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Last week, the second crew of private space tourists from Axiom Space (Ax-2) on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for an eight-day vacation. This morning, the crew returned to Earth. But staying in microgravity was not very pleasant for some space tourists. NASA hinted that the crew had difficulties […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to install new equipment on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft. This decision was made after analyzing the results of the Artemis I mission. What is known
The American space agency (NASA) has approved the development of ultra-compact radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RITEG) by the Rochester Institute of Technology. It is assumed that they will be used in cubesats and other next-generation technology, the application of which will be found in deep space – where there is too little light for solar power […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) expects the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) to fall to Earth this weekend or early next week. The exact location of the fall has not yet been determined. The satellite was launched into low Earth orbit by the space shuttle Challenger in 1984. The task of ERBS was […]
NASA is hatching plans to restart the Hubble space observatory. The equipment of the telescope, which has been in orbit for more than 30 years, needs repair and maintenance, and there is also the question of raising the orbit of the observatory. By 2025, Hubble’s orbit will decrease to 500 km, and its support will […]
December 7, NASA’s Orion spacecraft made its final flyby of the Moon before returning to Earth, and NASA has released some of the best photos taken from the spacecraft. Taken with a high-resolution camera (actually a heavily modified GoPro Hero 4) mounted on the tip of Orion’s solar arrays, these images show the spacecraft orbiting […]
After many cancellations and postponements, the space agency NASA has finally launched the Space Launch System rocket as part of the Artemis I mission. Previous attempts were hampered by technical problems and weather conditions. Preparations for the launch of the SLS rocket took more than ten years. This rocket launch marks NASA’s return to manned […]
The D-RATS crew, made up of representatives from NASA and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), will spend a week in the Arizona desert, simulating a stay on the moon and testing prototypes of pressurized all-terrain vehicles. NASA continues to work on technologies that will enable a long-term human stay on the moon during future Artemis […]
NASA’s $324.5 million DART mission, which launched last year, is nearing its dramatic climax — on the night of September 27, one of the automated probes is expected to collide with the asteroid satellite Dimorphos at a speed of 6,258.56 m/s. This is the first attempt by mankind to deflect an astronomical object in this […]
The spacecraft found Martian rocks with the highest concentration of organic matter of any discovered. Scientists from the Perseverance rover team presented another major report on the spacecraft’s work on Mars. The rover was able to collect rock samples from one of the best places to look for ancient life on the Red Planet, they […]