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Why did it take NASA 3 months just to open two locks on the box containing soil and rocks collected from a place 6.2 billion km from Earth?
To ensure no contamination of the sample, NASA had to approve the tools used in opening the capsule.
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NASA opens the lid of the asteroid sample box that was stuck for months
Two jammed locks that prevented NASA from retrieving priceless asteroid samples have finally opened after a months-long process.
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Amazing photo of Earth at 1/3 light-second: Japan's 'unique' test
Behind this photo is an important test of the Japanese ship.
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America is about to launch a spacecraft with the most advanced technology in the world
Nowadays, the race to explore and conquer space in the context of a technological explosion has urged Western countries to build launch vehicles using nuclear propulsion.
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How to get back to the spacecraft if the astronauts leave the cabin to work and accidentally drift away?
Outer space is a very dangerous environment, including high energy particles, solar radiation, micrometeorites, micrometeorites,...
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What is the giant trace of a suspected spacecraft crash in Antarctica?
Impact craters in Antarctica not only intrigue scientists but also inspire a host of research questions.
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UAE spacecraft takes photos of the solar system's largest volcano
The UAE's Hope probe sent back its first image of Mars days after successfully entering orbit around the planet.
Space science
How did the Indian spacecraft survive the harsh cold on the dark side of the Moon?
India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is on track to become the first scientific instrument to successfully survive the cold lunar night without heating.
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How long does it take to reach another star system besides the Solar System?
A group of physicists decided to estimate how long it would take us to reach other star systems in the Milky Way using existing spacecraft.
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Scientists say that even if you travel at the speed of light, you still can't reach the edge of the universe?
The universe is vast with mysteries beyond human understanding, from the vast Solar System to distant galaxies billions of light years away.
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NASA postpones manned moon mission due to unusual incident
Artemis 2, the first manned mission to the Moon since 1972, will not go ahead as planned.
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NASA's Farthest Flying Spacecraft Is Dying
The Voyager 1 spacecraft, nearly 25 billion kilometers from Earth, continues to experience problems as its power supply on board gradually runs out.
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How was a spacecraft 25 billion kilometers from Earth 'resurrected'?
The Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft has had to resort to using an old radio transmitter to contact NASA after experiencing a signal failure.