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From the lab to the moon: Lunar cement alternative survives 6 months on ISS and returned s

Building material samples from the University of Delaware spent six months mounted outside the International Space Station, where the harsh conditions of low Earth orbit tested their limits.

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Image: Hubble captures star-studded cluster

This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope showcases Messier 3 (M3), one of the Milky Way's most massive globular clusters, or spherical collections of gravitationally bound stars.

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Astronomers dig deep to find tiny dangerous space debris

In a new study, published in the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Warwick researchers led an international effort to uncover some of the faintest debris in geosynchronous orbit ever observed, finding fragments as small as 5 centimeters (2 inches) and obtaining valuable data

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Artemis II astronauts reunite with their moonship 3 months after record-breaking flight

The Artemis II astronauts reunited with their capsule Wednesday three months after flying around the moon and traveling deeper into space than anyone in history.

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A 'smart ruler' could help swarms of space telescopes image exoplanets

We've talked plenty of times here about the infeasibility of launching a mirror big enough to directly image exoplanets using current rocket fairings—at least as long as we're not sending them 500-plus AU away to a gravitational lensing point. We've also talked at length about th

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China lands reusable rocket for first time, state media says

It follows similar landings of reusable rockets by US-owned companies SpaceX and Blue Origin. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Agro.

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Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87

Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Agro.

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How ‘space balls’ launched a sleepy Queensland beach town into the global spotlight at war

Shop owner Lisa Scobie says Forrest Beach is usually a place where ‘kids go fishing before school’. Then six mysterious objects washed upGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen pieces of mysterious space debris washed up on the beach at her sleepy coastal

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NASA space telescope maps magnetic fields of 'Lighthouse' pulsar

For the first time, scientists have used NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the Lighthouse Nebula. The results provide new insight into the structure of s

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China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it

China successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country's space program, state media said.

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Europe just unveiled a new rival to SpaceX’s Starship

A detailed independent study found that SpaceX's Starship is every bit as revolutionary as expected, while revealing both its impressive capabilities and its biggest remaining hurdles. It also introduces an ambitious European rocket concept that could offer a very different route

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Japan's space agency conducts first test flight for experimental reusable rocket

Japan's experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight Saturday as the country seeks to achieve the technology key to cut launch costs and compete in the global space market dominated by SpaceX.

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