A multibillion-dollar contract between NASA and SpaceX is under scrutiny as the Elon Musk-helmed space company’s plans to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon keep slipping. As the New York Times reports, experts are now warning that China could beat the United States in the race back to the Moon. After a series of successful robotic missions to …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link The International Space Station (ISS) is one of humanity’s greatest achievements, providing a habitat in orbit that has been occupied continuously for almost 25 years. Visited by almost 300 people from 26 countries so far, it is a shining example of international collaboration and a one-of-a-kind technological marvel. But its lifespan is drawing to a close, …
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The crew of Artemis II will not land on the moon but will lay the groundwork for the first crewed missions to Mars. Published On 23 Sep 202523 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share NASA may be headed back to the moon months sooner than originally planned, with the agency announcing that the first crewed …
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Anyone hungry for the icy crunch of a Pluto-like body? No? Well, one nearby white dwarf is going all in on a Pluto-esque snack. According to NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a “burned-out star” snacking on a “fragment of a Pluto-like object” that’s not too far from Earth — only about 260 light-years away, which is very close …
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One of NASA’s newly announced astronaut candidates already has a spaceflight under her belt. On Monday (Sept. 22), the space agency announced the 10 members of its newest astronaut class — five men and five women who will train for potential missions to commercial space stations in Earth orbit, at the moon and (perhaps) on Mars. One of the 10 …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Elon Musk revises his timeline for Mars colonization, now projecting another two decades. 🛠️ Significant technological challenges include energy production and closed-environment agriculture. 🔄 SpaceX continues to develop the Starship for interplanetary travel, despite setbacks and successes. ⏳ Musk likens the journey to a marathon, stressing the need for patience and incremental progress. In recent years, …
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WASHINGTON — Quantum Space is acquiring propulsion technologies and facilities from Phase Four to support development of its Ranger maneuverable spacecraft. The company announced Sept. 22 it acquired Phase Four’s multi-mode propulsion technology and its integration and test facility in Southern California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Phase Four’s multi-mode propulsion technology allows a thruster to operate both …
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Kenrick, P. & Crane, P. R. The origin and early evolution of plants on land. Nature 389, 33–39 (1997). Article CAS Google Scholar Bowman, J. L. The origin of a land flora. Nat. Plants 8, 1352–1369 (2022). Article PubMed Google Scholar Graham, L. E., Cook, M. E. & Busse, J. S. The origin of plants: body plan changes contributing to …
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Astroscale is a 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair winner for developing a satellite designed to rendezvous with space junk, with the goal of capturing it and guiding it toward a fiery grave in Earth’s atmosphere. The question Can the space industry develop new technologies that help tackle the growing problem of debris and create a more sustainable orbital environment? The results …
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