NASA
NASA
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Aug 27, 2026
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7 min read
Two Bodies Flew Around the Moon. One Wore a Vest.
Two bodies flew around the Moon on Artemis I and came home. Neither was alive. Both were female. One was wearing a shielding vest and one was not, and the difference between them is now the best evidence we have on keeping people alive in deep space. Here is what the experiment showed, and what it cannot fix.
Space
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Jul 25, 2026
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5 min read
NASA Is Building a Telescope the Size of a City Out of Six Shoeboxes
NASA's SunRISE flies six toaster-oven satellites in tight formation so they behave as one radio telescope kilometres wide, built to map where on the Sun the biggest particle storms are launched, the space weather that can threaten satellites, power grids and astronauts.
Starlab
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Jul 10, 2026
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5 min read
Who Owns Orbit? The ISS Is Retiring, and the Race to Replace It Just Went Private
The ISS is set for a deliberate, fiery end around 2030, and for the first time its replacement will not be a government lab but a privately owned station. Inside the Vast, Axiom and Starlab race, and why it matters even if you never leave Earth.