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NASA's Mega Moon Rocket, Spacecraft Complete First Roll to Launch Pad
NASA Breaking news - 18 Mar 2022 14:28Everything we know about Moon Knight: release date, where to stream, cast, and trailers
SPACE.com - 18 Mar 2022 13:57
With his Disney Plus debut just around the corner, this is everything we know about Moon Knight, the latest addition to the MCU.
Strange dwarf planet Ceres may have formed at the icy edges of the solar system
SPACE.com - 18 Mar 2022 12:14
Ceres is the most dominant member of the asteroid belt but it doesn't look like the other asteroids.
ESA weighs options for replacing Soyuz launches
Space News - 18 Mar 2022 04:37
The European Space Agency is looking at options for launching missions that were to fly on Russia's Soyuz rocket, including both non-European rockets and early use of the Ariane 6. The post ESA weighs options for replaci...
3 Russian cosmonauts arrive at International Space Station
Phys.org - 18 Mar 2022 23:26
A trio of Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, the first new faces in space since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine.
Chris Hadfield Drives in the Desert With a new Lunar Rover Prototype
Universe Today - 18 Mar 2022 22:22
As the Apollo astronauts found out, mobility is everything. Apollo's Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) - sometimes called the Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy - completely changed how the astronauts could explore the lunar surface. Ha...
The Building Blocks of Earth Could Have Come From Farther out in the Solar System
Universe Today - 18 Mar 2022 22:01
Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago via accretion. Earth’s building blocks were chunks of rock of varying sizes. From dust to planetesimals and everything in between. Many of those chunks of rock were carbonaceous ...
Another startup joins race to provide high-speed lunar communications
Space News - 18 Mar 2022 21:44
Aquarian Space said March 17 it has raised seed funding to deploy a high-speed communications network for the moon to meet anticipated demand from government and commercial lunar missions. The post Another startup joins ...
3 Russian cosmonauts arrive at space station after 3.5-hour orbital chase (video)
SPACE.com - 18 Mar 2022 21:42
Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station today (March 18), wrapping up a brief orbital chase.
Perseverance rover hightails it to Martian delta
Phys.org - 18 Mar 2022 21:04
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before it--and it's doing so using artificial intelligence. On the path ahead are sandpits, craters, and fields of sharp ro...
2 SpaceX astronaut launches to the space station delayed by a few days
SPACE.com - 18 Mar 2022 20:26
We'll have to wait a little longer to see SpaceX's next two astronaut missions take flight.
Europe's Mars rover now unlikely to launch before 2026 after Russia's war on Ukraine
SPACE.com - 18 Mar 2022 20:19
The European ExoMars rover is unlikely to launch before 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) admitted, as it ponders ways forward for the beleaguered mission.
Russian trio blast off for ISS in shadow of Ukraine war
Phys.org - 18 Mar 2022 19:38
Three Russian cosmonauts blasted off to the International Space Station Friday, as Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine brought the Kremlin's relations with the West to their lowest point since the Soviet era.
NASA Space Station Update 18 March, 2022 - Trio of Russian Cosmonauts Launch to the ISS
SpaceRef - 18 Mar 2022 19:16
Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov are safely in orbit on the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft after launching at 11:55 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (8:55 p.m. Baikonur tim...
NASA Space Station Status Report 17 March, 2022 - Three New Cosmonauts Expected Friday
SpaceRef - 18 Mar 2022 19:10
A new trio awaits its launch to join the Expedition 66 crew on Friday while two astronauts are preparing for next week's spacewalk....
Earth from Space - Lake Nasser, Egypt
SpaceRef - 18 Mar 2022 19:08
Part of Lake Nasser, one of the largest artificial lakes in the world, is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission....
Soyuz launches to space station with first all-Russian cosmonaut crew in 22 years
SPACE.com - 18 Mar 2022 18:44
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has lifted off for the International Space Station with Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, the first all-Russian career-cosmonaut crew in more than 20 years.
NASA Space Station Status Report 16 March, 2022 - Back to Work for Spacewalkers
SpaceRef - 18 Mar 2022 18:38
The International Space Station is set to welcome three new crewmates who are set to launch on Friday and arrive just over three hours later....
Un-Earthing planetary defense: Studying extraterrestrial bodies could help defend Earth from future impact threats (op-ed)
SPACE.com - 18 Mar 2022 18:18
When the Psyche mission launches this summer, and when the DART spacecraft crashes into the asteroid Dimorphos this fall, be sure to raise a glass to science.
Cupola Moon
ESA - 18 Mar 2022 18:13
Image: New picture, but a familiar face. ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer took this image of Earth's natural satellite, the subject of exciting news this week, from the seven-windowed cupola of the International Space Stati...
There are Deposits of ice at Mercury's Poles too
Universe Today - 18 Mar 2022 18:06
Ice was discovered on Mercury's poles thanks to planetary radar. The post There are Deposits of ice at Mercury's Poles too appeared first on Universe Today.
Saturn shines with Venus and Mars before dawn this month. Here's where and when.
SPACE.com - 18 Mar 2022 17:50
Saturn will join Venus and Mars in the early morning sky this month, and here's how you can catch the trio in action.