Artist’s impression of an ancient Martian base. Image: Nasa from NASA next Artemis Moon program serves as a springboard for a possible crewed mission to Mars. A revised list of planning goals details a strategy for accomplishing this daunting feat. The documentpublished tuesday, serve as a blueprint for how we will eventually get humans to …
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Engineers repair the area where a liquid hydrogen leak was detected during SLS’s second launch attempt on September 3. This photo was taken on September 8 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo: Nasa A demonstration to confirm a repaired hydrogen leak appears to have gone well, with NASA saying Wednesday’s cryogenic tank test …
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Artist’s impression of SUSIE performing a vertical landing (video accelerated 2.5 times). GIF: Ariane/Gizmodo Group French aerospace company ArianeGroup has unveiled a concept reusable upper-stage spacecraft that would be capable of delivering heavy payloads into space and performing crewed missions before landing vertically on Earth. SUSIE, short for Smart Upper Stage for Innovative Exploration, was …
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You know the scientists: they give the coolest possible explanation to the public, then act like nerds and publish a paper years later saying something much more mundane. And the same goes for the first object that enters our solar system from a different location. Dubbed “Oumuamua,” scientists are still arguing over what the mysterious …
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Artist’s rendering of CAPSTONE.Image: Nasa Controllers with the CAPSTONE mission are attempt to regain control of the Probe bound to the Moon, which is currently collapsing, is experiencing temperature issues and is unable to use its solar panels to fully recharge its batteries. In a update released on Monday, Advanced Space described it as a …
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Artist’s rendering of CAPSTONE.Image: Nasa Controllers with the CAPSTONE mission are attempt to regain control of the Probe bound to the Moon, which is currently collapsing, is experiencing temperature issues and is unable to use its solar panels to fully recharge its batteries. In a update released on Monday, Advanced Space described it as a …
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Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starlink 4-2 mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 34 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload for AST SpaceMobile’s space-based broadband cellular network. follow us on Twitter. DFS live
Brush firThey appeared shortly after the Starship’s static firing test on Thursday, September 8, 2022.Screenshot: NASAspaceflight SpaceX conducted a static firing test of a prototype Starship rocket on Thursday, in which the six raptor engines were engaged. The eight seconds the test seemed to go well, except for the problematic brush fire that ensued. The …
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SLS on the Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Florida. Photo: Nasa NASA is preparing to replace a faulty seal linked to a hydrogen leak that led to SLS’s second launch attempt on Saturday. Repairs will take place on the launch pad, which is ideal from a testing perspective, but NASA still needs to get …
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