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First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last
Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander at the company’s facility in Houston on February 1, 2023. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times) For generations, Western space missions have been conducted largely offshore. We knew where they were going, why they were going there, what they were planning to do. But the world is on the verge of… Read More »
First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last
For generations, Western space missions have been conducted largely offshore. We knew where they were going, why they were going there, what they were planning to do. But the world is on the verge of a new era where big money is potentially at stake, where private interests prevail over such openness. Next year, a… Read More »
From the Moon’s south pole to the icy ocean world, many exciting space missions are planned to launch in 2024
2023 has been a big year for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the moon’s south pole, and 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for space exploration. Many new missions under NASA’s Artemis plan and Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative will… Read More »
From the Moon’s south pole to the icy ocean world, many exciting space missions are planned to launch in 2024
Artemis II astronauts on the launch pad during ground systems testing at Kennedy Space Center in September 2023. NASA The Artemis program, named after Apollo’s twin brother in Greek mythology, is NASA’s plan to return to the Moon. For the first time since 1972, people will be sent to the Moon, including the first woman… Read More »
Ireland’s first satellite Eirsat-1 makes history in space
A rectangular satellite hangs over a starry spacescape with a bright cloudy world below. Ireland joined the space club with the launch of its first satellite into low Earth orbit, setting the stage for students of all ages in the Emerald Isle to become involved in space science. The Irish Educational Research Satellite-1 (Eirsat-1) was… Read More »
Former NASA scientist describes space meals in new memoir ‘Space Bites’
Of all the freeze-dried, heat-stabilized and ready-to-use foods she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris’ personal favorite was cherry-blueberry cobbler. Kloeris, who has been a food scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for 34 years, not only enjoyed the cobbler but also helped develop it. “We weren’t actually doing any product development during… Read More »
Axiom Space’s 3rd special mission will conduct pioneering microgravity experiments on the ISS
Axiom Space and its partners, including the European Space Agency (ESA), have announced some of the pioneering scientific research that will be conducted during the Axiom-3 mission. Ready to explode on a hill in January 2024 SpaceX hawk 9 Axiom-3’s crew consists of Commander Michael López-Alegría, Pilot Walter Villadei, and Mission Specialists Alper Gezeravci and… Read More »
Cosmic radiation during spaceflight may increase risk of erectile dysfunction in astronauts
A new era in human spaceflight begins with a manned flight to the moon with the Orion space capsule planned for next year as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission. This effort will only allow astronauts to reach lunar orbit, but is expected to pave the way for Artemis III, a mission planned for December… Read More »