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Space Exploration

Revolutionary New Space-Diving Suit Will Rival Anything You’ve Ever Seen In The Movies

May 22, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Ron Atkins, a life-long supporter of human space exploration and an ardent advocate of “NewSpace” and Commercial Spaceflight. He curates and maintains “The NewSpace Daily” on Scoop.it Tony Stark has been to a [...]

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The Man Who Sold The Moon … And Other ‘Lunarcy’

April 2, 2013

One man claims to own the moon. Another promises to create effective lunar habitats. And yet another, a former astronaut, paints pictures of its surface. Lunarcy! is a movie that chronicles our obsession with the Moon. It’s currently making the rounds at independent theatres, but before long it will be easy to watch it on cable, [...]

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U.S. To Restart Plutonium Production for Deep Space Exploration

March 20, 2013

The end of NASA’s plutonium shortage may be in sight. On Monday March 18th,  NASA’s planetary science division head Jim Green announced that production of Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) is currently in the test phases leading up to a restart of full scale production. “By the end of the [...]

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Dennis Tito Wants to Send Human Mission to Mars in 2018

February 21, 2013

According to a press release posted on SpaceRef and NASAWatch, Dennis Tito — the first-ever space tourist — is planning to send a human mission to Mars in January 2018 on a round-trip journey lasting 501 days. The trip would be timed to take advantage of the launch ‘window’ when Mars and Earth reach a [...]

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Q & A with Astronaut Jerry Ross, Record-Setting Frequent Space Flyer

February 1, 2013

If there was a frequent flyer program for astronauts, Jerry Ross would be a gold status member. Ross is a veteran of seven space shuttle missions, making him a co-record holder for most spaceflights with fellow former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz, and with nine spacewalks, he has the second most EVAs by a NASA astronaut. [...]

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