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NASA’s OSAM-1 Could Extend The Lifespans of Satellites
NASA’s OSAM-1 (On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1) robotic spacecraft will repair, service and upgrade satellites within Earth’s orbit. Its mission (previously known as Restore-L) can be achieved thanks to five new technologies …
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9,200 unknown tree species, a watery grave for the ISS, the UK's first queer museum and more from around the web
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe “Touched” The Sun
In an astronomical milestone for NASA, their Parker Solar Probe—which launched in 2018—flew into the Sun’s corona (where the temperature is roughly two million degrees Fahrenheit) becoming the first spacecraft ever to …
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Japan Space Agency JAXA Confirms the Contents of Asteroid Mission “Treasure Box”
In 2018 and 2019, Japanese space agency JAXA’s space probe Hayabusa2 spent 16 months following the asteroid Ryugu—and touching down on its surface twice. Hayabusa2 landed in Australia this month and JAXA …
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Art museum banners that block harmful air pollutants, a medical student's guide to symptoms on darker skin and more from around the web
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Three Spacecraft Head to Mars
This summer, three unmanned spacecraft—the Perseverance (US), Tianwen-1 (China) and Hope Orbiter (United Arab Emirates)—are making the journey to Mars in order to explore. Helicopters, rovers, infrared spectrometers, cameras and other equipment …
International Space Station Playset
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Celebrating 20 years of the International Space Station (the largest spacecraft ever built), LEGO has created an 864-piece set based on the beloved vessel. In addition to its impressive details, the model …
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Our Cosmos is a Spacecraft Graveyard
While it’s common to think of the universe as dark, mysterious and infinite, it’s less often that we consider all the human-made space junk floating around nearby. The cosmos is a graveyard …
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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever, NASA’s Parker Space Probe
The fastest manmade object ever, NASA’s Parker Space Probe, hurtled toward our Sun at 700,000 kilometers per hour. Its mission: to learn about particle and solar wind acceleration in the Sun’s corona, its …