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haukuto - R loaded on SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher. PR photo, SpaceX

The private Japanese lander Hakuto – R was launched to the moon

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ISPACE was a competitor of SPACEIL in the Lunar X Prize competition and now they will try to do what Genesis 1 failed to do - to be the first private company to land on the moon
The landing of the Orion spacecraft in the Artemis 1 mission back from orbiting the moon. Photo: NASA TV

The Orion spacecraft successfully landed in the Pacific Ocean, now NASA is preparing to test it in preparation for the manned flights

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The spacecraft completed a flight that included a lap of the moon and carried several scientific experiments. It is now aboard a US military ship that will take it to San Diego, from where it will be transferred to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for testing
Illustration of the Orion spacecraft re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Credit: NASA

Artemis 1: Orion will attempt to perform the first manned spacewalk landing

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A "selfie" photo of the Orion capsule on the Artemis 1 mission, taken during a routine inspection of the spacecraft on the third day of the journey - 18/11/2022. Photo: NASA

NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth orbit

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An astronomer explains what to expect and why it's important and how technological developments in the last 50 years have made the moon a much more accessible place
Artemis 1 on the launch pad, 16/11/22. Screenshot from NASA TV

Artemis 1 was launched to the Moon * separated from the launcher and orbits the Earth

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Later today, the Orion spacecraft is expected to deploy its solar collectors and begin tests that will last several days in an elliptical orbit around the Earth, until the mission engineers decide to move it into orbit around the moon.
Image of the "smiling" Sun taken by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory on October 26, 2022. Credit: NASA/SDO

NASA's SDO (Solar Dynamic Observatory) spacecraft photographed the sun "smiling"

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These dark spots on the Sun, visible in ultraviolet light, are called coronal holes and are areas where fast solar wind bursts out into space. By chance, they managed to take a photo that looked like the sun was smiling.
SLS is an advanced heavyweight rocket that will enable an entirely new capability for science and manned exploration beyond Earth orbit. Credit: NASA

November 14: New date for NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission launch attempt

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This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope from Oct. 8, 2022, shows debris blasted off the surface of Dimorphus 285 hours after the spacecraft's intentional impact with the asteroid on Sept. 26. The shape of the tail has changed over time. Scientists continue to study the material ejected from the asteroid as impact and how it moves through space, to better understand the asteroid. Credits: NASA/ESA/STScI/Hubble

NASA confirms that the DART impact significantly changed the trajectory of the asteroid

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The duration of Dimorphos' orbit of the asteroid Didamos was shortened by about half an hour
The land features of Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, are revealed in this Juno Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) image taken during the spacecraft's flyby on September 29, 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI

The Juno spacecraft captured the highest resolution image of an enigmatic region on Europa's moon

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Observations from the Juno spacecraft's flyby of the fair moon have provided the first close-up in more than two decades of this ocean world, resulting in stunning images and unique science
Illustration of the DART mission to divert an asteroid. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

NASA's DART spacecraft is aimed at impacting the target asteroid Dimorphos with the aim of deflecting it on September 26

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DART, which is the world's first attempt to change the speed and trajectory of an asteroid in space, is trying a method to deflect asteroids that could be useful if such a need arises in the future to protect Earth.
The SLS rocket's four RS-25 engines produce more than half a million pounds of thrust. The four RS-25 engines were last fired in the first-run ignition test of the core stage at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. , on March 21, 2021. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

NASA crews replace gaskets and tubes on the Artemis 1 lunar rocket and prepare for a refueling test

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On Saturday, September 17, they will conduct an engine cooling test and then it will be decided when it will be possible to launch Artemis 1, after the launch was delayed twice due to leaks
Artist's rendering showing the Voyager spacecraft flying through space against the background of the stars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Engineers have solved the data problem on NASA's Voyager 1 - but there are still glitches

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It turns out that the fault lies in the fact that a certain device that is still working tried to transfer the data through the spacecraft's main computer, which has been malfunctioning for many years. The engineers found a way around this
The SLS launcher with the Artemis 1 spacecraft on it was due to launch at the original launch on August 29, 2022. The launch was delayed due to a hydrogen leak from one of the engines. Photo PR, NASA

Artemis 1 launch canceled again due to hydrogen leak (live broadcast)

