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Fission power generation systems—seen in this concept illustration—could provide reliable power for lunar exploration aboard Artemis. Credit: NASA

Nuclear energy on the moon: NASA chooses a design idea for a system to produce electricity by fission

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NASA and the US Department of Energy are funding the development of initial design concepts for a 40 kW FSP system that is planned to operate for at least ten years in the lunar environment
The MARS INSIGH spacecraft that studies the geology of Mars. Photo: depositphotos.com

Earthquakes on Mars

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First summary of the findings of the MARS INSIGHT spacecraft on Mars
NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Kjell Lindgren greet "Rosie the Rocketeer" inside the Boeing Starliner spacecraft shortly after opening its hatch.

After many delays - an experiment, so far unmanned for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft

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The spacecraft, which was launched on May 19, 2022, is now attached to the International Space Station. It is "manned" with a dummy whose purpose is to maintain the spacecraft's center of gravity to simulate a manned flight
The International Space Station. Photo: depositphotos.com

The Russian space agency intends to leave the International Space Station

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However, no official announcement has yet been made, and even then, the Russians are obliged to give a year's notice in advance
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches docking at the space station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

SpaceX stops producing "Team Dragon" capsules and soon also cargo spaceships and will reuse the existing fleet

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According to SpaceX President Gavin Shotwell, the company has already stopped production of Crew Dragon capsules after building its fourth spacecraft scheduled for an April 19, 2022 launch for NASA to the space station.
A Soyuz spacecraft is approaching the space station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The head of the Russian space agency threatens: we will stop providing stabilization services to the International Space Station "from our side it will fall on the USA or Europe"

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Director of Roscosmos Dimitri Rogozin referred to the DMS-R facility used to navigate the station, although it was designed by the European Space Agency and integrated into the Russian component of the Zavezda space station * Also, the Progress cargo spaceships occasionally provide station orbit raising services * Elon Musk suggested that the SpaceX cargo spaceships perform the track repairs in place of the ruins
Sergey Kryklav in an official photo of the Russian Space Agency

Buried in space - the story of the cosmonaut who was abandoned in space

In 1991, cosmonaut Sergey Krikalev made one of the most difficult decisions of his life: to stay on the Soviet space station indefinitely. He did this even though he knew that the country that sent him into space had disintegrated, and there was no one to replace him
An artist's impression of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the critical Alfvén surface, which marks the end of the Sun's atmosphere and the beginning of the solar wind. The entry of the Parker Solar Probe into this region in April 2021 means that the spacecraft "touched the sun" for the first time. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ben Smith

The Parker Solar Probe flies through the Sun's outer atmosphere for the first time

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It is very difficult to squeeze the sun but the reward for the risk is a lot of knowledge about the planet that affects our lives
Lucy will study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids - thought to be "fossils of planet formation". Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's Lucy in cruise mode - the problematic solar array is open between 75% and 95%

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Lucy was launched on October 17, 2021 on its mission to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids to gain new insights into the formation of the Solar System 4.5 billion years ago
Jupiter's Great Red Spot as captured by Juno's camera lens. Its size is the size of the earth

How deep is the most famous spot in the solar system

Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and their partners on NASA's Juno space mission have revealed a series of new findings about the planet Jupiter and found a surprising similarity to Earth
Mars Rover Mars Day 193 - Navigation Camera: NASA's Mars Rover Ingenuity captured this image using its navigation camera on its 13th flyby on September 5, 2021 (Mars Day 193 of the Perspirans rover mission) at local solar time 12: 06:30.

NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter: Flying on Mars is getting more and more difficult

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The rotors of the first helicopter to fly on another planet were filled with dust, preventing them from turning
The drilling was carried out on a dedicated platform with an inclination of seven degrees to simulate collection of a sample in a non-vertical position. The drill obtained the sample in a spherical shape with a diameter of about XNUMX cm. Credit: Thales Alenia Space

First success of drilling in hard soil for the launch of the Rosalind Franklin vehicle to Mars in 2022

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The European Space Agency conducted experiments on a twin vehicle to Rosalind Franklin, the vehicle that will fly to Mars as part of the ExoMars 2022 project - the drill managed to reach a depth of 1.7 meters * much deeper than any other Mars rover has ever attempted * in the hope that the fate of Rosalind Franklin will be better than that of the robot Shifriali that crashed as part of the Exo Mars mission in 2016
The landing of the SpaceX crew Dragon spacecraft on the first all-civilian mission. Screenshot

