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There’s a different kind of space race under way, one that has engineers trying to crack the code on the best way to build on other celestial bodies. Concepts to build on the Moon have included using lunar dust and materials that could generate electri… Continue reading Meet the new space brick, now with added potato and a pinch of salt
Unlike Earth, there are millions of planets that have permanent day sides bathed in the light of their star, and permanent night sides cloaked in darkness. The area between these two sides is called the “terminator zone” and is a logical place to searc… Continue reading “Terminator habitability” not in the realm of sci-fi, says research
Some folk baked a lot of bread during lockdowns. Others assembled a team of scientists and figured out a practical way to turn asteroids into space habitats, by spinning them inside out and creating giant rotating, Manhattan-sized city-rings.Continue R… Continue reading Inside-out asteroids: A practical method for creating space habitats
There was a time when the idea of an international space station would have been seen as little more than fantasy. After all, the human spaceflight programs of the United …read more Continue reading As ISS Enters Its Final Years, Politics Take Center Stage
A new mathematical study suggests that the abandoned Ascent Stage of the Apollo 11 mission’s Eagle Lunar Module (LM), long believed to have crashed on the Moon in 1969, may be circling our largest natural satellite in a stable orbit.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading The Apollo 11 Ascent Stage may still be orbiting the Moon
We love that part in Apollo 13 where the NASA engineers have to fit a square carbon dioxide filter in a round hole. We love basically every scene of The …read more Continue reading Sand Hack Boosts Power on InSight Mars Lander
The good news about using solar power to explore space is there are no clouds to block your sunlight. Some dust and debris, yes, but nowhere near what we have …read more Continue reading NASA’s Lucy Stretches Its Wings Ahead of Trojan Trek
With long space missions a real prospect in the near future, scientists are trying to find novel ways to mitigate the negative impacts of reduced gravity on the human body. A compelling new study led by a team from the University of Pennsylvania is sug… Continue reading Cognitive problems could result from long space missions in zero gravity
In the six decades or so of human space exploration, depending on whose definition you take, only 562 people have flown in to space. We haven’t quite reached the state of holidaying in space that science fiction once promised us …read more
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Rolls-Royce and the UK Space Agency have signed an agreement to study the application of nuclear energy in space exploration. The first contract between the two organizations, the project will examine how nuclear energy can both power spacecraft and be… Continue reading Rolls-Royce and UK Space Agency pursue nuclear-powered space exploration