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A private spacecraft in the United States heading to the moon shoots the wonderful scenery of the earth
This photo provided by Firefly Aerospace shows that Firefly’s Blue GHOST moon landing boat captures Blue Marble on Thursday, January 23, 2025, on the orbit around the earth. Credit: Firefly Aerospace Via AP A US private spacecraft heading to the moon shot an amazing image of the earth a week after the flight. The Firefly Aeros -pace lunar landing boat,…
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Punch spacecraft makes final pit stop before launch
The SwRI-led PUNCH spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in preparation for launch, targeted for the end of February. This image shows the four PUNCH satellites spread out around the Earth along the day/night line, creating a complete picture of the corona and solar wind. Three of the PUNCH satellites will carry wide-field imagers developed by…
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Relativistic electron beam could propel spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, study suggests
Diagram of the electron beam statite used in the study. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2407.09414 Getting a spaceship to another star is a tremendous challenge. But that doesn’t stop people from working on it. The most prominent groups currently doing so are Breakthrough Starshot and Tau Zero Foundation, both of which focus on very specific types of propulsion beam power.…
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NASA spacecraft passes by the sun for closest approach in history
Illustration courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins APL shows an artist’s vision for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. NASA’s pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history Tuesday by flying closer to the sun than any other spacecraft, with a heat shield exposed to scorching heat of more than 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit (930 degrees Celsius). I made it. Launched in August 2018, the spacecraft is…
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NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate whether Jupiter’s icy moons can support extraterrestrial life
Credit: NASA The discovery of extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific and philosophical revelations humanity has ever made. However, such breakthroughs do not come easily. Our starting point is to first look for signs of habitability on other worlds, that is, signs of the possibility of life. NASA is doing just that. On October 10th, the…
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New video shows tiny spacecraft ‘swarming’ Proxima Centauri
A screenshot from an animation showing the Proxima Centauri cluster approaching Proxima b. Credit: i4is/Interstellar Initiatives Earlier this year, NASA selected a very interesting proposal for Phase I development as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. Known as Swarming Proxima Centauri, it is a collaboration between Space Initiative and the Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is), led by…
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