SpaceX just sent three space weather probes to the final frontier. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (Sept. 24) at 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT), carrying NASA’s IMAP mission and and two other spacecraft. Each probe has its own objectives, but all three will work toward the same larger goal: help scientists …
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Imelda Muller was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in Sept. 2025. Photo courtesy of Bill Stafford/NASA UVM Larner College of Medicine alum Imelda Muller is one of NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates, out of a pool of 8,000, the space agency announced Monday. “With upcoming exploration missions, we are pushing the …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 The X-37B spaceplane’s eighth mission launches on August 21, testing crucial technologies for the Space Force. 🔍 Laser communications experiments aim to enhance secure and efficient satellite operations in low-Earth orbit. 💡 A quantum inertial sensor will be tested as a potential alternative to GPS, offering resistance to signal disruptions. 💰 Congress allocated $1 billion to …
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Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) may sound like the ultimate SciFi adventure. Just imagine floating through the modules, gazing down on Earth from 400 kilometers above, and conducting experiments in the vacuum of space. But behind the awe-inspiring views and high-tech equipment lies a very different reality. The ISS …
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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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