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Go Wherever You Want With This No Mans Sky Mod
No Man’s Sky has had a troubled life so far, suffering from major technical issues on its PC release and many players feeling frustrated at the reality of the game compared to gameplay trailers shown while it was in development. While Hello Games are patching the game to fix technical issues,…
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Kepler Space Telescope Recovered from Emergency Mode
It was recently reported that the deep space telescope, Kepler had run into trouble and had forced itself to enter its emergency mode. Thankfully the planet-hunting spacecraft has since returned to a stable state. NASA’s Kepler team engineers were able to direct the communications array aboard the craft towards Earth and…
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Planet Hunting Spacecraft Kepler Enters Emergency Mode
NASA engineers have raised a mission emergency in regards to the exoplanet-hunting spacecraft Kepler, which has unexpectedly entered its emergency mode 75 million miles from Earth. This mode is the lowest level of operation for the craft and worryingly, also consumes the most fuel while in it. The last time…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepherd Rocket Succeeds in Third Landing
The race for reusable spacecraft is on, and the forerunners of this contest are SpaceX and Blue Origin. SpaceX may have landed their rocket from a far higher altitude, but have never achieved (or attempted) a repeat performance. Meanwhile, Blue Origin’s New Shepherd spacecraft has completed its third takeoff and…
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Fancy Building a Life-Size Millennium Falcon?
Just when you think you’re free from Star Wars it drags you back in! After a long break, the Force Awakens came out and fans have been excited since. With news that the next film is delayed, what else could fans do but build a life-Size Millennium Falcon? The US…
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NASA Wants to Install a Robot on an Asteroid and Push into Orbit around the Moon
NASA has unveiled its ambitious plan to collect a massive space rock, attach a robotic space craft, and move the rock into orbit around the Earth’s moon. The Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), planned for some time during the 2020s, will allow astronauts to explore the surface of the rock and…
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NASA’s Space Launch System Passes Critical Review
The most powerful rocket ever built and NASA’s first new human-rated rocket in 40 years, named the Space Launch System (SLS), has had its design pass NASA’s critical design review, meaning that the design has been deemed capable of carrying astronauts into deep space, on budget and on schedule. The…
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Energy-Delivering Space Laser Patented
A professor from the University of Alabama has patented a revolutionary space-based laser system designed to generate and deliver energy to a nearby spacecraft. Dr. Richard Fork thinks his new innovation could even be used as the first line of defence in the event of a potential asteroid collision with the…
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Bill Nye’s Solar Sail Back In Touch After Reboot
We’ve all had the problem, something’s gone wrong and all of a sudden you panic! In my case, it’s normally something goes wrong with the wireless and you rush around checking your computer and your router making sure they are both working fine and you can connect to the internet…
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Ferrari to Build Spaceships?
The most famous supercar manufacturer in the world could be set to venture into the realm of spacecrafts. Flavio Manzoni, Design Director for Ferrari, has revealed a series of beautiful high-concept illustrations for a retro-futuristic spaceship. “It all started as a bit of fun,” Manzoni said. “At first it was…
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Out of Control Russian Spacecraft Hurtling to Earth
The Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-27M is currently out of control after delivering supplies to the International Space Station and is plummeting to Earth. NASA footage shows the unmanned craft descending towards Earth’s atmosphere with little hope of regaining control over it. “It has started descending. It has nowhere else…
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Billionaire Wants to Start Mining the Moon in 2016
Could the Moon and its resources be used to aid humanity in the future? Naveen Jain, co-founder and chairman of California-based company Moon Express, explains that their plan is to explore the Moon for “resources of benefit to humanity”. The Moon is known for its vast riches like gold, cobalt,…
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NASA’s Cassini Visits Titan, Gathering Data on Lakes
The NASA Cassini spacecraft flew by the Saturn’s moon of Titan recently, as researchers want to gain more knowledge about the intriguing smoggy moon. During the mission, scientists bounced a radio signal from Titan’s surface to Earth, more than 1 billion miles away, using Saturn’s moon as a mirror. The…
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