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Sampling a 'quasi-moon': What's next for China's newly launched Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling mission
The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket ...
China launches spacecraft it says will return samples and yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'
China’s space agency has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars ...
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China to build robot thruster to shield space station from Elon Musk’s satellite swarm
The militarization of space continues to gain momentum. One of the world’s leading space powers, China, is developing a new ...
China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission
Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...
The Plan to Send Plant-Filled ‘Gardens’ Into Orbit
Off-world agriculture has long seemed experimental, but that could soon change thanks to a collaboration between design firm ...
I found space station blueprints in my garage and took them to NASA
A retired NASA Glenn researcher recalls working on Space Station Freedom while he examines a set of plans from 1992 that were ...
NASA to shut Spot the Station site. Here’s how you can still track the ISS
Did you know that on a clear night, it’s possible to see the International Space Station (ISS) when it passes overhead? Sunlight reflecting off the habitable satellite causes it to shine brightly as ...
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NASA Is Shutting Down The International Space Station Sighting Website
Starting on June 12, 2025, the NASA Spot the Station website will no longer provide ISS sighting information, per a message recently sent out. This means no information on sighting opportunities ...