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Male astronauts headed to Mars could thrive on this vegetarian salad

Submit on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 21:11

It turns out the optimal space meal for male astronauts is a tasty vegetarian salad, using ingredients grown in space that offer micronutrients needed to compensate for extra calories burned.

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DARPA’s wild X-65 CRANE aircraft aims for 1st flight in summer 2025

Submit on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 20:11

DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences have begun building the first full-scale X-65 aircraft to demonstrate a new method of flight control that uses no external moving parts.

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For Astrobotic, big risk (and bigger reward) ride on private Peregrine moon lander’s Jan. 8 launch

Submit on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 20:11

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic is gearing up for the Jan. 8 launch of its Peregrine lander, which will try to become the first private spacecraft to land on the moon.

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Australia celebrates space history on world’s 1st coin minted in 2024

Submit on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 18:11

The world’s first coin to be struck in 2024 highlights space history. ‘Out of this World – Australia in Space’ was chosen by the Royal Australian Mint as its 2024 theme.

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‘Cooling glass’ could fight climate change by reflecting solar radiation back into space

Submit on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 06:11

To combat increasing global temperatures, scientists have developed a new cooling glass paint which effectively uses space as a heat sink.

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Ripples in the oldest known spiral galaxy may shed light on the origins of our Milky Way

Submit on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 05:11

Observations have revealed the first-ever seismic waves seen in an ancient galaxy, offering new insight on the origins of our very own Milky Way.

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Up next for Endeavour LA exhibit: Tank lift and shuttle shrink wrap

Submit on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 03:11

Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to flight, NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavour is heading under wraps.

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The inside of a dead star might look like a gigantic atomic nucleus

Submit on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 02:11

The mystery of what dwells within dead stars could be solved at last, thanks to supercomputer simulations that show neutron stars are comprised of “cold quark matter.”

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