A former Orion manager has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts
It would be easy to be cynical about a German-French startup named The Exploration Company, which aims to build an ...
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ESA awards funding to four European launch startups
The European Space Agency is providing additional funding to four launch vehicle startups to help them with testing of their vehicles.
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How Do Telescopes Work? Astronomy's Most Indispensable Tool, Explained
See how telescopes capture the cosmos. ExtremeTech explains the science behind lenses and space exploration. Start exploring ...
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Will ‘Apophis’ Hit Earth In 2029? We’ll Know In 2027, Scientist Says
Astronomers still don’t think Apophis will collide with Earth on its current trajectory ... Already there will be a European Space Agency mission called RAMSES.
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Will China return Mars samples to Earth before the US does?
NASA's Mars sample return plan, a joint effort with the European Space ... current rockets. Two Long March-5 carrier rockets will be used for the mission," Liu told the state-run Xinhua news ...
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Starlink satellites: Facts, tracking and impact on astronomy
The current V2 ... according to the European Space Agency (ESA). SpaceX launched its first two Starlink test craft, named TinTinA and TinTinB, in February 2018. The mission went smoothly.
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How Do Telescopes Work? Astronomy's Most Indispensable Tool, Explained
Less than 15 years after that, the 10-month orbital mission of IRAS (IR Astronomical ... NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, observe the ...
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The best anime on Amazon Prime Video right now
The Naturals (unaltered humans) clash against the Coordinators (genetically altered humans living in space colonies), with ... plot focuses on young Suletta Mercury, a girl who transfers to ...
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Will ‘Apophis’ Hit Earth In 2029? We’ll Know In 2027, Scientist Says
In 2021, NASA ruled that out after calculations refined its orbit, but new research at least partly revives the original concern.Astronomers still don’t think Apophis will collide with Earth on its ...
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Elon Musk's SpaceX launches India's 4,700-kg GSAT-20 into space
The Indian satellite, which weighs around 4,700 kg, is designed to enhance India's communication infrastructure, featuring a Ka-band high-throughput communications payload with a mission ... current ...
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November Mercury retrograde hacks: What boosts productivity — and what to ditch
Contrary to the terminology, Mercury and other planets do not ever move backward in space; they merely slow down, a deceleration that looks like a reversal from our vantage on Earth. When a planet ...
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ESA, OpenCosmos sign contract for NanoMagSat mission
European smallsat developer Open Cosmos has signed a contract with ESA for a trio of cubesats to study the Earth’s magnetic field and ionosphere.