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Astronauts have diarrhea, flying stools in spacecraft and things NASA has never told
You may not know, astronauts' feces will be released into the atmosphere and they will burn like meteors.
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Alien
NASA spacecraft finds new 'life world' with warm ocean
The new understanding has greatly expanded the definition of a habitable world - scientists conclude about Mimas, Saturn's seemingly deadly moon.
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Footage of NASA spacecraft crashing into the Sun
During the August approach, the Parker spacecraft plunged through the Sun's atmosphere, capturing fleeting images of planets such as Mars and Earth.
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China makes new materials for spacecraft surfaces
Chinese researchers have developed a new type of 2-layer polyimide nanocomposite film that can be used to more effectively protect the outer surfaces of spacecraft.
Space science
Warning aliens follow spacecraft to Earth?
An international study has warned of a very real risk of
Space science
Unique idea to use kinetic energy to 'throw' spacecraft into space
From a crazy idea, but the successful test in October changed all that, turning SpinLaunch into a game-changing company sending humanity into space.
Space science
NASA simulates spacecraft falling into 'hell' of Venus
NASA shared a new video that simulates the DAVINCI mission and the scientific research the spacecraft will conduct on Venus, the most inhospitable planet in the Solar Sy…
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US company successfully tested a rocket-free spaceship launch system
The US company has successfully tested a new system consisting of a vacuum chamber that can rotate the launch vehicle to supersonic speeds and then release it into the a…
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NASA is about to crash a $ 330 million spacecraft into an asteroid
For the first time, NASA will launch a spacecraft to crash into a small asteroid and change its orbit to test planetary defense tactics.
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Chinese robot takes pictures to celebrate 100 days on Mars
The autonomous robot Chuc Dung sent back a panoramic photo of the surrounding area in the Utopia Planitia plain on Mars.
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NASA plans to have the first unmanned flight to the Moon in 2022
NASA said it has completed the process of putting Orion on the SLS space launch system and is expected to have the first unmanned flight to the moon in 2022.
Space science
Chinese spacecraft rewrites the geological history of the Moon
Rock samples collected by the Chang'e 5 spacecraft reveal volcanic activity on the Moon lasting nearly a billion years longer than previously thought.
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Spacecraft reveals mystery of Jupiter's atmosphere
The Juno space probe is exploring deeper into Jupiter's clouds. So far, Juno has provided new information about how water behaves in the clouds at Jupiter.
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The story behind this black and white photo of SpaceX's spacecraft
SpaceX's next Starship prototype gets a black-and-white treatment in a stunning new photo shared by the company's billionaire founder Elon Musk.
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NASA sends images to Earth from a distance of 7 billion km
Photographs taken by the New Horizons spacecraft show stars seem to be in a different position than when viewed from Earth.