and missions since […]

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Four of Uranus’ moons may have liquid water

Researchers studying Uranus’ moons a bit closer suggest that the four largest of the planet’s 27 moons likely have liquid oceans beneath their icy surface. These are the moons Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon, which researchers believe generate enough internal heat that some of the water on the moons is still in liquid form under […]

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NASA showcases supermassive black holes

NASA has released a new animation showing some of the billions of supermassive black holes in the universe, the black holes that are at the center of most, if not all, galaxies. In the clip, which can be found below, they begin by showing the supermassive black hole in the “small” dwarf galaxy J1601+3113, which […]

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European satellite companies to build Starlink competitor

Several European space and satellite companies have now agreed to build a satellite-based network that can provide the Earth with internet connectivity, similar to SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and the UK’s OneWeb. IRIS² consortium formed by five space and satellite companies The EU has been interested in building a Starlink competitor since 2020, and […]

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Russia will remain on the ISS until 2028

The US space agency NASA announced yesterday that their partners on the International Space Station will continue to support work on the ISS for at least five more years. Among other things, Russia will stay on the ISS until at least 2028. Previously, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos stated that Russia would […]

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NASA extends the lifetime of Voyager 2

NASA has done what can be called a “lifehack” on its spacecraft Voyager 2, which has enabled all of the instruments on board to be in operation for a few more years. Voyager 2 left Earth over 45 years ago, and previously NASA stated that Voyager would likely stop using all five instruments and sending […]

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Japanese moon landing mission failed

Yesterday, Japanese company Ispace was set to perform its first moon landing, but unfortunately, it did not go as planned. At first, the descent of Ispace’s lunar spacecraft, Hakuto-R, went as intended, but when the spacecraft was about 90 meters from the moon’s surface, contact with it was lost. Ispace later stated in a comment […]

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Today, Hakuto-R lands on the moon

Today is the day for the Japanese space company, Ispace, to carry out what could be the first successful moon landing by a private company. Ispace Hakuto-R is planned to land at the Atlas crater on the moon today. M1 program: Ispace and their moon exploration The unmanned Hakuto-R left Earth in December last year […]

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Hope checks out Mars moon Deimos

It has been just over two years since the United Arab Emirates’ Mars probe, Hope (Amal), arrived on the red planet and it has now sent back some new images from there. The latest images show detailed images of Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons. The irregularly shaped Deimos is about 15x12x12 km in […]

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Hyundai to build a lunar vehicle

Hyundai Motor Group, together with six South Korean research institutes, will develop a vehicle intended for moon exploration. It’s a 70 kg solar-powered rover that Hyundai will build using technology from Hyundai and Hyundai-owned KIA. This includes equipping the vehicle with cameras, lidar, motors, solar panels, and batteries that Hyundai and KIA have developed for […]

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Sateliot has launched its first 5G satellite

The Spanish satellite company Sateliot recently launched the first 5G satellite in what will become a global 5G network built with satellites in orbit around the Earth. Sateliot calls its first satellite “Groundbreaker” and it is said to be the first satellite in space that can communicate via the 5G standard. However, Groundbreaker and the […]

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Starship exploded before reaching space

SpaceX tested for the first time to send its Starship spacecraft into space with the help of the Super Heavy rocket. Even before the test, SpaceX founder Elon Musk warned that things might not go exactly as planned, which turned out to be the case. Starship and Super Heavy lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase in […]

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Check out when Starship goes to space

Today, SpaceX will make another attempt to send its giant Starship rocket into orbit around the Earth. SpaceX had originally planned to carry out Starship’s space test on Monday but canceled it because there was a little trouble with one of the spacecraft’s valves. If everything goes as planned today, the 70-meter-tall Super Heavy star […]