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man in space
- Avi Blizovsky
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The spacecraft was designed to survive the dense atmosphere of Venus, so there was concern that it would burn up in the atmosphere and that if it had landed on land it could have caused severe damage. Fortunately, it landed in the sea.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Entry is expected on May 10, 2025 at 08:16 UTC with an uncertainty of about 8.6 hours.
- Avi Blizovsky
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In drastic changes as part of federal budget cuts, NASA is eliminating the Office of the Chief Scientist, the Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy, and the Diversity Branch, leading to the layoffs of about 20 employees and challenging the agency's scientific and strategic trajectory.
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Sonny Williams and Barry Wilmore complete a mission that extended from an initial eight-day plan to nine months.
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For the first time in history: Two probes will maintain a distance of 150 meters in orbit, creating artificial solar eclipses and enabling groundbreaking exploration of the solar corona
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The IRIS² constellation - an acronym for Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite - will include hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and more medium orbit satellites
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The aerospace industry, which produced and operates the satellite, is performing maneuvers to keep away from fragments scattered from the Boeing satellite, which exploded about a week ago. The cause of the malfunction is still unclear. This is the second explosion of a Boeing-made satellite
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NASA mission operators continue to investigate the performance of the advanced composite sail system and test the performance of the sail masts. After the masts and sail are successfully deployed, the system is still slowly rotating in orbit because the control system
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Iran claims that its missile industry is defensive in nature and designed to deter potential attackers, not to be used as an attack weapon. The Iranian space program is also a tool for the ballistic missile program
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The malfunctions experienced by the Starliner during the launch led to NASA choosing not to return the crew via Starliner, and instead the astronauts will be returned in February 2025 via SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. In fact they will be used
- Avi Blizovsky
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NASA is expected to make a decision by the end of August when and how to return the two astronauts stuck on the space station
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"Those responsible for the health of spaceflight crews will have to find ways to extend the validity of drugs to complete a three-year mission to Mars, choose drugs with a longer shelf life or
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NASA issued a call to private companies that want to continue the project without government funding. NASA will focus on future lunar missions utilizing technologies and tools from VIPER
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Last week, the spacecraft commander performed a manual flight test to test the Starliner's performance, and it performed well without part of the thrusters. At the same time, Boeing is conducting experiments on identical propellers, to try to locate the
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The spacecraft will now undergo a series of suitability tests in an empty chamber. In the tests the spacecraft will be in a near vacuum environment by expelling air and creating a space where the pressure is very low. The result is the absence of an atmosphere, as it were
- Avi Blizovsky
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NASA and Boeing engineers continue to examine the helium leak from the spacecraft's engines and now the planned landing date of the Starliner is June 26. The extended crew has enough food, water and other supplies and there are no emergencies
- Avi Blizovsky
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This technology has implications beyond lunar vehicles, in broader applications of heat management in spacecraft
- Avi Blizovsky
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The results showed that both human and animal kidneys undergo "remodeling" by the conditions in space, with specific renal tubules responsible for calibrating calcium and salt balance showing signs of shrinkage after less than a month
- Alex Shapira
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We will try to briefly describe the role of helium in the Starliner's propulsion system, where are the risks when there is such a leak and why, in my opinion, Boeing's engineers approved the flight even though they knew before the launch
- Avi Blizovsky
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As the Starliner began its approach to the space station, five engines of the reaction control system failed during the flight. The mission teams performed a series of warm-up tests that restarted four of the engines while the crew navigated the
- Avi Blizovsky
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It is expected to arrive at the space station tomorrow, 6/6. On board the Starliner are veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sonny Williams. Both astronauts are former US Navy test pilots and together have
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China is the only country to successfully land on the hemisphere of the moon that faces away from Earth. * The container containing the samples collected by Changa 6 is expected to land on Earth on June 25
- Avi Blizovsky
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The landing is a critical step in the mission to bring scientific and unique soil samples to Earth, while exploring the strategic South Pole-Aiken Basin
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New MIT system called SuperLimbs may help astronauts conserve energy and extend missions on the moon
- Avi Blizovsky
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Each completed the first phase of NASA's accelerator program, in which it showed that its future ideas — such as a lunar rail system and liquid-based telescopes — might provide perspectives
- Avi Blizovsky
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New data analysis suggests NASA and its partners may have discovered more cost-effective ways to deal with the worsening problem of space debris than previously thought
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The space between the Earth and the Moon is going to become extremely crowded during the next 10 years. With NASA's planned missions in the Artemis program and other countries participating in the space race in this region, there is a lot of interest
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GRATTIS will demonstrate the performance of advanced sensors that measure nanometer-scale gravitational changes from space to track movements on Earth's surface and interior
- Avi Blizovsky
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Although the chance of space debris directly hitting humans or property on Earth is relatively low, the risk is increasing as more and more objects are thrown into orbit around the Earth. scientists
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The late Krukhamlov-Wexler, was supposed to start his studies this year at the Faculty of Aeronautics and Space Engineering and who was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip
- Amir Brent
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Something interesting in the sky tonight. The probability that you will catch it is low, but if it happens - it can be quite impressive * This is a 2-ton battery installation that was detached from the International Space Station
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The ADRAS-J mission, which was launched into space to locate a piece of a defunct satellite 11 meters long and weighing 3 tons, will set new standards in the field of arrival and active removal of space debris, as well as in providing service to satellites
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This was announced this week, 31.1.24/XNUMX/XNUMX, at the Rona Ramon space education conference held as part of Israeli Space Week
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However, the mission's lifetime will probably be much shorter than planned due to problems with the solar power generation
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A view of the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft from the Tianhe Central Module of the Tiangong Space Station. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO).
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Astroscale's solution will help overcome the limitations that result from the fact that satellites are currently launched into space with a limited supply of fuel. "Our APS-R satellite opens the door to rethinking how
- Avi Blizovsky
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Entavi, currently head of the systems engineering program at Afka College, Entavi emphasizes the importance of systemic planning in complex projects. He also told about the meeting that made Berashit the prototype of the moon landings in the tenders of
- Avi Blizovsky
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The spacecraft failed to reach lunar orbit due to a fuel leak that was discovered immediately upon its ejection from the upper stage of the launcher. Now NASA is helping Astrobotics investigate the malfunction
- Avi Blizovsky
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Yesterday, after it separated from the upper stage of the Vulcan launcher, it became clear that there is a fuel leak from the spacecraft's engines that change its balance and do not allow it to generate electricity from solar energy. The Astrobotics company says that they will try
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The Peregrine lander is carrying a variety of scientific instruments to study the radiation and soil composition on the moon, along with an unusual payload that includes a small rover, a bitcoin coin, and the ashes and DNA of several celebrities - including
- Avi Blizovsky
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The space agency says that the industry alone will not be able to move forward and it is required to cooperate with the government and academia. This can help solve bottlenecks that slow down progress in the field
- Avi Blizovsky
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During the launch, all 33 Raptor engines were successfully ignited, and the spaceship disconnected from the Super Aby launcher as planned, but then the launcher exploded, and SpaceX decided to blow up the spaceship itself as well
- Avi Blizovsky
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With the development of civilization comes roads, and this will be especially true on the moon. To do this, the dust must be kept away. In the Apollo era, dust blocked equipment and worn space suits.
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As the day dawned last Friday, ISRO started trying to communicate with the lander. There has been no answer so far, and it is possible that the lander and the vehicle will be buried up to about 600 km from the south pole of the moon