#space-exploration

वर्षानुवर्षांच्या विलंबांनंतर, भागीदारीतील बदलांनंतर आणि भू-राजकीय उलथापालथीनंतर, युरोपच्या पहिल्या मंगळ रोव्हर मोहिमेसाठी आता निश्चित प्रक्षेपण वाहन मिळाले आहे: SpaceX चे Falcon Heavy, ज्याचे उड्डाण 2028 च्या उत्तरार्धात लक्ष्य केले आहे.

Researchers at the University of Southern California report a memristor that operated reliably at 700 degrees Celsius, a result that could reshape electronics for Venus missions and other extreme environments.

Jeff VanderMeer’s new story in MIT Technology Review imagines stranded explorers traversing a hostile planet linked by immense paths between 13 heated domes. The result is a tense meditation on survival, contact, and the

NASA has published the first official moon-flyby images from Artemis II, including a rare in-space solar eclipse and views of terrain on the lunar far side as the crew returns to Earth.

NASA’s Artemis 2 crew completed a lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, circling behind the moon, witnessing a total solar eclipse from beyond it, and traveling farther from Earth than any humans before them.

आर्टेमिस II मिशन स्पेशालिस्ट जेरेमी हॅन्सन चंद्राभोवती उड्डाण करणारे पहिले कॅनेडियन ठरणार आहेत, ज्यामुळे तांत्रिक, धोरणात्मक आणि अंतराळवीर-प्रशिक्षणाच्या वर्षानुवर्षांच्या कामाचा दीर्घ प्रतीक्षेनंतर शेवट होईल.

NASA Artemis II साठी तयारी पूर्ण करत असताना — Apollo नंतर कमी पृथ्वी कक्षेच्या बाहेर पहिला माणूस मिशन — एजेंसी 'Project Hail Mary' च्या प्रकाशनात हॉलिवूडशी जोडली जाते, ज्याला NASA शास्त्रज्ञांनी आकार दिला आणि ISS क्रूने कक्षामध्ये स्क्रीन केले.

शंभर वर्षांपूर्वी आज, Robert Goddard यांनी Massachusetts च्या एका शेतात जगाचा पहिला यशस्वी liquid-fueled rocket सोडला, जो फक्त 2.5 सेकंदात उड्डाण दिले आणि सभ्यतेच्या मार्गात बदल आणला.

Scientists analyzing dust samples returned from asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa-2 mission have uncovered a 4.6-billion-year magnetic record that reveals conditions in the earliest days of the solar system.

NASA's Juno spacecraft discovers that auroras on Jupiter's moon Ganymede splinter into bright patches mirroring Earth's northern lights.

Hollywood has painted a romanticized picture of life on the Red Planet, from Matt Damon growing potatoes to Arnold Schwarzenegger surviving the Martian surface. But experts say the real challenges of off-world living are far more daunting and far less cinematic than anything science fiction has prepared us for.

Scientists have created the first three-dimensional map of Uranus's upper atmosphere using the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing how the planet's bizarre tilted magnetic field creates complex auroral patterns and drives atmospheric cooling. The 15-hour observation session captured faint molecular emissions up to 5,000 kilometers above the clouds.

NASA will attempt to fuel its Artemis 2 Space Launch System rocket for the second time on February 19, after a hydrogen leak during the first wet dress rehearsal forced the agency to wave off a February launch window. If the test succeeds, a crewed lunar mission could launch as early as March.

A hydrogen fuel leak during the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal has pushed the crewed Moon mission from February to March 2026, as technicians replace seals on the mobile launcher.

A new strategic analysis outlines three pathways for deploying fission reactors on the Moon and Mars, arguing that nuclear power is the only viable option for sustained human presence beyond Earth.

Germany committed 78 million euros to a new space exploration control center, reinforcing its role in lunar and deep-space human missions.