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Crew examines spaceflight-related eye changes as three astronauts prepare to return home
Expedition 72 astronauts kicked off the week investigating how extended spaceflight alters human vision, while simultaneously conducting other scientific studies, maintaining vital systems, and preparing for an upcoming crew return.
Prolonged exposure to microgravity can impair vision, posing a potential risk to astronauts on long-duration missions to the Moon or Mars. NASA's CIPHER study, Blue Skies Space to Design CubeSat Constellation for Lunar-Based Cosmology Research
Blue Skies Space has secured funding from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to explore the design of a CubeSat-based satellite constellation capable of orbiting the Moon and conducting observations of the early universe.
The initiative, known as RadioLuna, will assess whether a network of compact satellites placed in lunar orbit could detect the elusive radio emissions from the universe's for Beyond Gravity and Rocket Lab join forces to streamline satellite constellation deployment
Beyond Gravity and Rocket Lab have announced a strategic partnership to deliver an integrated avionics and software solution designed to accelerate satellite constellation missions. The collaboration merges Beyond Gravity's high-volume constellation On Board Computer (cOBC) with Rocket Lab's advanced MAX Constellation flight software and InterMission ground operations suite, offering a ready-to- Hera's Mars flyby - Asteroid Framing Camera (colourised)
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On 12 March 2025, ESA’s Hera spacecraft soared just 5000 km above Mars and passed within 300 km of its distant moon, Deimos. Captured by Hera’s 1020x1020 pixel Asteroid Framing Camera, this video sequence offers a rare view of the red planet and its enigmatic moon. The original greyscale images have been colour-enhanced based on known surface features.
Maryland lawmakers say Trump cuts to NASA Goddard could slash US space programs in half
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Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez
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NASA's IMAP arrives at NASA Marshall for testing in XRCF
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Media advisory: Earth Explorer Biomass satellite launch media events
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Research reveals gravitational forces may be dismantling Milky Way's small neighbor
A new study led by researchers at Nagoya University has uncovered compelling evidence that the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors, may be undergoing gravitational disruption caused by its larger companion, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The findings, based on the motion of thousands of massive stars, suggest that tidal forces from the LMC are pulli Satellite alignment around Andromeda galaxy defies cosmological models
New research from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has revealed a striking anomaly in the satellite galaxy system surrounding Andromeda (M31), casting doubt on long-held assumptions within standard cosmology. The study, published in Nature Astronomy, shows that more than 80% of Andromeda's dwarf galaxy companions are clustered on one side of the host galaxy-a configuration pr