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Anthropologists urge preservation of human artifacts on Mars
Are the spacecraft, rovers, and debris from human exploration of Mars merely trash cluttering the Red Planet, or are they invaluable artifacts chronicling humanity's steps into interplanetary exploration? University of Kansas anthropologist Justin Holcomb contends these items deserve preservation and cataloging to document this significant phase of human history.
Holcomb's new study, title ESA signs launch contract for climate mission FORUM with Avio
ESA has officially signed a launch service contract with Avio for the upcoming FORUM mission. Scheduled for launch in late 2027, FORUM—short for Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring—will lift off on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Vega contracts for future operations and development
SpaceX completes 3 rocket launches, 1 Dragon landing in 22 hours
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The last meteor shower of the year peaks a few days before Christmas
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Dreaming of a white Christmas – on Mars
Step into the holidays with this picturesque ‘winter wonderland’ scene at the south pole of Mars, captured by ESA’s Mars Express.
330th ESA Council: Media information session
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Watch the replay of the media information session in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun (CH) update journalists on the key decisions taken at the ESA Council meeting, held at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 17 and 18 December 2024.
A fall of CubeSats
Four pioneering ESA Technology CubeSats reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the last few months. Each was only about the size of a shoebox or smaller, but despite their diminutive dimensions the missions left an outsize legacy in terms of demonstrating innovative space technology, industrial capacity building and scientific data return.
Improving fusion plasma predictions with multi-fidelity data science models
The quest for fusion energy, a potential solution to global energy challenges, has advanced through innovative approaches to plasma performance prediction. Magnetic confinement fusion reactors rely on intricate systems that confine high-temperature plasma within powerful magnetic fields. While this effort integrates technologies like superconducting magnets and advanced heating devices, understa Lockheed Martin prepares Next-Gen OPIR satellite for system testing
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has reached a significant milestone in the development of the U.S. Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite. The satellite has been fully assembled, powered on, and advanced to system-level testing at the company's manufacturing facility in Sunnyvale, California.
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