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Beyond Earth's protective environment, radiation becomes a persistent consideration for human spaceflight. The challe...
Returning an asteroid sample is not the end of a mission's scientific work. Once the material reaches Earth, research...
The altitude of a satellite helps determine what it can see and how it communicates with the ground. That makes orbit ...
An atmosphere around a distant planet cannot usually be studied like air in a laboratory flask. Astronomers instead ex...
Space weather begins with physical processes on the Sun, but its effects can reach the systems used for communication,...
Near the Moon's poles, some crater interiors never receive direct sunlight. These permanently shadowed regions are im...
A satellite's working life is only one part of its presence in orbit. What happens after operations stop can influence...
A Long March-8 Y6 carrier rocket carrying Spacesail satellites blasts off from a commercial spacecraft launch site ...