You’re an excited, spacefaring passenger strolling about a pressurized cabin approximately 30 kilometers (20 miles) above the Earth. Your trip is scheduled for six hours, and you’ve already consumed the world-class food and drinks to complement this awesome view from Spaceship Neptune, which is provided by Space Perspective, the World’s First Carbon-Neutral Spaceflight Experience Company. But now you’re three hours into your trip and you have to go to the bathroom. Don’t worry, that’s where the Space Spa comes in, which was recently unveiled as one of the many features offered by Space Perspective as part of its spaceflight experience. An important aspect is paying customers, which Space Perspective refers to as Explorers, will be able to catch the great view even while taking a break in the Space Spa, with Space Perspective posting detailed images of the Space Spa to its official X page.
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Largest-ever computer simulation of the universe escalates cosmology dilemma
The first efforts toward simulating all components of the universe fail to resolve the S8 tension. Is the standard theory of cosmology in trouble?
‘Her Space, Her Time’ Reveals the Hidden Figures of Physics
Quick: Name a woman scientist.
US Space Force's 1st official painting shows military space plane intercepting adversary satellite
United States Space Operations Command revealed its first official painting, which depicts a "futuristic intercept vehicle" engaging an adversary satellite in orbit above Earth.
Lunar Astronauts Will Need Easy Walking Trails Around the Moon's South Pole
Before this decade is out, NASA plans to return astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era and build the necessary infrastructure to keep sending them back. And they will hardly be alone. Alongside NASA’s Artemis Program, the European Space Agency also plans to send astronauts to the Moon and establish a permanent habitat there (the Moon Village), while China and Russia are working towards creating the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). Numerous commercial space companies will also be there to provide crew transportation, cargo, and logistical services.
Next generation Moon camera tested in Europe
When astronauts return to the Moon, they will take more pictures of the lunar surface than any humans before. To develop the best camera for the job, European astronauts and scientists are lending a helping hand to NASA’s Artemis imagery team.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter aces longest Mars flight in 18 months
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter traveled 1,901 feet (579 meters) during its 63rd Mars flight, which took place last Thursday (Oct. 19).
SpaceX inks landmark deal to launch European navigation satellites: report
SpaceX has signed a deal to loft up to four of Europe's Galileo navigation satellites over two launches in 2024, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Moon rocks blasted off the lunar surface could become near-Earth asteroids
The near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa was indeed ejected from the moon, a new study confirms, suggesting more lunar fragments dwell among near-Earth asteroids.
Hubble Space Telescope reveals an unexpected galaxy trio (photo)
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a galaxy overshadowed by its larger, merging companions.
A Fast Radio Burst Took 8 Billion Years to Reach Us
Fast Radio Bursts are an astrophysical enigma. They are intense bursts of radio energy lasting anywhere from a fraction of a millisecond to a few seconds, typically with a frequency of around 1,400 MHz, and we still don’t know what causes them. They were first detected in 2007 but were initially so rare and short-lived that it was difficult to confirm they weren’t terrestrial in origin. With the inauguration of the CHIME telescope and other wide-field radio observatories, we started observing lots of them, which confirmed they were both astrophysical and mostly coming from outside our galaxy. Now one has been observed from a galaxy 8 billion light years away, and it could help us solve a cosmological mystery.
Watch NASA test a 3D-printed rocket nozzle designed for deep space (video)
NASA recently conducted a hot-fire test of a new experimental rocket nozzle in order to test 3D printing techniques and new materials for hardware designed to reach deep space.
What happens when neutron stars collide? Astronomers may finally know
When neutron stars collide, heavy elements like gold can be forged in the extremely violent aftermath. But what else can 3D simulations of the event show us?
Largest-ever Computer Simulation of the Universe
The Flamingo simulations are not only the largest but also the most all-encompassing simulations of the universe, from 13.75 billion years ago to today.
China recruits Pakistan and Belarus for its planned moon base
Pakistan and Belarus just became partners on the International Lunar Research Station, which China aims to build on the moon in the 2030s.
Zack Snyder's 'Rebel Moon' space opera scores prequel series from Titan Comics, 'House of the Bloodaxe'
A first look at Titan Comics' 'Rebel Moon' prequel series, 'Rebel Moon: House of the Bloodaxe.'
NASA begins to chart path forward on its Mars Sample Return architecture following independent review
This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples of rocks and soil being collected from the Martian surface by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover.
Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech
The next decade will be a critical time for the exploration of Mars with the multi-agency Mars Sample Return (MSR) being the marquee mission. The undertaking has been decades in the making, but an independent review of the MSR architecture raised some key questions about the feasibility and cost.
James Webb Space Telescope could have explained the mysterious signals from 'hell planet' 40 light-years away
The hellish super-Earth '55 Cancri e' may be constantly losing and re-growing its atmosphere, a new study of the planet's strange transit signals suggests.
The Moon is 40 Million Years Older Than We Thought
An object the size of Mars crashed into the Earth over 4 billion years ago, creating a cloud of debris that formed the Moon. When the Apollo astronauts landed on the lunar surface, they found and brought back Moon rocks that helped pinpoint when this event happened. Now, a new study of crystals in the lunar samples pushed that event back even further –about 40 million years earlier than previous estimates — setting the Moon’s formation to about 4.46 billion years old – not long after the Earth formed.
European Service Module for Artemis II connected to Orion vehicle
The second European Service Module was connected to the rest of the Orion spacecraft which will be used in the Artemis II mission that will bring astronauts around the Moon and back for the first time in over 50 years.
NASA's Aaron Yazzie explores Mars in PBS's 'Native America' Season 2 (exclusive)
NASA engineer and Navajo Aaron Yazzie talks space robotics in an exclusive clip from PBS's "Native America" series.
