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Space Bread, Zero-Gravity Oven, and Fresh Greens: A Look at NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge
The space agency is running a competition for innovative food technologies that astronauts can pack with them on long duration missions.
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NASA Breaks Record for Fastest Space-to-Ground Data Transfer
A small satellite the size of a tissue box has achieved a tremendous feat, beaming down data from space to Earth at a record-breaking rate, and doing so with laser communications.
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Company Wants to Launch Mission to Resurrect Space Telescope 297 Million Kilometres From Earth
When something drifts off into space, it’s usually done and dusted. A private company, however, is saying not so fast to manmade objects in space. It has plans to revive the legendary space telescope more than two astronomical units, or 297 million km away from Earth.
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There’s a New Plan to Relocate Hubble Space Telescope and Extend Its Lifespan
Like any satellite in Earth orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope is sinking, and it’s been doing so for the past 33 years. A proposed solution from two space startups offers an intriguing strategy for safely boosting Hubble’s orbit, allowing NASA to extend the lifespan of its storied observatory.