Switching off is one of the best things to do during interstellar travel. We find out why
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Virgin Galactic inaugurated its ‘Gateway to Space’ by flying ‘Eve’ over Spaceport America
VMS Eve flew from its refurbished home base for the first time on 15 August 2019
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NASA must pick one of two missions to study the space around Sun
These two mission concepts would study the Sun’s influence on interplanetary study using SmallSat technologies
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How SpaceX’s Starship will help establish a Mars base
SpaceX’s Mars plans focus on interplanetary transportation, not building human habitats
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Nuclear reactor for Mars outpost could be ready to fly by 2022
The Kilopower fission reactor could potentially power any future human habitation on another world
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Space radiation will damage Mars astronauts’ brains
It’s probably not a showstopper, though
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LightSail 2 has successfully proven that sunlight can power propulsion
This demonstration is the first time ever that a spacecraft has used solar sailing for propulsion in Earth orbit
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Bringing pieces of Mars to Earth in 2031: How NASA and Europe plan to do it
The Red Planet bits will be here by 2031, if all goes according to plan
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TESS Update: Spacecraft discovers planet ‘missing from our Solar System’
Launched in 2018, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has found three new worlds around a neighbouring star
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Mars 2020: NASA begins fuelling Red Planet’s next rover
The generator will power the rover and help keep it warm while exploring the Martian surface
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Toyota, Japan to launch huge Moon rover for astronauts in 2029
The pressurised vehicle could help astronauts scout for resources such as water ice
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China eyes robotic outpost at the Moon’s south pole in late 2020s
The prototype research station will likely be built at the south pole
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NASA and ESA team up once again to create the third European Service Module
This third module will provide astronauts with air, water, electricity and more for when they reach the lunar surface in 2024
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SpaceX to let its ‘Starhopper’ Starship prototype off its leash soon
Starhopper is expected to get about 65 feet off the ground
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WATCH IN REAL-TIME: The launch of Apollo 11
Fifty years ago, we landed on the Moon – now you can relive NASA’s historic mission as it happened
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“Apollo 11′s manned lunar landing was almost cancelled,” says Aldrin
The second man on the Moon reveals how Apollo 12, not Apollo 11, could have been the first manned lunar landing
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Speedy assembling: Astronomers are hastily creating instruments for 2021 lunar landing
University of California, Berkeley, are working in a hurry as NASA expects several lunar instruments to be ready in just two years
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NASA’s next highly-anticipated observatory passes important instrument review
NASA’s WFIRST mission will succeed the Spitzer Space Telescope as the organisation’s infrared eye in the sky
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NASA selects PUNCH mission to image the Sun’s outer atmosphere
Studying the Sun’s corona will help understand erratic solar behaviour that could potentially harm Earth
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Is it possible for a spacecraft to be self-sustaining?
A craft with this ability would need to rely on plant life being able to flourish in space