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Space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit, according to new studies published Tuesday. Those shifts mostly returned to normal once the amateurs returned to Earth, researchers…
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The Arab Satellite Communications Organization has signed a memorandum of understanding with Telesat for a long-term strategic partnership, it was announced on Thursday. The collaboration is centered around the commercialization of the…
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A private US lunar lander reached the moon and eased into a low orbit Wednesday, a day before it will attempt an even greater feat — landing on the gray, dusty surface. A smooth touchdown would put the US back in business on the moon for…
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Iran claimed on Wednesday that it has successfully put an imaging satellite into space. The state-run IRNA news agency, quoting the country’s Communication Minister Isa Zarepour, said the Noor-3 satellite had been put in an orbit 450…
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A rocky planet that circles a small star nearly 40 light-years from Earth is hot and has little or no atmosphere, a new study suggests. The finding raises questions about the possibility of atmospheres on the other orbs in the planetary…
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The American space agency, NASA, announced that you will send your name on a flight around the moon for free It said it would send the names of the people on a flash drive on the next "Artemis I" mission, according to the American…
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SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so,…
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NASA and private rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit late on Wednesday, sending a veteran spacewalker, two younger crewmates chosen for future lunar missions and a German materials scientist on their way to the…
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The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into…
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Two Russian companies announced today, Monday, that they will launch their first mainframe (server) into space orbit by 2022. "Sputnik" agency reported that the Russian companies specializing in this field "RuVDS" and "Orbital Express"…
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