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Atom‑thin circuit could survive 270 years

Atom‑thin circuit could survive 270 years

A team at Fudan University built a molybdenum‑disulfide radio system that survived months in orbit and—based on radiation data and modelling—could last 271 years in high‑radiation…
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NASA Labels Starliner a Type A Mishap

NASA Labels Starliner a Type A Mishap

NASA has formally classified the Boeing CST-100 Starliner incident as a Type A mishap—the agency's most serious category—after helium leaks, multiple thruster failures and culture…
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Fungi Bricks for Moon and Mars

Fungi Bricks for Moon and Mars

UNC Greensboro and Luna Labs, with NASA funding, are testing whether fungal mycelium grown on regolith and recycled waste can be turned into load-bearing, sterilizable 'bricks' fo…
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Full Moon Rises Over Artemis II

Full Moon Rises Over Artemis II

Photographers captured the Snow Moon rising directly behind NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System at Kennedy Space Center on 1 February 2026, producing a precise, symbolic image a…
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Wright Flyer Swatch Heads to the Moon

Wright Flyer Swatch Heads to the Moon

A 1-inch square of muslin from the 1903 Wright Flyer will fly aboard NASA's Artemis II, joining dozens of historic artifacts and scientific samples on the first crewed Orion lunar…
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China Deploys AI Model in Orbit

China Deploys AI Model in Orbit

A Chengdu startup says it has uplinked Alibaba’s Qwen3 large language model to an operational satellite cluster, part of a wider Chinese push to build thousands of AI-enabled sate…
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Artemis II Readies for Moonbound Launch

Artemis II Readies for Moonbound Launch

NASA's Artemis II stack has rolled to Launch Pad 39B and teams at Kennedy Space Center are running final tests ahead of a wet dress rehearsal on Feb. 2 and a targeted launch windo…
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Artemis II Rolls to Launch Pad

Artemis II Rolls to Launch Pad

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft completed a slow, 4-mile rollout to Launch Complex 39B on January 17, 2026, a key step toward the first crewed Artemis l…
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Apollo 13: The Odyssey of Survival

Apollo 13: The Odyssey of Survival

To Celebrate Our Re-Brand and move to the iconic apollothirteen.com domain here is a feature-length look at Apollo Thirteen’s mission, crisis, and survival.
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Nine Ways Space Can Kill You

Nine Ways Space Can Kill You

A scientist's guide to the nine most credible, documented hazards of spaceflight — from vacuum exposure and radiation to fires, debris strikes and psychological collapse — and the…
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Ax-4 Launch Grounded After ISS Leak

Ax-4 Launch Grounded After ISS Leak

Axiom Space's Ax-4 private mission, scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9, was paused after NASA and Roscosmos detected a new pressure signature in the ISS's Russian Zvezda mod…