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Sierra Space Built an Inflatable Space Module the Size of a House, Then Blew It Up
You can’t fly an inflatable module to space without bursting a few on Earth. Sierra Space watched its giant, 20-foot-tall space station module explode in dramatic fashion, but the company wasn’t too stressed about it. In fact, it marked a successful test on the road to building the first commercial space station in low Earth…
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Lunar Satellite Shoots Lasers to a Moon Lander for the First Time
NASA’s diligent lunar orbiter transmitted a laser beam to a dome-shaped aluminium device the size of a billiard ball on India’s Vikram lander, pinging its location on the Moon. This laser-enabled technique could one day help NASA astronauts find their way on the lunar surface. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) pointed its laser altimeter instrument,…
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Boulders Covered in Weird Dust Found on the Moon
Dark rocks spotted on the Moon could be magnetised, according to new research.
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Rare Baby Pygmy Hippo Stars in Zoo Photoshoot
A zoo in the Czech Republic is so excited about its newest arrival that it arranged a special photoshoot. Meet Mikolas the pygmy hippo, born December 1 at Dvur Kralove Zoo. Pygmy hippopotamuses are endangered, and little Mikolas is a boon to conservation efforts, the Associated Press reports. The relatively tiny herbivore is now the…