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Two Russians on Friday set a record for the longest continuous stay on the International Space Station, according to Russia’s space agency.This post was originally published on this site

According to a large team of technical and health specialists, astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will be well protected from radiation when the Artemis II mission travels to the moon and back next year.This post […]

Is it time for space lasers yet? Almost.This post was originally published on this site

Moon dust, or regolith, isn’t like the particles on Earth that collect on bookshelves or tabletops—it’s abrasive and it clings to everything. Throughout NASA’s Apollo missions to the moon, regolith posed a challenge to astronauts […]

Here on Earth, it might not matter if your wristwatch runs a few seconds slow. But crucial spacecraft functions need accuracy down to one billionth of a second or less. Navigating with GPS, for example, […]

Billions of dollars of observatory spacecraft orbit around Earth or in the same orbit as our planet. When something wears out or goes wrong, it would be good to be able to fix those missions […]

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday it is seeking more than $600,000 in fines against SpaceX for violating licenses from its Space Coast launch sites.This post was originally published on this site

The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out whether the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable.This post was originally published on this site

The commander of the daring space voyage that included the first-ever spacewalk by private astronauts described opening the hatch into the void as an “emotional experience” that left him in awe, yet deeply aware of […]