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Odysseus mission to the moon nearly crashed, due to a switch being turned off - saved by luck and skill

Last week the Intuitive Machines Odysseus spacecraft finally landed on the Moon, although the mission had its difficulties - the team reported problems with a switch that was supposed to activate lasers for a safe landing. Fortunately, the spacecraf...

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$1.2 billion investment, nearly 10 years and 121 g of "production" ─ the result of a mission to the asteroid Bennu

NASA has revealed the total mass of samples from the asteroid Bennu that were brought to Earth last fall. So, the weight of the "loot" amounts to 121.6 g. At first glance, the sample may seem quite small. Especially considering the huge efforts that...

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Collins Aerospace tested NASA's new spacesuit in microgravity conditions

Generation new spacesuits are planned to be used on the International Space Station. NASA spent over 15 years developing spacesuits independently before outsourcing the design of space suits in 2022. One such suit was developed by the private compan...

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"Voyager 1 lost in deep space due to memory error

The NASA spacecraft "Voyager-1" is lost in deep space. According to the space agency, this happened due to a memory error in the Flight Data System (FDS) onboard system. Apparently, the energy-dependent memory failed during the extensive time spent i...

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PACE is NASA's new climate mission studying microplankton and aerosols from space

The satellite will help scientists from the space agency assess the "health" of the World Ocean, climate change, and air quality. The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission will study microscopic plants and particles, invisible to ...

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Best use of data: Ukrainians from Storm Prophet team won among 5500 teams in NASA hackathon

Ukrainian scientists won the NASA Space Apps Challenge hackathon, where more than 5500 teams competed in 10 categories. The Ukrainian team Storm Prophet, consisting of six members, emerged victorious in the "Best Use of Data" category. The goal of th...

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has damaged a blade and will no longer take off over Mars. It made 72 flights in three years

After three years of service, NASA's helicopter Ingenuity made its final flight on Mars. During its 72nd flight, Ingenuity stopped communicating with the Perseverance rover. Later, NASA regained contact with the helicopter and found that at least one...

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NASA published the first photo of samples of asteroid Bennu from the OSIRIS-REx main repository

Last week, the space agency finally opened the capsule with samples of the Bennu asteroid, which was delivered by OSIRIS-REx, after struggling for months to deal with a faulty lid fastening. The Bennu asteroid is a near-Earth asteroid of class "B" (...

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