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SpaceX's Inspiration4 all-civilian spaceflight: When to watch and what to know
SpaceX's first all-civilian launch is scheduled to launch on Tuesday (Sept. 14) carrying a message of diversity during the third billionaire-led flight to launch in 2021. The mission, called Inspiration4, includes four private citizens who will fly on a Crew Dragon spacecraft for an Earth-orbiting mission.
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Astronomers Create 'Treasure Map' to Find Proposed Planet Nine
The number of known planets in our solar system has changed over time, but we’re currently sitting at eight since the demotion of Pluto to dwarf planet. However, some scientists believe there is a ninth planet lurking out there in the inky blackness at the edge of the solar system. A new analysis supports the notion that there’s something out there, and it also narrows the region we need to search if we want to find the contentious Planet Nine.
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China wants to build a sustainable human presence on Mars. Here's how.
China is looking at the ways of getting astronauts to Mars and back safely and potentially establishing a long-term presence on the Red Planet.
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Jeff Bezos is still not an astronaut, according to the FAA
Just because you were in space doesn't mean you get the wings of an astronaut. The Federal Aviation Administration set new rules concerning the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program and the criteria used to award those commanding, piloting or working on privately funded spacecraft with the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings badge.
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Now is the time for the next space race.
Following the conclusion of World War II in the 1940s, worldwide superpowers started developing rocket propulsion technologies in aircraft, ultimately leading to supersonic planes like the North American X-15 and the first Race for Space. Currently, a new rivalry is brewing among private businesses seeking to expand outside our borders.
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The jaw-droppingly high, out-of-this-world carbon footprint of space tourism
The commercial race to get tourists to space is heating up between Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson and former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. On July 11, Branson ascended 80 km (49 miles) to reach the edge of space in his piloted Virgin Galactic VSS Unity spaceplane, while Bezos’ autonomous Blue Origin rocket launched today on July 20, coinciding with the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Although Bezos launched later than Branson, he set out to reach higher altitudes — about 120 km, or 74 miles.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope passes key review ahead of fall launch
NASA's next big space telescope just took a big step forward toward its planned launch this fall. The $9.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission has passed a key launch review, keeping it on track to lift off atop an Ariane 5 rocket before the end of the year, European Space Agency (ESA) officials announced last week.
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Never-before-seen colossal comet on a trek toward the sun
A week after astronomers noticed a new object in the sky, they've identified it as a comet.
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Mars helicopter takes it to the limit with groundbreaking flights
Where are you now, Mars Ingenuity helicopter? While it seems like the little chopper has been quiet, it turns out that Ingenuity has aced more of its flights -- and even got a software update to fix an annoying issue that impacted some of its previous outings.
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How space weather could wreck NASA’s return to the moon
A new study suggests that extreme solar activity might make future Artemis missions too dangerous to launch later this decade.
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China has successfully landed on Mars [Updated]
China has become only the second nation to make a soft landing on the red planet. 10pm ET Friday Update: In what can aptly be described as a tremendous success, China has become only the second nation to soft land a spacecraft on the surface of Mars.
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NASA's New Horizons probe reaches rare distance, looks out to farthest Voyager
New Horizons is a long, long, long way from home. Fifteen years after launching from Earth at a record speed, and six years since it became the first-ever spacecraft to fly by Pluto, NASA's New Horizons is about to reach a mile marker that only four other robotic probes in history have surpassed.
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Scientists confirm discovery of the most distant object of the Solar System
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a planetoid four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, nicknamed 'Farfarout.'
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Hope prepares to enter orbit around Mars
As the UAE’s Hope spacecraft arrives at Mars, those involved have a mix of confidence and concern about the chances of successfully entering orbit.
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SpaceX wins $150 million contract to launch Space Development Agency satellites
SpaceX has been awarded a $150.4 million contract to launch as many as 28 satellites for the Pentagon’s space agency, the Defense Department announced Dec. 31.
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How Elon Musk's Historic Launch Changes the Future of Space Exploration
This year, SpaceX launched the first privately owned capsule carrying NASA astronauts to the space station and back. NASA, as well as private companies, also made giant leaps for space travel in 2020.
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Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears home
A Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid with soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, a space agency official said Friday. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometers (180 million miles) from Earth, a year ago and is expected to reach Earth and drop a capsule containing the precious samples in southern Australia on Dec. 6.
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A solar-powered rocket might be our ticket to interstellar space
Researchers tapped by NASA just conducted a first test of a decades-old concept.
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European Space Agency finalises plans to ‘explore the moon properly’
European space officials will this week unveil detailed plans for a series of ambitious missions aimed at returning humans to the moon in the next few years. Projects will include construction of crew quarters for an orbiting lunar space station, making the power and propulsion units for America’s Orion spacecraft, and designing and building a sophisticated communication and refuelling unit, known as Esprit, to serve astronauts on the lunar surface. These missions will be carried out jointly with Nasa and the Japanese and Canadian space agencies.
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The 5 best places to explore in the solar system—besides Mars
The Red Planet is undoubtedly an exciting place, but there are others we ought to start thinking about visiting in earnest.
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