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Assembly of Satellite to Track World’s Water Shifts From US to France
Set for launch next year, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will help scientists monitor Earth’s ocean, as well as the amount of fresh water in its lakes and rivers.
Article by NASA JPL
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Progress MS-17 successfully lifted off on its way to the ISS on a resupply mission atop a Soyuz-2-1a from Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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Europe considering concepts for human spaceflight
A bumper crop of applications for the European Space Agency’s astronaut corps is providing a boost to proposals for Europe to develop its own human spaceflight capability.
Article by Space News
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Move Over, Neanderthals. This Could Actually Be Our Closest Human Relative
The skull is much bigger than that of Homo sapiens and other human species – and its brain size is similar to that of our own species. Historical events left it without a secure place of origin or date, until today.
Now a team of Chinese, Australian and British researchers has finally solved the puzzle – the skull represents a previously unknown extinct human species. The research, published as three studies in the journal Innovation, suggests this is our closest relative in the human family tree.
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NASA team to study new roles for the agency in addressing orbital debris
NASA has established a working group to examine what new roles the agency can take to mitigate the growth of orbital debris and promote space sustainability.
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China’s Zhurong rover returns landing footage and sounds from Mars
China has released landing process footage from its Zhurong rover as well as video and sounds of the vehicle roving on Mars.
Article by Space News
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A Single Bee Is Creating an Army of Clones Bent on Wiping Out Another Bee Species
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Report backs NASA proposal to change astronaut radiation exposure limits
A National Academies committee has endorsed a NASA proposal to change the radiation exposure limits the agency sets for its astronauts but cautioned that the revised limit is still insufficient for human Mars missions
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Earth's Atmosphere Could Be a Truly Rare Thing, Thanks to One Chemical Process
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Study Looks More Closely at Mars’ Underground Water Signals
A new paper finds more radar signals suggesting the presence of subsurface ‘lakes,’ but many are in areas too cold for water to remain liquid.
Article by NASA JPL
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NASA SpaceX CRS 21 Cargo Dragon Successfully Arrives at the International Space Station
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China Just Switched on Its 'Artificial Sun' Nuclear Fusion Reactor
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SpaceX Starship launch slips to Tuesday as Elon Musk arrives in Texas
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How to Watch the Geminids Meteor Shower | 4-17 December 2020
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NASA SpaceX CRS 21 Mission Launches from Launch Pad 49A, Cape Canaveral
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Construction go-ahead for €2bn Square Kilometre Array
The go-ahead has been given to build what will be the world’s largest radio telescope network. Last week the council of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) gave the green light to construct the €2bn Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in Australia and southern Africa. To be complete by 2028, it is anticipated that the SKA will operate for the next 50 years.
Article by Physics world
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Public Names ‘Moonikin’ Flying Around Moon on NASA’s Artemis I Mission
“Commander Moonikin Campos” is the official name of the manikin launching on Artemis I, NASA’s uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon later this year.
Press Release by NASA
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Life on Venus Would Have to Be a 'New Type of Organism', Astronomers Now Claim
If life exists on Venus, it's not like any organism that's ever been encountered on Earth, scientists claim in a new study.
In late 2020, the question of Venus's potential habitability sprang into focus, thanks to the detection of phosphine in the planet's atmosphere, which some scientists suggested might be evidence of a biosignature, hypothetically speaking.
While there's been a lot of back and forth among researchers on this particular topic, the discovery reignited interest in the idea that Venus – a famously toxic and hellish environment – might be able to support life.
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China’s super heavy rocket to construct space-based solar power station
China plans to use a new super heavy-lift rocket currently under development to construct a massive space-based solar power station in geostationary orbit.
Article by Space News
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This Tiny, 120-Million-Year-Old Fossil Has a T. Rex-Like Skull on a Bird Body
A tiny, 120 million-year-old fossil, discovered in northeast China, is neither bird nor dinosaur but is perched on its own evolutionary branch, somewhere in between.
While the 2-centimeter-long (0.75-inch) skull of this little fella holds similarities to much larger dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, its thin and delicate body looks more like modern-day crown birds, such as sparrows or hummingbirds.
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SpaceX aiming for July for Starship orbital launch despite regulatory reviews
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says the company is “shooting for July” for the first orbital launch of the company’s Starship vehicle despite lacking the regulatory approvals needed for such a launch.
Article by Space News
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Those Underground 'Lakes' on Mars Just Keep Getting More Mysterious
In 2018, scientists made a discovery that could change our understanding of the dusty, dry red ball that is Mars.
Radar signals bounced from just below the planet's surface revealed a shining patch, consistent with nothing so much as an underground pool of liquid water. Subsequent searches turned up even more shiny patches, suggesting a whole network of underground lakes.
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Virgin Galactic cleared to fly customers on SpaceShipTwo
The FAA has granted permission to Virgin Galactic to fly customers, and not just employees, on its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle, a move that could allow the company’s founder to fly to the edge of space soon.
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NASA studying larger Mars helicopters
With the Ingenuity helicopter continuing to demonstrate its abilities on Mars, NASA engineers are examining concepts for larger, more capable rotorcraft that could be flown on future missions.
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Cool Images and Information about some sites at Mars, Enjoy!
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Dragon is approaching the International Space Station now. After autonomously docking, there will be two Dragons attached to the orbiting laboratory. Watch live → https://t.co/d0zUtfmtxu https://t.co/tkKIFMfcJG
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Scientists Say They've Identified The Best Place For Life to Have Existed on Mars
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A New Device Will Help Astronauts Extract Fuel, Air And Water From Martian Brine
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All systems are go for the updated cargo version of Dragon’s first flight to the International Space Station. Weather is 60% favorable for launch, and the webcast will begin ~15 minutes ahead of liftoff → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK https://t.co/a4PEsYscbe
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