Last May, as part of the nation’s growing presence in space, the China National Space Agency (CNSA) announced that it had established a Human Lunar Space Program that would send crewed missions to the Moon and culminate in the creation of a lunar base. This came shortly after China and Russia announced that they would be collaborating on future lunar missions, which included the creation of a base around the southern polar region. In June 2022, they announced that this base would be named the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) and released a guide explaining how international partners could join.
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What’s the Bare Minimum Number of People for a Mars Habitat?
A recent preprint paper examines the minimum number of people required to maintain a feasible settlement on Mars while accounting for psychological and behavioral factors, specifically in emergency situations. This study was conducted by a team of data scientists from George Mason University and holds the potential to help researchers better understand the appropriate conditions for a successful long-term Mars settlement, specifically pertaining to how those settlers will get along during all situations. But why is it important to better understand the psychological factors pertaining for a potential future Mars colony?
Japan launches SLIM moon lander, XRISM X-ray telescope on space doubleheader (video)
Japan sent two ambitious missions soaring into the heavens today (Sept. 6) — a pioneering moon lander and a powerful X-ray space telescope.
Tropical Storm Lee could become an 'extremely dangerous major hurricane' by this weekend
Forecasters are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Lee, which they predict could soon become a full-blown hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.
As Night Falls, India’s Lunar Lander/Rover Goes to Sleep. Probably Forever
India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission delivered its Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to the lunar surface on August 23rd. Now, as the lunar day ends two weeks later, the rover’s mission may be over. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has put Pragyan into sleep mode.
India Follows its Lunar Mission by Sending a Spacecraft to Study the Sun
Amid its Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon, India’s space agency launched another satellite and this one will study the Sun.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter soars past 100 minutes of total Mars flight time
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 57th time on Sept. 3, a sortie that pushed the robot's total Red Planet air time over 100 minutes.
Live Coverage: Next-generation X-ray space telescope and lunar lander to launch from Japan
A Japanese H-2A rocket is prepared for fueling on the launch pad Sunday. Image: MHI Launch Services.
A next-generation X-ray space telescope and an experimental lunar lander are back on the launch pad Wednesday after a ten-day delay. An H-2A rocket is scheduled to liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan at 7:42 p.m. EDT (8:42 a.m. local time / 2342 UTC).
Bubble of galaxies spanning 1 billion light-years could be a fossil of the Big Bang
An immense bubble of galaxies, one billion light years wide and located 820 million light-years away, could be fossilized remains of the Big Bang.
SpaceX launch of NASA's Psyche mission to bizarre metal asteroid just 1 month away
NASA's Psyche mission is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Oct. 5 and begin heading toward its metal-asteroid namesake.
Hubble Space Telescope sees lonely galaxy looming in isolation (photo)
A distant galaxy sits isolated in a new photo from the powerful observatory.
Musk declares Starship is ready for its second test flight, following stacking
Aerial view of the fully stacked Starship vehicle at Starbase, Texas, on Sept. 6, 2023. Image: SpaceX.
Another SpaceX Starship rocket stands fully integrated against the South Texas horizon and company-founder Elon Musk said from his perspective, they’re ready to launch.
'Star Trek: Lower Decks' drops a wild new Season 4 trailer and official poster (video)
Paramount+ released a new "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Season 4 trailer and official poster ahead of the season premiere on Thursday (Sept. 7).
See the sun's atmosphere like never before thanks to a simple Solar Orbiter camera hack (video)
The European Solar Orbiter spacecraft has peered into yet unexplored parts of the sun's atmosphere thanks to a simple hack to its main camera.
The Space Station is Getting Gigabit Internet
Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts and cosmonauts from many nations are performing vital research that will allow humans to live and work in space. For more than 20 years, the ISS has been a unique platform for conducting microgravity, biology, agriculture, and communications experiments. This includes the ISS broadband internet service, which transmits information at a rate of 600 megabits per second (Mbps) – ten times the global average for internet speeds!
Full Moon Names
Each full moon of the year has traditional names, often rooted in Native American, Colonial American, or other cultural traditions. These names are associated with the seasons and natural phenomena that occur during each month. Here are the names of each month's full moon:
TESS Finds a Planet That Takes 482 Days to Orbit, the Widest it’s Seen so Far
We’re rapidly learning that our Solar System, so familiar to us all, does not represent normal.
Here's our last look at Europe's Aeolus satellite falling to its fiery death (photo)
ESA's wind-measuring Aeolus satellite was spotted before its flaming demise over Antarctica.
Orbiting debris trackers could be a game changer in space junk monitoring
Tiny devices on satellites could soon track small pieces of space debris that are invisible to existing space junk monitoring systems but capable of destroying spacecraft if they collide with it.
Could an 'Earth-like' planet be hiding in our solar system's outer reaches?
A hypothetical Kuiper Belt Planet in the far reaches of our solar system could help explain the peculiar orbits of many trans-Neptunian objects.
JWST Gazes into the Dark Molecular Clouds at the Heart of the Milky Way
There’s an unusual object near the Milky Way’s heart that astronomers call “The Brick.” It’s a massive cloud of gas called an infrared dark cloud (IDC). The Brick is dense and turbulent like others of its type, but for some reason, it shows few signs of star formation.
