Phys.org – Space

Launched way back in 1972, Kosmos-482 is about to meet a fiery end.This post was originally published on this site

Communications with Mars explorers face unique challenges, including 4–24 minute signal delays and limited bandwidth that restricts data transmission. While NASA’s Deep Space Network currently manages these communications, future missions may be able to employ […]

Getting missions to land successfully on the moon has been difficult. Recent missions, such as IM-1 and IM-2, which the private company Intuitive Machines completed, have been qualified successes at best, with both landers settling […]

How do robots feel in space? This is both a practical and possibly an existential question. Still, today, we’ll focus on the practical side by looking at a review paper from Hadi Jahanshahi and Zheng […]

Three Chinese astronauts landed back on Earth on Wednesday after six months on China’s space station.This post was originally published on this site

New data from the agency’s Jovian orbiter sheds light on the fierce winds and cyclones of the gas giant’s northern reaches and volcanic action on its fiery moon.This post was originally published on this site

Three Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions.This post was originally published on this site

Amazon’s first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX’s thousands of Starlinks.This post was originally published on this site

Fresh from space, NASA’s oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains vanishing.This post was originally published on this site

The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on 24 April at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by the French Space Agency (CNES). The successful test firing […]