space
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Mario the NASA Satellite Said ‘It’s a Me!’ and Nintendo, Don’t Ruin This for Us
The MARIO CubeSat, or Measurement of Actuator Response and Impedance on Orbit, just pulled off one hell of a Mario impression.
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China Releases Video Simulating Its First Crewed Lunar Landing
China’s crewed lunar program is starting to take shape, with plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030. A new simulation shows what that lunar landing could look like, revealing the next-generation spacecraft and lunar lander that would make the future journey to Earth’s satellite.
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The First Photograph of the Entire Globe: 50 Years On, Blue Marble Still Inspires
December 7 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Blue Marble photograph. The crew of NASA’s Apollo 17 spacecraft – the last manned mission to the Moon – took a photograph of Earth and changed the way we visualised our planet forever. Taken with a Hasselblad film camera, it was the first photograph taken of the…
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NASA Wants Astronauts Working on the Surface of the Moon Before 2030
A NASA scientist has said that astronauts could live and work on the Moon by 2030, as future Moon missions will prepare NASA for Mars.