Recap: NASA astronauts return in SpaceX capsule after 9 months in space
After nine months on the International Space Station, a total of 286 days in space to be exact, NASA astronauts Sunita ...
‘Puffy-head bird-leg syndrome’: What space travel does to the body
Weird things can happen to the body in space – not least from abrupt changes in gravity as well as weightlessness, radiation ...
Satellites powered by solid metal could one day use space junk for fuel
Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...
Blue Ghost lander captures stunning sunset shots on the moon before falling silent
A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon. Firefly Aerospace and NASA ...
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Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...
Hidden cosmic fuel tank found in infant galaxy cluster
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), along with complementary data from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), have discovered a surprisingly large reservoir ...