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Yesterday, China provided some details on the precursor missions that will take place ahead of its crewed lunar landing in 2029, as well as what the program's future may look like using eight supposed Lanyue variants
Details -> china-in-space.com/p/china-d…
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Leaked slide confirms the four-mission progression toward China’s crewed lunar landing:
🚀2027: Maiden flight of Long March 10A carrying Mengzhou CSS cargo resupply mission, to validate the new human-rated vehicle and Mengzhou’s orbital operations in LEO.
🚀2028: First flight of the heavier CZ-10 with an uncrewed Lanyue lander performing a lunar descent and ascent test, exercising the lander’s propulsion and guidance.
🚀🚀2029: Dual CZ-10 launches of Mengzhou and Lanyue for a full-scale lunar-orbit rehearsal, demonstrating rendezvous, docking, and integrated operations.
🚀🚀Before the end of 2030: Dual CZ-10 crewed lunar landing mission.
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On Oct. 31, 1936, a group of Caltech students and enthusiasts began rocket propulsion tests in Arroyo Seco, north of Pasadena, CA.
Their work 90 years ago marked the beginning of @NASAJPL, now a vital part of NASA's exploration of the solar system and beyond. Happy 90th JPL!!
ALT The GALCIT rocketeers taking a break from setting up their experimental rocket motor in Pasadena's Arroyo Seco. Left to right: Rudolph Schott, Apollo M. O. Smith, Frank Malina, Edward Forman, Jack Parsons. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Teams also resolved an unexpected loss of communication with Voyager 1 when the Deep Space Network did not detect the probe’s signal during two scheduled comms passes.
Contact was reestablished on Oct. 20, and the team has maintained communication since then. go.nasa.gov/4is3TLi
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Another successful fix ⏤ after 49 years and 16 billion miles! 🔧
Engineers recently turned off devices on Voyager 1 and substituted them with lower-power alternatives. Nicknamed the “Big Bang,” the energy-saving effort will allow the remaining instruments to operate longer. ½
ALT In a photo from the 1970s, engineers gather around one of the Voyager spacecraft before it was launched.
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To observe our globe whirling by, from atop a perch in the vacuum of space, is to experience beauty and awe and wonder (and vulnerability, too) like never before.
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Mission Success!
GSLV-F18 has successfully placed NVS-03 in the intended orbit.
Congratulations!
Watch live: youtube.com/live/qIiYr3tRSqE
Mission details:
isro.gov.in/Mission_GSLVF18.…
#GSLVF18 #NVS03 #ISRO #NavIC
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Can confirm. It’s always sunny in space. Yesterday, we completed USOS EVA 100 and installed a new solar array on space station. Over 25 years operating in the harshest environment and using the sun’s energy to do it! Here are a few photos taken on the spacewalk.
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Sometime in the future, Kinetica-2 will launch a small lunar lander from commercial firm Starpath to verify systems to softly touch down on the Moon, after performing hyperspectral remote sensing in orbit to look for Helium-3
Details -> china-in-space.com/p/commerc…
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.@Astro_Anil and @Astro_Kutryk completed a spacewalk at 3:08 p.m. EDT today after installing a roll-out solar array for power generation. They will conduct a final power upgrade spacewalk on Thursday, Nov. 5. More... go.nasa.gov/4BzmZbc
ALT NASA astronaut Anil Menon rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm to begin the installation of a roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's port-side truss structure while orbiting 260 miles above Earth.
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Collectively called 2MASX J09133888-1019196, these two galaxies are in the early stages of merging, pulled in by their mutual gravitational attraction.
They're still separated by ~130,000 light-years, and reside in the constellation Hydra: go.nasa.gov/4zjJwHu
ALT The image focuses on two bright galaxies, at and above center, that are in the early stages of merging. More distant galaxies and stars dot the black background of space.
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“We’ve never been in this vantage point in the history of humankind.”
The Artemis II solar eclipse was a lot. In a good way. (54 minutes of totality! That's way longer than we get on Earth.)
Explore more from the mission: go.nasa.gov/Artemis2LunarSci…
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NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and @astro_Pettit test an analog mockup of Astrolab's Crewed Lunar Vehicle, or CLV-1.
Astronauts are crucial to testing the human factors of our rover designs. Incorporating feedback from people with experience in space suits in reduced gravity is invaluable to our engineering teams.
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HiPOD: Glacial and Periglacial Terrains
This image will help define the fine-grained shapes of a glacial terrain just east of a periglacial mantle that appeared in earlier observation.
uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07742…
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #science #NASA
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No matter how scary your Halloween decorations are, it's hard to beat the spiders of Mars. These large radiating mounds, most often seen near the south pole, form when carbon dioxide gas breaks out from beneath the frozen surface. go.nasa.gov/4jGkLQS
ALT branching, white mounds on a dark red surface, that resemble spider legs
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Wheels down at @Spaceport_NM. Spaceship Apeiron is home.
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Welcome home, Spaceship Apeiron.
Our newest spaceship completed its first flight today, from our factory in Mesa to Spaceport America in New Mexico. Details → bit.ly/ApieronArrives
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Meet Spaceship Apeiron. From the Greek for boundless. Named by you → bit.ly/SpaceshipApeiron #NameASpaceship