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From Across an Ocean of Stars, a Message in a Bottle

20 billion kilometres away, humankind’s loneliest piece of technology sent us a faint signal yesterday. And the message was: I’m still here, I’m still in working order, what would you like me to do? We live in a time when the world is terrified of so much recently unveiled technology. Yet here’s a remnant of […]

NASA Names Woman, Black Astronauts to Artemis II Crew in Lunar First

NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly on what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon in more than 50 years. Christina Koch, 44, an engineer who already holds […]

NASA Awards Firefly Aerospace $112 Million Contract for Far-Side Moon Lander

NASA on Tuesday said it had picked U.S. rocket builder Firefly Aerospace to put a lander on the moon’s far side in 2026, under a nearly $112 million contract. “The commercial lander will deliver two agency payloads, as well as communication and data relay satellite for lunar orbit, which is an ESA (European Space Agency) […]