human spaceflight
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Could This—Finally—Be Humanity’s First Permanent Lunar Base?
Thales Alenia Space and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) are embarking on a pioneering venture to construct the first permanent human outpost on the Moon, a critical component of NASA’s Artemis program. NASA’s Gemini and Apollo missions, and the Cold War space race in general, understandably expanded the horizons of science fiction writers, who began…
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Scientists Grow Mouse Embryos in Space for the First Time
As part of the next phase of human spaceflight beyond Earth, one question remains when it comes to the exploration, and possible colonisation, of another world: Can we have babies in space? In a new experiment, mouse embryos were grown on board the International Space Station (ISS) in what is possible indication that humans may…
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Designer Spacesuits: Axiom Space Partners With Prada for Upcoming Lunar Mission Fits
Astronauts travelling to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program will go there in style as Axiom Space taps luxury brand Prada to assist in the design of its spacesuit. On Wednesday, Axiom Space announced its collaboration with Prada to design NASA’s lunar spacesuits for the Artemis 3 mission, which is scheduled to launch…
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New Decadal Survey Spotlights Funding Gap in Promoting Human Life in Space
A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine just dropped, and establishing a sustained human presence off-Earth is on the docket. But NASA’s Division of Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) is underfunded, the survey reports, which could jeopardize humankind’s ability to actually establish such a presence. The 351-page document follows…