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Archive for February 28th, 2024

Apollo astronaut’s granddaughter opens immersive moonwalk experience in Dallas

February 28th, 2024 by

What do you get when you mix an Apollo astronaut’s legacy with a trio of shipping containers, VR technology, the cousin of a ‘Star Wars’ robot and an escape room? A chance to go to the moon.

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Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus probe beams home more photos from historic moon landing

February 28th, 2024 by

Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus moon lander has beamed home a few selfies snapped during its pioneering descent to the lunar surface last week.

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NASA’s Dana Weigel will be the 1st female ISS program manager

February 28th, 2024 by

NASA’s Dana Weigel will helm the International Space Station program for NASA. She will succeed Joel Montalbano, who will take on an associate administrator position in April.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds ‘extremely red’ supermassive black hole growing in the early universe

February 28th, 2024 by

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an “extremely red,” growing supermassive black hole powering a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.

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India completes critical test for Gaganyaan flight crewed by humanoid robot later this year

February 28th, 2024 by

Early last week, ISRO successfully completed the final test to qualify its Gaganyaan rocket engine, approving it to be capable of safely ferrying astronauts to space.

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Computer-simulated moon dust may help lunar robots pass a major hurdle

February 28th, 2024 by

Scientists have developed a new computer model that simulates how moon dust behaves in lunar gravity. They hope it will keep future moon exploration robots safe.

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