Falling space junk poses a growing risk to air travel safety — and could harm the economy too, experts warn
Talk about a potentially explosive issue. The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes ...
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Here’s why women may be the best suited for spaceflight
If you’re packing for an interplanetary space mission—one that’s very long and might involve populating a faraway world—sending an all-female astronaut crew could be an intelligent choice.
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International Team Readies the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe for Launch
Most people hear “spacecraft” and envision rockets blasting into space, but they’re often not aware of the meticulous ...
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Someone Is Looking Into Orbital Shipyards, Because We All Need Spacecraft to Escape Earth
American space agency NASA awarded a NIAC grant to ThinkOrbital for a study into building a shipyard in space using ...
Space Robotics Leader Says Humans Will Soon Join Robots On Moon, Mars
A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...
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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster launched by SpaceX in 2018.
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A year in isolation: 366-day mock moon mission wraps up in Russia
On Nov. 14, 2024, the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences marked the successful ...
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AstroForge announces asteroid target for upcoming mission
Space mining company AstroForge has revealed the destination of its next asteroid prospecting mission and has signed a launch contract with Stoke Space.