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Space Debris

CHAPEA Crew Begins Stay Inside NASA’s Mars Habitat for Second Mission Space Debris

CHAPEA Crew Begins Stay Inside NASA’s Mars Habitat for Second Mission

A crew of four research volunteers stepped inside NASA’s CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) habitat on Oct. 19, marking the start of the agency’s second 378-day simulated Mars mission. Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer are living and working inside the roughly 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat…
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November 25, 2025
RIP ‘other ATLAS’: Watch the doomed comet explode into pieces in incredible new images Space Debris

RIP ‘other ATLAS’: Watch the doomed comet explode into pieces in incredible new images

A new animation shows the gradual disintegration of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), which began to break apart on Nov. 13. (Image credit: Michael Jäger) In space, death can be a beautiful thing. That's certainly the case for the recently deceased "other" comet ATLAS, which is slowly breaking apart after meeting…
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November 25, 2025
‘Like a sudden bomb’: See photos from space of Ethiopian volcano erupting for first time in 12,000 years Space Debris

‘Like a sudden bomb’: See photos from space of Ethiopian volcano erupting for first time in 12,000 years

Hayli Gubbi's eruption was captured in satellite images, with the plume reaching 45,000 feet. (Image credit: ©EUMETSAT ) A volcano in Ethiopia erupted for the first time in at least 12,000 years on Sunday, sending a cloud of ash and smoke northeast across the Red Sea. Hayli Gubbi, a volcano…
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November 25, 2025
China launches spacecraft to bring back astronauts left stranded in space by damaged vehicle Space Debris

China launches spacecraft to bring back astronauts left stranded in space by damaged vehicle

China has launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft on an emergency mission to restore a safe return option for astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station after a damaged vessel temporarily left them without a way home. China has launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft in an emergency mission to restore a safe…
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November 25, 2025
BlueBird 6 satellite set for December launch to expand direct mobile connectivity in space Space Debris

BlueBird 6 satellite set for December launch to expand direct mobile connectivity in space

by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 AST SpaceMobile has confirmed BlueBird 6, a U.S. licensed satellite, will launch on December 15 from Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. This satellite represents the company's first next-generation model, featuring a phased array spanning nearly 2,400 square feet, over…
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November 25, 2025