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autoevolution 26 Apr 2021, 14:11 UTC · by Before long, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will launch towards the Moon carrying the Orion capsule. It will probably happen by the end of the year, when the Artemis I mission will take off with no crew on board heading for Earth’s satellite in a dry run that is supposed to validate all the systems astronauts will need. 5 photos An indicator we’re fast approaching the launch date is that NASA began moving the first core stage of the SLS...

autoevolution 26 Apr 2021, 7:13 UTC · by Remember how NASA kept telling us how the Ingenuity helicopter flight over Mars is such a big deal and what it could mean for the future of alien worlds exploration? Well, here’s a taste of that in the world’s first-ever aerial color image of the Red Planet. 1 photo To date, over the course of roughly one week, Ingenuity flew three times on Mars, the last such achievement taking place over the weekend. The image we have here was captured on th...

autoevolution 26 Apr 2021, 19:48 UTC · by We are starting the week with a full Pink Moon thats going to light up the late April night sky. Named after the herb moss pink, known as creeping phlox, moss phlox, or mountain phlox, that grows in America around this time of the year, the Pink Moon is not actually pink – its just one of the two supermoons that were gazing at this year. 1 photo A supermoon is a new or full Moon that appears when the satellite is within 90 percent of perigee, i...

SpaceX Crew-2 Successfully Docks With the ISS 24 Apr 2021, 16:39 UTC · by A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft named Endeavour docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on April 24th, marking the second time Elon Musks company has carried a crew to the ISS. This was also the first time a rocket was reused successfully for a crewed spaceflight. 1 photo The Endeavour was launched on a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket at 5:49 a.m. EDT on Friday 23rd. After almost 24 hours in orbit, the ...

autoevolution 23 Apr 2021, 8:20 UTC · by It has been decided: man is going to space, and he’s going to make sure to colonize at least one planet (Mars) while there. Various governments and companies are working toward expansive space exploration, but the human cost of these missions must not be ignored, overlooked, or underestimated. We already know that space missions impact the astronauts involved in a myriad of ways. From the physical challenges (loss of bone density, changes in the ...

autoevolution 23 Apr 2021, 12:22 UTC · by 1 photo Presently, Earth’s orbit holds only one habitable construction of this kind, the International Space Station. By the end of the decade, though, the Russians are planning to start assembling their own orbital laboratory, the Chinese are eyeing a similar endeavor in the not so distant future, and many private companies are already at work designing what can only be described as space hotels for the world’s rich and adventurous. As far a...

autoevolution 22 Apr 2021, 7:58 UTC · by Remember all those terraforming books you used to read, all those movies you used to watch? Well, at least part of them is no longer science fiction, as for the first time ever, a human-made machine was capable of generating oxygen on another planet. 1 photo It is one of the many tasks the Perseverance rover has to complete on Mars. Aside from launching helicopters and gathering samples for a future mission to bring back to Earth, the rover is als...

autoevolution 22 Apr 2021, 14:58 UTC · by We have been sending stuff to Mars ever since the 1960s, but despite the fact decades have passed since, we don’t have much to show for. Only now that the Perseverance rover and its army of instruments are on-site that we are beginning to make huge steps toward better understanding a planet that may very well become humanity’s second home. 1 photo Estimates are that we’ve covered less than one percent of the Martian surface so far, which pr...

autoevolution April 22 is Earth Day and, if you’re not ditching your ICE car for the day in favor of a bicycle or planting a tree (which, granted, not everyone can or will do), here’s another way you can do your small but important part. Help decide the color of the world’s first wooden satellite. World’s First Wooden Satellite Takes Sustainable Space Exploration to Next Level 22 Apr 2021, 7:08 UTC · by It may sound like a joke, and the companies behind the initiative, UPM Plywood...

Sci-Fi Vehicle Rendering Looks Like a NASA-Branded Remote-Controlled Car 21 Apr 2021, 7:32 UTC · by For humans to safely survey planets and moons before landing on unknown territory, they’ll need to rely on rovers, drones, and other vehicles and trinkets to gather adequate data about the requirements to sustain life. That’s what you see here; a vehicle meant to explore off-world terrains. Ill be honest; I have no idea what this vehicle is used for as the designer makes no mention of ...