Growing food in space will rely on innovative agricultural technologies.
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Agricultural technologies to grow food on Mars can help address climate change, sustainability and food scarcity challenges.
Artist’s impression of Starship cruising past the Moon.
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From space agency missions to private space launches, 2023 will be an exciting year in space.
Going to space requires more than just rocket science.
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Spacecraft are just a small part of what it takes for humans to become an interplanetary species. A political science professor explains how there is much more to creating a spacefaring society.
NASA astronaut Winston E. Scott on an EVA in 1996.
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The European Space Agency has recruited the world’s first-ever disabled astronaut. But we’re still a long way from space being accessible to all.
Trail from BlueWalker 3 above Kitt Peak telescope in Arizona.
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The stars, planets and Milky Way we see at night are part of a wilderness shared across the globe and across centuries. But does BlueWalker 3 herald a night sky polluted with bright satellites?
A camera mounted on the tip of one of the Orion capsule’s solar array wings captured this footage of the spacecraft and the Moon
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Artemis-1 is on its way back to Earth, successfully completing its maiden flight.
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The days of freeze-fried astronaut ice cream are long behind us. What will humans eat on Moon colonies in the future? Carefully engineered space gardens could be the answer.
There are fewer women than men astronauts involved in research, training and missions.
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If history is any indication, space exploration will need to contend with and prevent sexual harassment and assault during missions and training.
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Some scientists are keen to send humans to Venus on a flyby.
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Artemis I launch has been ‘scrubbed’ a couple of times now. Why is a launch window so important, and what does scrubbing mean, anyway?
SpaceX
Everyone celebrates the feats of engineering that go into space exploration – but without chemistry, astronauts wouldn’t even be able to breathe.
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Lunar mining and geopolitical squabbles are set to play key roles in humanity’s return to the Moon.
Artist’s concept of an Artemis astronaut picking up lunar dust.
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Why is humanity going back to the Moon after 50 years? Because we can, and we should.
Artemis-1 on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Centre.
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Will humans be back on the Moon by 2025? It depends on how well the imminent launch of Artemis-1 goes.
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In the void of interstellar space, the most distant emissary of humankind carries a message that will last for billions of years.
Space exploration is becoming a more feasible reality, prompting a need for international cooperation.
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A new publication clarifies how existing legal frameworks apply to space exploration and development. The McGill Manual also highlights the catastrophic implications of conflict in space.
Satellite imagery monitors environmental changes to inform agricultural decisions. Agricultural patterns are distinctly visible in this near-vertical false colour infrared photography of farmland south of Khartoum, Sudan.
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Technologies being developed for growing food in space have contributed to advances in agriculture and crops on Earth.
Realistic colour view of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
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There may be life on Jupiter’s moon Europa or Saturn moon’s Enceladus.
Harvest Moon - October 1 2020.
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Take note, future colonisers: you may be able to grow stuff in certain places on the Moon.
The crew consisting of pilot Larry Connor of the United States, commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, and mission specialists Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe from Canada and Israel.
Axiom Space
If the mission goes well, private company Axiom Space will move on to building a space station.