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What’s the Best Way to Pack for Space?
Packing to go to space is a lot like getting ready for a plane ride with only a carry-on bag. You have to maximize the use of the space in your bag at the same time you want to make sure you have what you need. That’s the challenge astronauts face in the upcoming Artemis moon missions. So, NASA held a competition to figure out the best and most innovative ways to store cargo for the missions.
Webb Sees a System That Just Finished Forming its Planets
Nearly 5 billion years ago a region of gas gravitationally collapsed within a vast molecular cloud. At the center of the region, the Sun began to form, while around it formed a protoplanetary disk of gas and dust out of which Earth and the other planets of the solar system would form. We know this is how the solar system began because we have observed this process in systems throughout the galaxy. But there are details of the process we still don’t understand, such as why gas planets are relatively rare in our system.
Webb Sees a Surprisingly Active Galaxy When the Universe Was Only 430 Million Years Old
Unlocking the mysteries of the early Universe is one of the JWST’s primary endeavours. Finding and examining some of the first galaxies is an important part of its work. One of the Universe’s first galaxies is extraordinarily luminous, and researchers have wondered why. It looks like the JWST has found the answer.
Fly me to the moon: NASA accepting astronaut applications (video)
NASA wants a new group of astronauts. U.S. citizens have until April 2 to apply for chances to fly to low Earth orbit, the moon and maybe even Mars.
SpaceX eyes March 14 for 3rd Starship test flight
SpaceX could launch its Starship megarocket on its third test flight as soon as March 14, the company quietly announced via social media.
NASA, SpaceX looking to extend lifespan of Crew Dragon spacecraft to 15 flights
While the fifth flight of the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is underway, NASA and SpaceX are studying the fleet to determine whether or not the capsules could make it to 15 flights.
NASA cancels multibillion-dollar on-orbit satellite servicing mission
NASA has canceled the complex and costly OSAM-1 satellite-servicing demonstration mission.
Save 28% on these Celestron EclipSmart solar binoculars ahead of the April 8 solar eclipse
The Celestron EclipSmart solar binoculars are currently 28% off and Amazon's lowest-ever price, ahead of the solar eclipse on April 8.
10 phenomena to see and photograph during April's total solar eclipse
From 'shadow snakes' and 'double diamonds' to Baily's beads and the corona, here's what you need to prepare for on April 8.
Stunning images from Very Large Telescope capture unique views of planet formation
Incredible images captured by the Very Large Telescope in Chile reveal unique insights into planet formation around young stars.
Moonshots: The Successful Failure of Peregrine One
Space is hard, even when you don’t leave the ground.
Ariane 6 stages having a BAL
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The two central stages for Ariane 6’s first flight are being assembled in the launcher assembly building (BAL) at Europe’s Spaceport. The core stage and the upper stage for Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 are set to fly in the Summer of 2024. Once assembled, the stages will be transferred to the launch pad.
Hera asteroid mission vs. absolutely nothing
Image: Hera asteroid mission vs. absolutely nothing
Just add AI for expert astronaut ultrasound
Ultrasound devices are commonplace in modern orbital medical kits, helping to facilitate rapid diagnoses of astronaut ailments or bodily changes. However it takes real-time guidance from experts on the ground to acquire medically useful ultrasound images. Once astronauts travel to the Moon or further into the Solar System such guidance will no longer be practical due to the time delay involved. A new ESA-led project aims to leverage AI and Machine Learning so that astronauts can perform close to expert quality ultrasound exams by themselves.
Juno Measures How Much Oxygen is Being Produced by Europa
If the periodic table listed the elements in order of their importance to life, then oxygen might bully its way to the top. Without oxygen, Earth’s complex life likely would not exist. So when scientists detect oxygen on another world, they turn their attention to it.
Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?
Near-Earth asteroid Apophis will not collide with another space rock until its close approach to Earth in 2029, a new analysis finds.
SpaceX rocket launches pioneering methane-tracking satellite to orbit
MethaneSAT, which launched March 4 on SpaceX's Transporter-10 rideshare mission, will monitor hotspots of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
NASA graduates new astronaut class as it begins recruiting for more
"The Flies" are ready to fly, so NASA is in need of some new flyboys (and gals). As the space agency welcomed its latest astronauts into its corps, NASA announced it is again accepting applications.
Watch Chinese astronauts fix Tiangong space station solar wing in 8-hour spacewalk (video)
A pair of Chinese astronauts spent eight hours outside their Tiangong Space Station last weekend to carry out repairs on solar arrays.
Jupiter's ocean moon Europa may have less oxygen than we thought
NASA's Juno spacecraft helped scientists make the first direct measurement of molecular oxygen around Jupiter's moon Europa. The result is lower than some previous estimates.
