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Category: Space

After Months, NASA Perseverance Rover to Begin Search for Life in Jezero Crater
Space

After Months, NASA Perseverance Rover to Begin Search for Life in Jezero Crater

June 16, 2021

PICTURED: a topographical satellite map of the next few years of Perseverance’s search for life on Mars. Photo credit:…

China Becomes 2nd Nation to Operate on Mars Promising More Eyes and More Discoveries
Space

China Becomes 2nd Nation to Operate on Mars Promising More Eyes and More Discoveries

May 18, 2021

PICTURED: A rendition of the Zhurong rover and landing craft on Mars. Photo credit: Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA)…

All the Updates from Mars Courtesy of Perseverance
Space

All the Updates from Mars Courtesy of Perseverance

February 24, 2021

MARS, February 20th, 2021. PICTURED: Half of a Panorama, taken by the Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, aboard NASA’s Perseverance…

SpaceX Receives Contract to Send First Two Lunar Gateway Components into Orbit
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SpaceX Receives Contract to Send First Two Lunar Gateway Components into Orbit

February 12, 2021June 6, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will carry the first two of four components of the Lunar Gateway into space,…

Spacecraft Set to Swap Toxic Hydrazine for New “Green” Propellant
Space

Spacecraft Set to Swap Toxic Hydrazine for New “Green” Propellant

February 9, 2021

PICTURED: An Aerojet Rocketdyne researcher examines a container of the Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic (ASCENT) monopropellant during preparation for…

Harvard Astronomer Publishes Book on Extraterrestrials After Famous 2017 Oumuamua Paper
Space

Harvard Astronomer Publishes Book on Extraterrestrials After Famous 2017 Oumuamua Paper

January 29, 2021

In 2017, our solar system was visited by a strange object whose origin lay far beyond the reach of…

At 18,000 Square Feet NASA Approves Solar Cruiser the Largest Solar Sail to Study the Sun
Space

At 18,000 Square Feet NASA Approves Solar Cruiser the Largest Solar Sail to Study the Sun

January 7, 2021

PICTURED: Solar Cruiser approaches the Sun in a concept illustration from NASA. Photo credit: NASA. As part of a…

Chinese Return to Earth With Lunar Rocks for the First Time Since 1976
Space

Chinese Return to Earth With Lunar Rocks for the First Time Since 1976

December 17, 2020

PICTURED: The Chang’e-5 return module sits on the snow-covered ground in Inner Mongolia, smoldering from its reentry into Earth’s…

Astronaut Grows Radishes on the International Space Station for the First Time
Space

Astronaut Grows Radishes on the International Space Station for the First Time

December 7, 2020

PICTURED: The Plant Habitat-02 radish growing station aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kate Rubins. ISS, November 30th,…

China Launch Chang’e-5 to Bring Back First Lunar Geology Samples in 45 Years
Space

China Launch Chang’e-5 to Bring Back First Lunar Geology Samples in 45 Years

November 25, 2020

PICTURED: The Chang’e-4 lunar lander gathers information from the far side of the moon. The Chang’e-5 lander which was…

TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies
ArchivesSpace

TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies

November 20, 2020January 26, 2024

Plans continue going well for the Trans Astronautica Corporation, who have patent-pending technology for asteroid mining on a massive…

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