Spaceflight
After six months on Mars, NASA’s tiny copter is still flying high
It was only supposed to fly five times. And yet NASA's helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, has completed 12 flights and it isn't ready to retire.
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Given its stunning and unexpected success, the U.S. space agency has extended Ingenuity's mission indefinitely.
University of Nova Gorica part of ESA measurement campaign
Nova Gorica – Researchers from the University of Nova Gorica, from Haze Instruments, and extreme pilot Matevž Lenarčič, will take part in a European Space Agency (ESA) project in Cape Verde later this month. The project aims to study the accuracy of satellite measurements and the use of these measurements in models of the Earth’s atmosphere.
China’s astronauts make spacewalk to upgrade robotic arm
Chinese astronauts edged into space on Aug. 19 to add the finishing touches to a robotic arm on the Tiangong space station.
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The foray, the second spacewalk in two months and relayed on state television, is part of China's heavily promoted space programme which has already seen the nation land a rover on Mars and send probes to the moon.
Shocking video: An Ilyushin Il-112 transport aircraft crashed in Russia (video)
The accident took place during a test flight
Bezos sues NASA over its deal with SpaceX
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin sued the U.S government over NASA's decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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Blue Origin said its lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Friday is "an attempt to remedy the flaws in the acquisition process found in NASA's Human Landing System."
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The Greek-made special armoured fire fighting tanks enter the battle (photos)
No mission is too difficult
Land surface temperatures hit 50°C in Turkey, Cyprus island
Land surface temperatures reached a staggering 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in Turkey and on Cyprus island, a map released on Aug. 3 by the European Space Agency (ESA) showed.
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The ESA shared the map showing sea and land surface temperatures that were captured by Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on Aug. 2.
US Denied Bezos' Protests against Elon Musk Moon Deal with NASA for SpaceX
The US Government denied a protest by Jeff Bezos' private space company, Blue Origin against NASA's decision to award Elon Musk's SpaceX a 2.9-billion-dollar contract to take the next two US astronauts to the moon.
In April, NASA awarded the contract, part of a programme aiming to return astronauts to the moon by 2024, to SpaceX over Blue Origin and Dynetics.
New Russian lab briefly knocks space station out of position
A newly arrived Russian science lab briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position on July 29 when it accidentally fired its thrusters.
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Bulgarian Children Participated in Video Conference with International Space Station
On July 26, Bulgarian children and students talked live with the astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
The initiative was entitled ''Hello Space! Bulgaria calling''.
Some 15 children had the opportunity to ask their questions to two ISS astronauts.