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NASA's Artemis 1 spacecraft flies by moon with Apollo 11 lunar soil aboard

The quad of dust specks, which were first brought back to Earth by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969, came within 80 miles (130 kilometers) of the moon on Monday (Nov. 21) as part of NASA's Artemis 1 mission.

Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch a new communications satellite on Tuesday (Nov. 22)

SpaceX will use a Falcon 9 rocket to launch the Eutelsat 10B mission on behalf of Eutelsat Tuesday (Nov. 22) at 9:57 p.m. EST (0257 on Nov. 23 GMT). Live coverage will be available here at Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX, about 15 minutes before the liftoff.

'Power tower' rover to land on the moon by 2025

A "charger" rover that could supply power to robots exploring shaded craters on the moon's south pole will join expanding lunar infrastructure by 2025. The world's space agencies have grand plans for the exploration of the moon performed by robots and ...

NASA's Orion spacecraft completes powered flyby of the moon

Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now

On its inaugural test flight, the huge new Space Launch System moon rocket released the Orion crew capsule on an on-target trajectory to begin a five-day cruise to the moon. Artemis 1 is ...

NASA Really, Really Won't Rename JWST Despite Community Pushback

Scientific American

Scientific American

For a second time, NASA has decided not to rename its flagship James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The decision follows a historical investigation into the telescope's namesake, a former NASA administrator who held high-ranking government positions at a ...

Space startup Stells wants to put spacecraft-charging covers on the moon

TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Toronto-based Stells, founded by CEO Alex Kapralov and CTO Vital Ioussoupov in 2021, is developing a rover called Mobile Power Rover (MPR-1) that would be able to provide power to lunar spacecraft via wireless charging.

ESA mulls Solaris plan to beam solar energy from space

Space chiefs are to investigate whether electricity could be beamed wirelessly from space into millions of homes. The European Space Agency will this week likely approve a three-year study to see if having huge solar farms in space could work and be ...

This Scrollable Map of the Universe Reminds Us How Tiny We Really Are

CNET

CNET

It's a bit unsettling to scroll through this website scientists made to detail the observable universe. I highly recommend doing it. Monisha Ravisetti headshot.

Nasa's Artemis spacecraft set to reach the Moon

The Orion capsule will sweep 130km (80 miles) above the lunar surface, before entering into a larger orbit. The vehicle will be out of contact during this manoeuvre, which will ...

Astrophysicists chronicle the history of mathematical cosmology

Phys.Org

Phys.Org

This is necessary in order to better understand various aspects of this most majestic of the areas of theoretical physics," said Alexander Yefremov, Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Professor at the Educational and Scientific Institute of ...