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James Webb spots carbon on Europa, boosting case for life
September 27, 2023The best places to search for life beyond Earth aren’t planets like Mars – they’re icy moons like Europa. The case for life on this watery world just got stronger, as the James Webb Space Telescope has detected a fresh carbon source there. -
James Webb analyzes atmosphere of first TRAPPIST planet
September 26, 2023The James Webb Space Telescope has achieved one of the first major science goals announced for it way back in 2017. The infrared instrument has now probed the atmosphere around one of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets. -
NASA reveals new plan to deorbit International Space Station
September 24, 2023NASA's final plans for the International Space Station when it is decommissioned at the end of the decade have been revealed as it asks for proposals for a new spacecraft that will be used to guide the station to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. -
Hopper2 test flight demonstrates advanced reusable rocket technology
September 24, 2023Startup Stoke Space has successfully completed a 15-second vertical launch/vertical landing test of its Hopper VTVL reusable rocket that is capable of atmospheric reentry and landing after acting as a launch vehicle second stage. -
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission lands safely in Utah
September 24, 2023After a two-and-a-half-year astral trek and seven years since lift off, asteroid samples from NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer OS(IRIS-REx) have been brought down to Earth. -
CubeSat rocket thruster is so small it has to be made like microchips
September 14, 2023Imperial College is developing a rocket thruster called the Iridium Catalysed Electrolysis CubeSat Thruster (ICE-Cube Thruster) that is so small that it can only be fabricated using techniques originally designed for making silicon chips. -
Tiny submersible may one day explore ice-covered extraterrestrial oceans
September 13, 2023Although Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa both have ice-covered surfaces, oceans may exist beneath that ice. The TRIPLE-nanoAUV 2 project is aimed at getting an uncrewed submersible into those oceans, to search for life. -
Bangor University to develop tiny nuclear fuel for future Moon bases
September 10, 2023Under a UK Space Agency contract, Bangor University in Wales is developing a new poppy-seed-sized nuclear fuel for the Rolls-Royce micro reactors that will power future crewed lunar outposts by 2030. -
Successful liftoff for Japan's first lunar landing mission
September 06, 2023It was second time lucky for Japan as it successfully launched its first lunar lander on September 6 at 23:42 GMT atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center 25 miles (40 km) south of Kyushu. -
India launches its first solar mission as lunar rover goes to sleep
September 03, 2023India is furthering its bid to become a major spacefaring power. The launch of its first mission to the Sun comes just as it winds down its first successful robotic Moon landing, with the Pragyan lunar rover completing its work and going into sleep mode. -
NASA orbiter finds crash site of Russia's Luna 25 Moon lander
August 31, 2023The fate of Russia's failed Luna 25 Moon landing mission has been confirmed after NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) found a new impact crater at the estimated position of the lander's crash shortly before its attempted landing. -
Chandrayaan-3 sends back first pictures and data from the Moon
August 29, 2023India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission has hit the ground running with the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover sending back their first images and instrument data while the rover makes a slow-motion swerve around a crater. -
Newly discovered Sun "nanoflares" could be source of solar wind
August 28, 2023Solar wind – charged particles from the Sun – pervades our solar system, but the exact mechanism behind it remains murky. Now ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has observed previously unknown tiny flares on the Sun’s surface spewing plasma into space. -
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission deploys lunar mini-rover
August 24, 2023India's Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander has deployed its Pragyan lunar rover as it begins its exploration of the Moon's south polar region. The robotic rover today rolled down a ramp and charged its solar batteries before beginning surface operations. -
India's Chandrayaan-3 makes historic landing near Moon's south pole
August 23, 2023India joined one of the solar system's most exclusive clubs as it successfully landed its first probe on the Moon. On August 23 at 12:32 GMT, the robotic spacecraft touched down near the lunar south pole, making it the southernmost landing to date.
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