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NASA is about to lock these 4 researchers in a simulated Mars outpost for a year

Four crewmembers will live in a 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in a simulation of a Mars mission.

Space

NASA needs sharper diversity focus to boost representation, audit finds

NASA has spent several years focusing on diversity and inclusion, but the agency agrees with results of a recent audit showing that more improvement is needed.

Space

US updates asteroid-defense strategy

The U.S. government has published an updated action plan for how to deal with potentially dangerous asteroids.

Space

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NASA chief sees Russians and Americans together on space station through 2030

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, but said in Ottawa that he expected Russians and Americans to work together on the International Space Station (ISS) until it is decommissioned.

Reuters

NASA Recorded Seismic Waves Just As They Pierced Mars' Liquid Metal Heart

In a new study, a team of researchers became the first to detect seismic waves that had moved through the core of Mars.

Inverse

Private Japanese spacecraft apparently fails on historic moon landing try

The Hakuto-R lander, built by Tokyo-based company ispace, seems to have failed today (April 25) in its attempt to become the first private spacecraft to touch down on the moon.

Space

'Potentially hazardous' Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid to scrape by Earth in 'close call'

The space rock is close enough to the planet that it could be sent on a collision course with Earth if its orbit is disturbed.

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Study Details Differences between Deep Interiors of Mars and Earth

Mars is Earth's next-door neighbor in the solar system - two rocky worlds with differences down to their very core, literally. A new study based on seismic data obtained by NASA's robotic InSight lander is offering a fuller understanding of the Martian deep interior and fresh details about dissimilarities between…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Who is Relativity Space and what do they do?

Relativity Space is a California-based startup company that has produced the world's first 3D-printed rocket, the Terran-1. We explore the company in more detail here.

Space

China’s Mars rover fails to wake up

China’s first Mars rover hasn’t woken up from a scheduled months-long hibernation on the surface of the Red Planet, a Chinese scientist confirmed on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

May the 4th Be With You: Best Free Star Wars Teaching Ideas

Star Wars Day, May 4th, is a great time to turn the magical allure of the Star Wars movie franchise into fun and fascinating lessons

Tech&Learning

Asteroid the size of three football pitches to scrape past Earth tomorrow in 'close call'

Asteroid 2006 HV5, which has been classified as Potentially Hazardous Asteroid By NASA, will pass by the Earth at a distance of just 1.5 million miles on Wednesday

Daily Mirror

Mars rover looks lonely in new photos after losing its only 'friend' - a pet rock

The Martian stone has been hitching a ride on Perseverance for more than half its time on the Red Planet, but NASA boffins noticed the absence of the rock in recently beamed back images

Daily Mirror

China breaks silence over status of Mars rover Zhurong

Zhurong should have woken from planned hibernation in December but a dust build-up has likely affected power generation.

Al Jazeera

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Why did SpaceX Starship's debut launch cause so much damage to the pad?

SpaceX thought Starship's orbital launch mount could handle the vehicle's tremendous thrust during its debut launch last week. But that wasn't the case.

ABC News

James Webb Space Telescope detects planet-forming ingredients in a neighbouring galaxy

Thanks to the James Web Space Telescope, scientists have been able to witness the beginnings of a nearby dwarf galaxy with its hundreds of young stars.

Space

Watch NASA assemble the massive Artemis 2 rocket that will take humans back to the moon (video)

In a video shared by NASA, the Space Launch System core stage rocket for Artemis 2 can be seen undergoing assembly at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.

The Independent UK

Research sheds new light on the origins and evolution of Mars

The study reveals the first detections of sound waves travelling into the Martian core.

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Russian spacewalk to move airlock outside space station postponed

A Russian spacewalk to move an experiment airlock from one International Space Station module to another has been postponed, the country's federal space corporation Roscosmos announced.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope faces sensor glitch in deep space

NASA is investigating some sensor trouble on one of the James Webb Space Telescope's instruments as the deep-space observatory continues work.

LiveScience

NASA's Perseverance rover loses its hitchhiking 'pet rock' after more than a year together on Mars

The rover has finally lost a pesky rock that had become lodged in its front left wheel "like a pebble in its shoe." The stone had accompanied the rover for more than half its time on the Red Planet.

Inverse

Nuclear Power Could Usher in an Atomic Era of Space Exploration

How far away are these technologies from becoming humanity’s tried and true method to power vehicles and usher in a new era of extraterrestrial exploration?

Space

This 'tarantula' in space could teach us the secrets of dark matter

The SuperBIT telescope recently flew to the edge of the atmosphere on a football field-sized balloon. Its first images may start to unveil the true nature of dark matter.

Reuters

China plans to send probe to near-Earth asteroid around 2025

China plans to launch an uncrewed probe around 2025 to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid and explore a comet, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, citing a senior space expert.

Bangkok Post

Giant SpaceX rocket left craters, serious damage to launchpad

STARBASE, United States: Flying chunks of concrete, twisted metal sheets, craters blasted deep into the ground: the thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of Starship -- the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built -- inflicted serious damage on its Texas launch site.

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