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Tiny cubesat launching next year to blaze trail for NASA moon-orbiting space station

BOULDER, Colorado — A high-tech pioneer for the Gateway — the moon-orbiting outpost that's part of NASA's Artemis program of crewed lunar exploration — is being readied for departure early next year. NASA's Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System ...

NASA gearing up for epic asteroid-sampling maneuver next month

NASA is poised to make history next month. The OSIRIS-REx probe is scheduled to pull off NASA's first-ever asteroid-sampling operation on Oct. 20, snagging precious dirt and gravel from a 1,640-foot-wide (500 meters) space rock called Bennu. "I can't tell ...

Space Force OKs used SpaceX rockets for upcoming GPS satellite launches

SpaceX can now launch national-security satellites with used rockets. Elon Musk's company just signed a contract modification with the U.S. Space Force that allows two upcoming GPS satellite launches to use Falcon 9 boosters with preflown first stages.

NASA's new $23 million space toilet is ready for launch

NASA is launching a new space toilet to the International Space Station next week for astronauts to test out before it's used on future missions to the moon or Mars. The $23 million toilet system, known as the Universal Waste Management System (UWMS), ...

SpaceX fires up in-space version of Starship's Raptor engine for 1st time (video)

An important piece of SpaceX's new Starship megarocket just got its first workout. The first vacuum Raptor — the in-space version of Starship's Raptor engine — blazed up in a debut test at SpaceX's development facility in McGregor, Texas, company ...

New measurements show moon has hazardous radiation levels

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Future moon explorers will be bombarded with two to three times more radiation than astronauts aboard the International Space Station, a health hazard that will require thick-walled shelters for protection, scientists reported Friday.

Back to Venus: Upstart company wants to beat NASA in search for life

The recent discovery by Earth-based radio telescopes of a gas called phosphine in Venus' atmosphere sparked a new wave of enthusiasm among scientists, who had for years defended the hypothesis that tiny organisms could live in the planet's clouds.

Radiation on moon's surface measured for the first time, study says

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(CNN) When the next astronaut to reach the moon walks on the lunar surface in 2024, she'll face radiation levels 200 times higher than on Earth. While Apollo mission astronauts carried dosimeters to the moon to measure radiation, the data was never ...

Fall night sky to offer wondrous celestial sights from Halloween 'blue moon' to dazzling meteor showers

As the days become shorter and daylight wanes, it's easy to catch a case of cabin fever with the coronavirus pandemic powering on. It may seem tricky to stay busy and entertained amid these trying times, but there are amazing spectacles to take in right ...

First measurements of radiation levels on the moon

In the coming years and decades, several nations are planning to send astronauts to the moon. But on the lunar surface, space radiation poses a significant risk. The Apollo astronauts carried so-called dosimeters with them, which performed rudimentary ...