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OSIRIS-REx Lands Samples of Asteroid Bennu on Earth

The capsule of NASA's Osiris-Rex mission after touching down. Inside are samples of asteroid Bennu collected during the mission. Credit: NASA

Samples of asteroid Bennu, collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, have arrived on Earth after a journey of billions of kilometers

Could James Webb Detect Life on Earth ?

A research team has tested James Webb ‘s capabilities to determine if it could detect traces of life on Earth

ESA assembles Hera spacecraft for DART mission

Propulsion module of ESA's Hera spacecraft, which incorporates the propellant tanks. Credit: ESA

ESA ‘s spacecraft, Hera, is the follow-up to the DART mission that struck the asteroid Dimorphos last year, Didymos’ smaller companion

Issues with the James Webb Space Telescope

Il telescopio spaziale di ultima generazione, James Webb, presenta alcuni problemi ad uno strumento chiamato MIRI

State-of-the-art space telescope, James Webb, is experiencing some issues with an instrument called MIRI

Chandrayaan-3 probe lands on the Moon

Indian probe Chandrayaan-3 landed on the Moon on August 23 at 12:33 GMT near the south pole of our satellite

Russian lander Luna-25 has crashed on the Moon

Impact point of the Luna-25 lander on the surface of the Moon

Russian space agency Roscosmos has announced to the world that the Luna-25 lander has crashed on the surface of the Moon

Hot staging installed on Booster9

Render of the Hot staging device that will enable the separation of the first stage, Booster9, from the second stage, Ship25

To address the issue on April 20th, SpaceX has installed a hot staging to Booster9, which will allow the two stages to separate during flight

Mars Ascent Vehicle, first tests on rocket engines

One of the rocket engines that is part of NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle development program being tested at the Northrop Grumman facility. Credit: NASA

First tests have begun on the engines that will equip the Mars Ascent Vehicle as part of the Mars Sample Return mission

NASA and DARPA will launch a nuclear vehicle in 2026

NASA and DARPA, in a joint statement, have announced the advancement of the launch of the DRACO vehicle, a nuclear-powered spacecraft

EUCLID reveals its stunning first images of the cosmos

The first wide-field views collected by the EUCLID space telescope as a test. On the left, the visible image. On the right, the infrared image. Credit: ESA

The first stunning test images from the ESA’s EUCLID space telescope have thrilled the international scientific community