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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 from the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Once there, th...

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 the second run, which took place on April 22. Described by NASA as the “first color image of the Ma...

autoevolution 26 Apr 2021, 19:48 UTC · by We are starting the week with a full Pink Moon that's 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 – it's just one of the two supermoons that we're 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, its nearest approach to Earth. They are the year's largest and brightest such events and have spar...

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 Musk's 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 docking of the Endeavour was completed at 5:22 a.m. EDT on Saturday, while flying 264 miles (425 km...

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 muscular system or the heart) to the mental ones, these side-effects of spending extended periods in...