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Impact Glass Beads from the Moon Contain Solar Wind-Derived Water, Study Shows

By News Staff March 29, 2023

Scientists from China and the United States have analyzed the impact glass beads from a lunar soil sample returned by China’s Chang’e-5 mission. Asteroid and comet impacts are the major…

StarCrete: Materials Scientists Create Starch-Based Concrete for Extraterrestrial Construction

By Enrico de Lazaro March 17, 2023

The StarCrete is twice as strong as regular concrete and is made from extraterrestrial dust, potato starch, and a pinch of salt. Aled Roberts and Nigel Scrutton used simulated Martian…

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Successfully Lands in Pacific Ocean

By News Staff December 12, 2022

NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s Baja California at 12:40 p.m. ET on December 10, 2022. The splashdown is the final milestone of…

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft is on Its Way to the Moon

By News Staff November 16, 2022

Carrying an uncrewed Orion, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) — the most powerful rocket in the world — lifted off today at 1:47 a.m. EST from at NASA’s Kennedy Space…

Impact Glass Beads from the Moon Contain Solar Wind-Derived Water, Study Shows

StarCrete: Materials Scientists Create Starch-Based Concrete for Extraterrestrial Construction

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Successfully Lands in Pacific Ocean

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft is on Its Way to the Moon

Study: Biological Amino Acids Could Survive in Near-Surface Ices of Europa and Enceladus

Astronomers Propose New Definition of Planet