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#361 Revisited: Space – The Robotic Age
Humanity’s furthest ever journey into space has been delayed. Again. An interruption to the flow of helium forced NASA to scrap the revised 6 March
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Nasa’s Orion spacecraft heads home
The spacecraft portion of the Artemis 1 mission has completed its planned lunar orbits and begun the return journey to Earth. According to Space.com, Orion
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Artemis launches new era for space
The most powerful rocket ever built successfully launched on 16 November. It propelled the Artemis 1 mission on its journey towards the moon and began
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Japan approves first ever commercial activity on Moon
The Japanese government granted a licence to a lunar exploration company to conduct ‘business activity’ on the moon as part of its first mission. The
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Nasa strikes asteroid in planetary defence test
Nasa successfully impacted an asteroid with a spacecraft last month. The mission formed part of a planetary defence research experiment and was designed to assess
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NASA demonstrates Martian oxygen production
NASA has expressed confidence in its capability to generate enough oxygen on Mars for future crewed missions. According to IEEE Spectrum, the results of its
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Hyundai and Kia to develop lunar vehicle
Hyundai Motor and Kia signed research agreements with six Korean research institutes to develop ‘Lunar Surface Exploration Mobility’. The companies stated on 27 July that
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James Webb images launch new era in astronomy
The first images from Nasa’s latest and most powerful space telescope were released on 12 July. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is approximately
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Mars helicopter temporarily grounded
The Ingenuity helicopter has temporarily ceased operations. The region of Mars in which it is operating recently entered the dust and winter season, meaning there
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NASA completes body of largest ever interplanetary spacecraft
The main body of the Europa Clipper has arrived at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The next two years will see the final
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James Webb telescope hit by micrometeoroid
A dust-sized piece of rock has struck the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). According to an article on Reuters, the telescope
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NASA finalises plans for SPHEREx sky mapping mission
NASA approved the final plans for its next solar mapmaking mission. The SPHEREx project will launch no later than 2025 and will be capable of