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Japan unveils world's first wooden satellite! Here’s all you need to know about ‘LignoSat’
Human ingenuity knows no limits. From launching rovers to explore distant planets to capturing blac…
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A Japanese Start-Up Is Testing a Rocket Powered Entirely By Rocket Fuel Created From Cow Dung!
Interstellar Technologies, in collaboration with Air Water, developed this environmentally friendly…
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Meet LignoSat, the world’s first wooden satellite that is set to orbit the Earth by 2024!
Crafted from magnolia wood and resembling a coffee mug in size, this innovative satellite offers nu…
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This animation shows why leap years are necessary. Without them, December would eventually drift into summer.
Leap years are necessary because, without them, December would drift into summer over time. The pur…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Japan's moon probe landed upside-down but somehow it still works
Japan's SLIM probe lost a thruster and landed upside-down on the moon, but it still woke up and sta…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Japan has landed a spacecraft on the moon for the first time, but the mission didn't go exactly according to plan
Japan successfully landed its SLIM spacecraft on the moon but the spacecraft is not generating sola…
Jessica Orwig
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Japan is close to becoming the 3rd nation to land on the moon in the 21st century. The US isn't one of them.
Japan's space agency just inserted its SLIM moon lander into lunar orbit, weeks away from a histori…
Jessica Orwig
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An astronomer at Japan's space agency is making simple animations that reveal the surprising physics of the solar system
As a scientist at both NASA and JAXA, James O'Donoghue has studied the planets. In his free time, h…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A European-Japanese spacecraft snapped the clearest photo of Mercury in 6 years as it flew past the planet
The BepiColombo spacecraft just flew past Mercury - its ultimate destination - for the first time. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Astronauts on the space station held their own Olympics, complete with synchronized air swimming - watch the videos
The "Space Olympics" videos show how creative astronauts get without gravity. Watch for dances, fli…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Japanese spacecraft is about to send a 'treasure box' of asteroid dust plummeting to Earth. Watch the sample return live.
Hayabusa-2 is set to drop bits of asteroid rock down into the Australian outback on Saturday - the …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Japanese company ispace fears its probe crashed into the moon, failing to snag the first private lunar landing
The ispace mission was carrying a rover for the UAE and a robot for Japan's space agency. No privat…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A spacecraft flying by Venus on Wednesday night could confirm recently found signs of alien life
The BepiColumbo spaceship is scheduled to fly by Venus twice on its way to Mercury, first this week…
Susie Neilson
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NASA, Europe and Japan plan to unveil a 'Covid-19 Earth Observation Dashboard'
Washington, June 19 (IANS) NASA has partnered with European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace …
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Jupiter's aurora triggered a planet-wide heat wave, a map animation reveals, solving a mystery that's puzzled scientists
A heat wave on Jupiter helped astronomers solve the planet's "energy crisis" mystery. Watch the vid…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA and SpaceX launch first Native American woman into space. She brought a dream catcher her mother gave her on the mission.
Nicole Mann launched into orbit Wednesday. She brought her mother's dream catcher so she can sleep …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX to launch four astronauts to space station on April 20
SpaceX is targeting April 20 for the launch of the second crew rotation mission for NASA that will …
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Earth gets its first asteroid samples from 300 million kilometres away — and they could hold clues to the origins of life
Earth has known about the existence of asteroids since the 1800s, but it has taken humans more than…
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Honda’s futuristic plans include flying taxis, rockets, and robots that can roam on the moon
Honda has big plans for its futuristic business which includes rockets, robots, renewable energy sy…
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SpaceX has safely landed 4 astronauts in the ocean for NASA, completing the US's longest human spaceflight
The astronauts of Crew-1 were on the International Space Station for six months. They just passed t…