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Sunglint on Atlantic Ocean

NASA Sunlight beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles…

4 months ago

NASA, JAXA to Cover HTV-X1 Spacecraft Departure from Space Station

The new HTV‑X1 cargo spacecraft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), carrying science, supplies, and hardware for NASA and its international…

4 months ago

How to Weigh a Killer Asteroid at 22 Kilometers per Second

Estimating a mass for a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) is perhaps the single most important thing to understand about it,…

4 months ago

Stargazing into the future of SSA

SpaceX has disrupted the launch business with the Falcon 9 and the satellite communications business with Starlink. Now it may…

4 months ago

Pentagon details cyber, space ‘first mover’ role in Iran operations

U.S. Cyber Command and U.S. Space Command have ‘continuously layered effects to disrupt, disorient and confuse the enemy’ The post…

4 months ago

Hardware is no longer the problem holding back space-based data centers — the supply chain is

Orbital and lunar data centers are often framed as engineering challenges or launch economics problems. Those matter, but they are…

4 months ago

Predicting the Sun’s Most Violent Outbursts

In the first four days of February this year the Sun unleashed six powerful X-class flares in rapid succession including…

4 months ago

Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer…

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NASA outlines objectives for Mars communications orbiter

NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under last year’s budget reconciliation…

4 months ago

Laser-Based 3D Printing Could Build Future Bases on the Moon

Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space…

4 months ago