NASA's Webb Telescope Identifies Most Distant Galaxy
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Wallaroo.AI Joins US Space Force SDA TAP Lab Apollo Accelerator Program
Friday, 31 May 2024 16:25![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Sidus Space AI Platform Achieves First Data Transmission from LizzieSat-1
Friday, 31 May 2024 16:25![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Starling spacecraft swarm completes primary mission
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Momentus awarded DARPA contract for in-space construction technologies
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Space station research advances NASA's plans to explore the moon, Mars
Friday, 31 May 2024 15:24![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
![NASA astronaut Victor Glover trains for the ISS External Microorganisms spacewalk in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory pool at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA Space station research advances NASA's plans to explore the moon, Mars](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/space-station-research.jpg)
Space, the saying goes, is hard. And the farther humans go, the harder it can get.
Some of the challenges on missions to explore the moon and Mars include preventing microbial contamination of these destinations, navigating there safely, protecting crew members and hardware from radiation, and maintaining and repairing equipment.
Research on the International Space Station is helping NASA scientists develop tools and processes to ensure success on these important missions. Here are highlights from some of the investigations making space a little easier.
Tracking tiny stowaways
Bacteria and fungi live in and on all humans and all around us on Earth. Most of these microorganisms are beneficial or harmless but introducing them to other celestial bodies could adversely affect our ability to study ecosystems on those other worlds.
Week in images: 27-31 May 2024
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Week in images: 27-31 May 2024
Discover our week through the lens
Earth from Space: Madagascar jellyfish
Friday, 31 May 2024 07:00![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
![Resembling a reddish jellyfish, the Mahajamba Bay in Madagascar is imaged by Copernicus Sentinel-2.](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2024/05/earth_from_space_madagascar_jellyfish/26121392-1-eng-GB/Earth_from_Space_Madagascar_jellyfish_card_full.jpg)
China conducts three launches inside two days
Friday, 31 May 2024 06:34YPSat checked in for Ariane 6 flight
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New milestone for the Gateway: life inside Lunar I-Hab
Friday, 31 May 2024 05:38![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
![Lucar Parmitano inside Lunar I-Hab](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2024/05/luca_parmitano_inside_lunar_i-hab/26123231-1-eng-GB/Luca_Parmitano_inside_Lunar_I-Hab_card_full.jpg)
Lunar I-Hab, the next European habitat in lunar orbit as part of the Gateway, has recently undergone critical tests to explore and improve human living conditions inside the space module.
Russian Progress 88 cargo spacecraft launched to ISS
Friday, 31 May 2024 02:24![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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South Korea targets Mars mission with new space centre
Friday, 31 May 2024 02:24![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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