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After the launch was postponed due to a malfunction in one of the engines, NASA engineers made a series of repairs * Duration of the launch window: XNUMX hours
The artist's impression of Orion on the moon. NASA/Liam Ynollis

Artemis 1: The maiden flight was postponed to Saturday - this is what needs to be done properly

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The goal of Project Artemis, named after the sister of Apollo and daughter of Zeus in ancient Greek mythology, is to create a long-term human presence on our closest celestial neighbor
The Israel Space Agency in the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology publishes a unique illustration by Israeli cartoonist and illustrator Uri Fink, showing for the first time the #LunaTwins of the Artemis-I mission waiting together with NASA's Commander Monikin for liftoff!

The Artemis 1 launch was delayed due to a fuel leak from one of the engines

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Update: A malfunction in one of the engines caused the countdown to stop. Even if the fault is fixed, it is necessary to cool all four engines at the same time. If the launch does not take place today the next launch window -
A NASA poster for the launch of the Artemis 1 spacecraft on the SLS rocket. Image: NASA

NASA's Artemis 1 mission will be launched on Monday at 15:33 - what to expect and why it is important

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The mission, whose launch is scheduled for Monday, August 29, 2022, is a test flight - without a crew - of the launch system into space and the Orion crew compartment. NASA hopes it will pave the way for routine exploration of
A shower of asteroid fragments on Earth. Image: depositphotos.com

A large impact crater under the North Atlantic Ocean reveals - the deadly asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was not alone

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A large impact crater under the North Atlantic Ocean reveals - the deadly asteroid was not alone
The Zohar and Helga mannequins aboard Artemis 1 are planned to orbit the Moon outside the Earth's radiation belt. Photo: NASA

Israeli development - at the heart of the Artemis 1 mission: mannequins on which the AstroRad vest that protects against radiation will be tested

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A joint experiment by the Israeli Space Agency with its German counterpart will test the degree of protection the suit provides against radiation in space. If the experiment is successful, there is a high chance that the technology will become standard in deep space missions
Rendering of 13 candidate landing zones for Artemis III. Each area is about 15 by 15 kilometers. A landing site is a location within those areas with a radius of about 100 meters. Credit: NASA

NASA identifies sites on the moon for the next US manned landing

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NASA will discuss the formation of the final sites with the scientific community and with SpaceX whose landing vehicle, Starship is manufactured according to its capabilities
Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are pictured during a spacewalk on April 28, 2022, monitoring the station's new European robotic arm, which they also worked on during the 18/8 spacewalk that was interrupted by a malfunction in Artemyev's space suit

The spacewalk was stopped. The cosmonaut was called back to the space station

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Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev received an order from the control center in Moscow to return to the station as soon as possible due to a malfunction in his space suit's battery
Illustration of Lunar IceCube in orbit, exploring the ice on the moon. Credit: Morehead State University

The tiny satellite revolution is coming to the moon

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NASA's Lunar IceCube -- Cubesat for observing the moon ready for Artemis 1 launch
This artist impression shows an aerial view of the liftoff of a NASA Space Launch System rocket. This Block 1 crew configuration of the rocket will send the first three Artemis missions to the moon. Credit: NASA/MSFC

Final preparations for the launch of the Artemis 1 SLS lunar launcher for launch at the end of the month

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NASA's target launch date is now August 29th at 08:33 EST in a two-hour time window. If there is a successful launch on August 29th the mission will last approximately 42 days -
Artist's impression of ESA's Envision mission to Venus. Credit: Credit: ESA/VR2Planets/Damia Bouic

The Envision mission will not have much fuel, so it is going to perform an atmospheric braking on Venus

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The research director of the project on behalf of the European Space Agency: "The flight on top of Ariane 6 will not allow all the excess propellant material that will be necessary to lower the orbit. Instead we will slow the
The Zvezda module, at the bottom left of this image, is one of six Russian segments of the International Space Station and houses the engines used to keep the station in orbit. Photo: NASA

Russia's withdrawal from the space station could lead to its early destruction and the severing of another Russian connection with the West

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Yuri Borisov, the new head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said in a meeting with Vladimir Putin on July 26, 2022 that future efforts will focus on a new Russian space station.
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
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