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Jul 24, 2018

Russia Is About to Resurrect a Soviet Colossus

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

It’s first and final flight happened nearly 30 years ago, but Energia could become the cornerstone of Russia’s future space ambitions.

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Jul 24, 2018

A blood moon is coming

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, space

On Friday 27 July there will be a total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon. The blood moon occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align perfectly, putting the moon in the Earth’s shadow. The red colouring is a result of sunlight refracting through the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Jul 24, 2018

Mars will appear in the sky below the ‘blood moon’ this Friday

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, space

You don’t want to miss this!!!

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Jul 24, 2018

Five Teams Win a Share of $100,000 in 3D-Printed Habitat Competition

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, habitats, space

NASA and partner Bradley University of Peoria, Illinois, have selected the top five teams to share a $100,000 prize in the latest stage of the agency’s 3D-Printed Habitat Centennial Challenge competition. Winning teams successfully created digital representations of the physical and functional characteristics of a house on Mars using specialized software tools. The teams earned prize money based on scores assigned by a panel of subject matter experts from NASA, academia and industry. The judges interviewed and evaluated submissions from 18 teams from all over the world and selected these teams:

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Jul 24, 2018

Beamed propulsion doable now, and with it space solar power

Posted by in categories: particle physics, solar power, space, sustainability

A dream of advocates of low cost space access has been beam propulsion of various types, whether laser, microwave, or particle beams.

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Jul 23, 2018

July’s Night Sky Will Put on an Epic Show This Week — Here’s How to Watch

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The week of July 23 through July 29 is going to be pretty epic when it comes to space happenings. Specifically, stargazers should get excited about several celestial events on July 27, and it’s a great time to get your telescope ready to peer up at the stars on the big night.

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Jul 23, 2018

The 42 Biggest Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything

Posted by in categories: physics, space

In a recent paper published to arXiv, the physicists Roland Allen and Suzy Lidstrom, of Texas A&M and Uppsala University, respectively, tackled the question about the Question by describing what they believe to be the 42 ultimate questions of life, the universe, and everything.


In a homage to ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ two physicists explain the biggest unknowns in science. I’ve summed them up as a tweetstorm.

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Jul 23, 2018

Spectacular revelations courtesy of Hubble

Posted by in category: space

After 28 years in space, the Hubble Space Telescope is sending back some of its most beautiful and revealing images from across the vast universe.

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Jul 22, 2018

Engine test anomaly deals setback to Boeing’s plans for Starliner space taxi

Posted by in categories: space, transportation

Boeing confirms that it experienced an anomaly last month during tests of the engines that would be used on its CST-100 Starliner space taxi in the event of a launch emergency.

The anomaly resulted in an unwanted leak of propellant, and although no hardware was destroyed, the issue is likely to contribute to further delays for NASA’s plan to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station on the Starliner.

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Jul 22, 2018

Only Three Humans Have Died in Space: The Story of Soyuz 11

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Space is brutally inhospitable to human life, so it’s a small wonder that out of the 561 people who have ventured beyond the safety of Earth, only three have died there. Many more have perished due to crashes or explosions when rocketing away from our planet or re-entering its atmosphere.

The three brave spacefarers who lost their lives in space were cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev. All three died on the Soyuz 11 mission of Jun 1971.

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