Artist’s illustration of IKAROS. Credit: JAXA Solar sails rely upon pressure exerted by sunlight on large…
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A strong solar flare measuring M6.1 erupted from Active Region 3615 (beta-gamma-delta) at 15:56 UTC on…
MEDIA ADVISORY: S24-015 NASA Invites Media to Milestone RS-25 Engine Certification Test
NASA will host media to view a milestone RS-25 engine test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center…
This Black Hole is a Total Underachiever
Anyone can be an underachiever, even if you’re an astronomical singularity weighing over four billion times…
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Mariner 7 Goes to Mars
An Atlas-Centaur launched at 5:22 p.m. EST on March 27, 1969, to send Mariner 7 on…
Time to see the bigger picture
Agency 28/03/2024 26 views 0 likes ESA has teamed up with Samsung to launch the first watch…
Mariner 7 Goes to Mars
55 years ago, on March 27, 1969, an Atlas-Centaur rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
Japan’s SLIM moon lander surprisingly survived a second lunar night
View of the moon’s surface taken from the SLIM lander’s tilted position JAXA Most landers we…
ESA – Bedtime routine for space
A group of 12 volunteers are sticking to a strict bed routine for 60 days, lying…