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Tiangong-1 Splashes Down in the Pacific Ocean
According to a statement made by the US Air Force, the reentry of the Tiangong-1 was confirmed over the Pacific…
Did You Know That a Satellite Crashes Back to Earth About Once a Week, on Average?
According to the ESA's Space Debris Office, about 100 tonnes of space debris enters our atmosphere every year on average.
Here’s How to Follow the De-Orbit of Tiangong-1, now Estimated to Happen Between March 30 and April 2
All across the world, space agencies and satellite trackers are predicting that China's Tiangong-1 space station will enter Earth's atmosphere…
This Bizarre Image is a 3D Scan of a Cave Network in Spain. This Technology Could be Used to Map Out Lava Tubes on the Moon and Mars
A team that participated in the ESA's Pangaea-X program recently produced the largest 3D image of a cave system in…
Air-Breathing Electric Thruster Could Keep Satellites in Low Earth Orbit for Years
For the first time, team of ESA scientists recently developed and tested an air-breathing electric thruster, which could open the…
Astronomers See A Dead Star Come Back To Life Thanks To A Donor Star
Two stars are caught in a unique relationship. The larger red giant star sheds material which its companion neutron star…
Astronaut Scott Tingle Was Able To Control A Ground-Based Robot… From Space.
The ESA is working on artificially intelligent robots that could be controlled from a distance by astronauts. The pair could…
22 Years Of The Sun From Soho
SOHO is celebrating a huge milestone, and one it was never intended to meet: it has now observed one complete,…
Special Skinsuits Could Help Astronauts Avoid Back Pain When Their Spines Expand In Space
The microgravity in space makes astronauts' spines to elongate, causing back pain. A new SkinSuit being developed by the European…
ESA’s ExoMars has Completed its Aerobraking Maneuvers to Bring it Into a Circular 400 km Orbit Around Mars
In the past few months, the ExoMars orbiter has been conducting aerobraking maneuvers that have brought it steadily closer to…