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2023 turned out to be a busy year in space and the general vicinity. New Atlas looks back at everything from rocket launches and cosmic tsunamis to asteroid samples and the latest astronaut fashions.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: best-of… Continue reading The Year in Space 2023
Space is one of the most versatile and photogenic subjects to grace a camera or telescope, and this year was no different. From a sunrise captured by the International Space Station to the most distant star ever observed, here are some of the best spac… Continue reading Best space photos 2023: Stunning star shows and a bear on Mars
The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space, and Voyager Space have signed a technology agreement that gives us a glimpse at space exploration and exploitation beyond the retirement of the International Space Station (ISS).Continue Readin… Continue reading ESA, Airbus & Voyager Space team up for future Starlab space station
A resupply mission to the International Space Station is planned for next week, which will include a special delivery for Andreas Mogensen in the shape of a Vive Focus 3 VR headset intended to help the Danish astronaut cope with the stress of working i… Continue reading HTC VR headset prepped and ready for mental health mission to ISS
In one small step for humankind, scientists have seen a fertilized mouse egg develop naturally and normally into early embryonic form. While a long way to go, it’s a positive sign that mammalian – namely, human – reproduction can take place in space.Co… Continue reading Mouse embryos successfully grown in space for the first time
NASA will soon demonstrate a laser-based communication system between ground facilities and the International Space Station (ISS). The technology will boost data transmission speeds by 10 to 100 times the current capabilities, potentially paving the wa… Continue reading NASA testing two-way, high-speed laser space communication system
Built at a cost of more than $150 billion over the last twenty-five years, the International Space Station is arguably one of humanity’s greatest engineering triumphs. Unfortunately, unlike Earthly construction …read more Continue reading ISS Mimic Brings Space Station Down to Earth
NASA’s final plans for the International Space Station when it is decommissioned at the end of the decade have been revealed as it asks for proposals for a new spacecraft that will be used to guide the station to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere.Conti… Continue reading NASA reveals new plan to deorbit International Space Station
It’s not an overstatement to say that the International Space Station (ISS for short) is an amazing feat of engineering, especially considering that it has been going for over two …read more Continue reading This Model Mimics the International Space Station
Six years after its initial launch date, the first crewed flight of Boeing’s ill-fated Starliner spacecraft has been postponed once again until at least March 2024 due to ongoing issues with the capsule’s reentry parachutes and related safety issues.Co… Continue reading First crewed Starliner flight to ISS delayed until at least March 2024