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Space tourists splash down
Four amateur astronauts have splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean after spending three days orbiting the Earth onboard an Elon Musk Crew Dragon space craft,
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Four years max for Mars
Sending human travellers to Mars would require engineers and scientists to overcome a range of technological and safety obstacles, according to a press release from
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Japan to Collect Soil Samples from Phobos
A space agency from Japan is aiming to bring back soil samples from Phobos – a moon of Mars. According to an article on phys.org,
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Tallest Rocket Ever Assembled By SpaceX
SpaceX has temporarily built the tallest rocket that has ever been put together. Standing at approximately 120m (400ft), the rocket’s two segments were stacked together
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New Satellite Network to be Released Into Low-Earth Orbit
Inmarsat is set to release a network of approximately 150 satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO) to augment its current telecommunication services that include data links
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Billionaire Space Race reaches new heights
Two entrepreneurs went on trips to the edge of space this month. Richard Branson of the Virgin Group and Jeff Bezos of Amazon both boarded
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New Radar System to Detect Objects In Space
To track objects at a greater distance in deep space, The US Space Force is developing a new radar system. Known as the Deep Space
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Satellites to tackle modern slavery
Satellite technology has been used to tackle a humanitarian crisis unfolding in the strawberry fields of southern Greece. Working with the Greek authorities a consortium
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Virgin Galactic Perform Successful Space Flight From New Base
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity rocket completed a successful test flight into space this past weekend. This followed a failed mission in late 2020. According to
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Degree in Space Mining to be Launched
A US school is about to launch an undergraduate degree in space mining. Due to begin at the start of the next academic year, this