The spaceship with the four civilian astronauts landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean

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The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft entered the atmosphere and autonomously deployed the parachutes. The four passengers intended the flight to collect donations for childhood cancer research
The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Orbiter took this close-up image of a "new" impact crater (on a geological scale, but very old on a human scale) in the Sirenum Posei region of Mars on March 30, 2015. Photo: NASA

Dust storms on Mars play a huge role in drying out the planet

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Six cyclones at the south pole of Jupiter, as captured by the infrared lens of the Juno probe in February 2017. Beautifully arranged and shaped like a rose cake. Source: NASA

The mystery of Jupiter's cyclones

They are powerful, they are the size of Australia and no one imagined them until a few years ago - what is the secret of the storms at the poles of the largest planet in the solar system?
Artist's illustration depicting the Tianwen-1 Mars rover. Figure: China National Space Agency

China's probe lands on Mars

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Michael Collins. NASA photo

Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Dies at 91

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Some called him 'the loneliest man in history' - while his colleagues walked on the moon for the first time
Illustration of the SpaceX Starship lander that will carry NASA's first astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis program. Image: SpaceX

NASA chose SpaceX to land a manned spacecraft on the moon to demonstrate capability

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The choice of Spice X is as a sole supplier. Also competing in the tender was a group that included Blue Origin Lockheed Martin and another group led by the Dintics Corporation which was a partner in the Apollo project. The assessment: SpaceX's offer was the cheapest, because Elon Musk has future plans on Mars for which this would be an opportunity to develop technologies
Ignition test of the SLS rocket engines. Photo: NASA

Boeing and NASA complete full ignition test of Artemis 1 launch system core

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In the initial phase it will be an unmanned test flight around the moon, later the launch system will continue to develop towards the "Artemis 3" program - planned to be the landing of the first woman and the next man on the moon.
The personnel of the Japanese Space Agency collect the sample capsule brought by the Yabusa 2 spacecraft. Photo: JAXA

Organic material was found on an asteroid sample returned by Yabusa 2

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Organic materials have been found on meteorites before, but Yabusa was the first time a sample of an "S-type" asteroid was observed to contain organic molecules. It even came directly from the source, and was not subjected to significant periods of time on Earth before being tested.
Landing of the SpaceX Starship Prototype SN10, 3/3/21. Photo: SPACEX

SpaceX: The Starship prototype flight took place successfully but the vessel exploded a few minutes later

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The tenth prototype of the launcher (SN10) with three Raptor engines took off from their launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas to an altitude of about ten kilometers, performed a rollover maneuver and then returned to the launch facility, where it exploded after a few minutes due to a methane leak
A panoramic image of the environment of the Red Perseverance SUV. Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech

NASA has released high-quality video and audio from Mars for the first time

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This is not a simulation. The Perseverance robotic all-terrain vehicle and the crane that lowered it photographed each other and the Martian soil in a way that made it possible to document the landing as if it were a landing on Earth. NASA: We wanted to share with the public a once in a lifetime experience * the landing certificate step by step
This high-resolution image shows one of the six wheels of NASA's Mars Preserver (Persistence) rover, which landed on February 18, 2021. The image was taken by one of Persistence's color hazard detection cameras (Hazcams).

NASA's Persistence rover sends a glimpse of the descent to the Martian soil and the landing environment

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After the successful landing on Thursday, the engineers began to examine the condition of NASA's persistence vehicle on Mars. Among other things, they published preliminary images from the vehicle's cameras, as well as from the camera of the crane that lowered it to the ground and even from space
The Persistence rover lands using cables dangling from what is known as a "Mars crane". The spacecraft continues on after disconnecting the cables and the vehicle sets off on its own. This was done to save the fuel needed to land such a large spacecraft at the expense of the scientific equipment. Illustration: NASA / JPL-Caltech

First images from Mars after the successful landing of the "Persistence" rover (live broadcast)

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The images, in low resolution, were taken by Persistence's road cameras and show the view near the landing area.
Tianwen-1 - Illustration illustrating the rover, lander and all-terrain vehicle of the first Chinese mission to Mars. Figure CNSA

The Chinese Tianwan-1 spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Mars

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Tianwen-1 makes China the sixth country in history to reach Mars. The fifth country to do so is the United Arab Emirates whose spacecraft, Hope, entered orbit around the Red Planet yesterday
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