[ad_1] Space is a hostile place. We may have developed the technology to launch astronauts into orbit and bring them home safely, but scientists are still trying to understand how space travel affects human health, especially in the long run. This is essential before any planned mission to Mars goes …
Read More »Space travel: too few natural resources on the moon – warning of conflicts
[ad_1] The deposits of important resources on the moon are so small that there could soon be severe tension, lack of space and conflict if exploitation actually begins in the coming years. This was determined by two researchers who published their findings in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
Read More »Russia should re-examine the terms of participation in the ISS – space industry official
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft transporting crew to the International Space Station (ISS) takes off from the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on September 25, 2019. REUTERS / Shamil Zhumatov / File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia should consider reviewing the terms of its participation in …
Read More »How long does it take to get to Mars?
[ad_1] ELON Musk aims to ferry one million people to Mars by 2050. The SpaceX CEO recently revealed that he predicts humans live in the planet’s glass domes, but many people are still wondering how long it would take to get there and is Mars also fit for life? How …
Read More »Earth’s first “out of this world” video taken from space by an astronaut goes viral
[ad_1] Victor Glover, currently a resident of the International Space Station and part of SpaceX Crew Dragon, shared his first video of the Earth taken from space and went viral in no time. Glover, a NASA astronaut and commander in the United States Navy, titled the video as: “My first …
Read More »SpaceX to go ahead with Starlink tests, delay commercial service
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: An exterior of SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., May 29, 2014 .. REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni / File photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – SpaceX will continue beta testing its Starlink satellite broadband service into the next year, the company said on Tuesday at the end, indicating that the …
Read More »The ExoMars rover parachute test takes the red planet mission one step further
[ad_1] The ExoMars rover is one step closer to landing on the red planet after successful parachute tests that will take it down to the Martian surface. The two parachutes that will safely deliver the UK’s first Mars rover to our neighbor planet have completed a first full-scale high-altitude drop …
Read More »SpaceX launches 60 more Internet Starlink satellites in the 100th launch of Falcon 9
[ad_1] A time exposure captures the fiery trajectory of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it departs Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying 60 Internet Starlink satellites. It was the company’s 23rd launch so far this year, the 100th for the flagship Falcon 9 since the rocket’s debut in 2010, …
Read More »SPACE NEWS: The most important trait required by astronauts in the first human mission to Mars
[ad_1] The astronauts selected for the first human mission to Mars will have to have more than “the right things”. Even people on this very long mission will need to have an enthusiasm to do the right thing. According to a new study. This trait has been identified as more …
Read More »Astronaut Soichi Noguchi is still “adjusting” to life aboard the ISS
[ad_1] Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi said Tuesday that he is still trying to adapt to life in space after arriving at the International Space Station aboard a commercially developed SpaceX Crew Dragon ship about a week ago. “It will take even longer for my body to get used to (this …
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