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Scientists to Live on Volcano for 8 Months To Simulate Martian Mission
Six scientists will be spending the next eight months on a remote Hawaiian volcano as a part of a human-behaviour study for future missions to Mars. The group consisting of four men and two women will live in a dome designed to simulate life on the red planet. Unlike the…
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Japan’s Latest Space Junk Collector Launched
Japan launched a cargo ship this week, heading out to the ISS and taking their new ‘space junk’ collector along for the ride. The Kounotori, which means Stork in Japanese, launched on Friday on this very interesting endeavour to clean up a bit of the space around the Earth. The…
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SpaceX’s Planned Mars Rocket Detailed in New Demo
Mars is the next frontier that mankind is set on, there can not be any more doubt about that. The US Congress mandates a manned Mars Mission within 25 Years and Elon Musk who we’re going to talk about here is well known for his plans to get mankind to…
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NASA to Test Inflatable Living Modules on The ISS
When sending something into space, it is important to consider how big it is. Something large may be useful in space, but it is no good if it can’t be carried up there by rocket after all. Now NASA is hoping to make the best use of the limited space…
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Largest Plane on Earth Will Be Airborne as Early as Next Year
Meet Stratolaunch, the largest plane on Earth! Codenamed the “Roc” after the mythical bird of prey, this ‘beast’ looks to be a true king of the sky. In terms of size, it is said to be 65 feet wider than the “Spruce Goose” H-4 Hercules and 95 feet wider than…
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NASA Building Largest Rocket of All Time, Will Launch in 2018
NASA are cooking up something big, very big! The simple-named Space Launch System, a 384 feet tall rocket, the biggest ever created. To put this into perspective the Saturn V was just 363 feet and that one took us to the moon. The new rocket will also offer up 20% more…
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Orion Space Capsule Successfully Recovered by US Navy
Another successful test by NASA this week, their Orion capsule that’s designed to get astronauts back into space after landing on another planet has been recovered by the US Navy after it was placed in a situation mimicking a splashdown in the pacific ocean. The retrieval was practice for NASAs…
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Artificial Leaf Could Be The Next Oxygen Source For Space Travel
The main problem faced when talking about sustainability in space travel missions is the lack of oxygen. Due to this, many space-related missions executed so far are close to our planet, since nobody can make a rocket packed with oxygen and expect it to last an eternity. However, a graduate…
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Opportunity Sets New Record for Longest Distance Driven off-Earth
Opportunity first touched down on the red planet back in 2004, at which point its original mission plan only required it to drive for 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) within its first 90 days on Mars. Of course it’s not uncommon for many space missions to out last their original mission,…
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Canada and NASA Team Up To Stop Asteroid That Could Hit Earth
Canada is said to be teaming up with NASA to work on its Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer mission, or OSIRIS-REx for short, having its main objective be the first US probe to return samples from an asteroid. A $61 million laser-based system named the Laser Altimeter (OLA),…
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Boeing Start Work on 200-foot NASA SLS Rocket
Moving further out in to space is still one of NASAs main goals, but to do so would require new and more up to date rocket technology. Fortunately, Boeing have just been given the green-light and a wad of cash to be begin work on the new Space Launch System…
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Replica Mini Mars Created Just Outside London by Airbus Defence
If you want to test a new rover for a mission on the red planet you’ve got two options. One would be to spend billions and fire your creation through space to Mars and put it straight to work, alternatively you can spend £500,000 and build a massive “Mars Yard”…
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Chinese Jade Rabbit Rover Lands On Moon
China has announced yesterday that they successfully landed their craft on the moons surface, and later deployed their Jade Rabbit rover, a great success for the nation as their look to further their efforts for space exploration. The mission was the first soft landing on the Moon in 37 years!…
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New Mars Probe Will Continue Search For Missing Water
The mystery of was there ever oceans or rivers on Mars is one we no longer scratch our heads about, we’re certainly there was. However, we still can’t really find much water and while there have been some impressive developments over the last couple of years that have found more…
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