ULA Assembles Atlas V Launch Vehicle For Lucy Asteroid Mission

Inside the Vertical Integration Facility near Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Centaur stage for NASA's Lucy mission is lowered onto the Atlas V first stage on Sept. 16, 2021.

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Carbon Dioxide Reactor Makes Martian Fuel

Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel to address climate change and get astronauts home from Mars.

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Life Support Cooked Up From Lunar Rocks

Engineers have successfully shown how water and oxygen can be extracted by cooking up lunar soil, in order to support future Moon bases.

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An Experimental Loop For Simulating Nuclear Reactors In Space

Nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses heat from nuclear reactions as fuel, could be used one day in human spaceflight, possibly even for missions to Mars. Its development, however, poses a challenge.

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Keeping Warmer in the Great Outdoors Using NASA-Developed Technology

Not everyone would celebrate the new year camping out in the Rocky Mountains during some of the longest, coldest nights of the winter.

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Path Set For Commercial Communications Around The Moon

ESA has confirmed a contract signature with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) to be the main customer for their Lunar Pathfinder satellite launching in 2024 that will provide communications services around the Moon.

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ConstellR And ScanWorld Sign Partnership For High-value Agriculture Data

Satellite data providers ConstellR and ScanWorld are set to combine their respective thermal infrared and hyperspectral imagery expertise to deliver high-value Earth Observation data to enable a wide range of sustainable agricultural applications.

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Two SpaceX Dragons Docked At The ISS

Thomas Pesquet: Kibo and the two Dragons. Got a rare shot of two Dragons docked to one module, actually I think it might be the first picture like this - although this sight will certainly become more frequent.

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NASA's Orion Spacecraft Completes Milestone for Artemis III Crew Module

The pressure vessel is the primary structure for Orion's crew module, joined together using state-of-the-art welding by technicians from lead contractor Lockheed Martin.

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NASA Selects Five U.S. Companies to Mature Artemis Lander Concepts

NASA has selected five U.S. companies to help the agency enable a steady pace of crewed trips to the lunar surface under the agency's Artemis program.

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