Nasa (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Nasa ‘shocked’ by how close Russian spacecraft came to hitting satellite
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On Tuesday, Nasa launched its Space Sustainability Strategy, which aims to better map and monitor satellites and debris, and keep orbits as ...
Nasa to cultivate crops on the Moon for the first time when humans visit it again in 2026
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Duckweed, which is the smallest flowering plant on Earth, is usually found forming large “carpets” on the surface of lakes and ponds ...
Nasa’s Artemis to send discs depicting ‘essence of humanity’ to the Moon
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“We are delighted to take Sanctuary to the Moon,” said Joel Kearns, Nasa’s deputy associate administrator for exploration in the agency’s Science ...
Thomas Stafford, astronaut whose space handshake with a Soviet helped thaw the Cold War – obituary
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The two crews were selected and announced two years ahead of the 1975 flight date, the first time Russia had named cosmonauts ...
A new space race has begun. If we don’t act now, it could trigger a war worse than WWII
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For millennia, the Moon has been an object of wondrous speculation: deified as a goddess, hymned in poetry and blamed for madness. ...
Nasa issues warning as asteroid the size of a football pitch approaches Earth
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Most asteroids and comets have orbits that do not bring them very close to Earth, and they are only classed as dangerous ...
Oldest black hole ever seen challenges what we know about their formation
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The oldest black hole ever seen has been detected by Cambridge University astronomers using Nasa’s James Webb telescope. It was created in ...
How Dr Nicola Fox overcame tragedy to send Nasa back to the Moon
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Overall, though, she says it hasn’t been a big issue. “I know I keep saying space is hard, but it is, and ...
Tiny spacecraft could travel through interstellar space to reach nearest star
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Thomas Eubanks, of Space Initiatives Inc, said: “Tiny gram-scale interstellar probes pushed by laser light are likely to be the only technology ...
Private girls’ school helped me flourish in physics, says British Nasa head Dr Nicola Fox
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Nasa’s head of science has said that attending a girls’ private school in Hertfordshire helped her flourish in physics. Dr Nicola Fox ...
