Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The Artemis I mission – a 25.5-day uncrewed test flight around the moon intended to pave the way for future astronaut missions – came to a memorable end as NASA’s Orion spacecraft managed …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander on Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates’ first lunar rover and a toy-like robot from Japan designed to roll up there in the gray dust. It will take nearly five months for …
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Update for December 11, 12:50 p.m. ET: NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft successfully crashed today, December 11, and appears to be in good condition as recovery teams work to recover the spacecraft. NASA will wait approximately 2 hours to retrieve Orion from the ocean as part of a post-landing temperature test. Read our full story. …
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Another day, another rocket launch by SpaceX and another spacecraft going to the moon. All of this seems commonplace these days. SpaceX has already launched its Falcon 9 rocket more than 50 times this year. NASA’s Artemis I, an uncrewed test flight that is a precursor to future astronaut missions, is nearing its return to …
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The Artemis I mission – a 25.5-day uncrewed test flight around the moon intended to pave the way for future astronaut missions – is nearing completion as NASA’s Orion spacecraft is expected take …
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Two holes are left in the Martian surface after NASA’s Perseverance rover used a specialized drill to collect the mission’s first regolith samples on December 2-6, 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface. Unlike the 15 rock cores collected to date, these newest samples came from a pile …
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An alloy of chromium, cobalt and nickel has just given us the highest fracture toughness ever measured in a material on Earth. It has exceptionally high strength and ductility, leading to what a team of scientists called “exceptional damage tolerance”. Additionally – and counterintuitively – these properties increase as the material cools, suggesting exciting potential …
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Capping off a 25-day trip around the moon, NASA’s Artemis 1 spacecraft edged closer to Earth on Saturday, on track for a 25,000mph re-entry on Sunday that will subject the unmanned capsule to hellish hell of 5,000 degrees before splashing off Baja California. In an unexpected but symbolic coincidence, the end of the Artemis 1 …
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A group of international astronomers have used data from the James Webb Space Telescope to report the discovery of the first confirmed galaxies to date. In work, which NASA says has yet to be peer-reviewed, scientists found that light from these galaxies took more than 13.4 billion years to reach Earth, as the galaxies date …
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This artist’s illustration shows the location and size of a hypothetical dust cloud surrounding our solar system. Credit: NASA, ESA, Andi James (STScI) Exhaust from falling comets makes space a dusty place Imagine walking into a room at night, turning off all the lights and closing the blinds. Still, a strange glow comes from the …
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