Tag: Mars Missions
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Blue Origin Launches New Glenn with Twin NASA Mars-bound Spacecraft
Overview: A Bold Step Toward Mars In a highly anticipated mission, Blue Origin successfully launched its massive New Glenn rocket, carrying a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars. The flight marks a significant milestone for both the private space company and the agency as they push toward deeper space exploration and the long-sought goal…
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New Exosuit with Artificial Muscles Aims to Revolutionize Space Walks
New Exosuit with Artificial Muscles Could Change Space Exploration Generations of astronauts have described the challenge of moving inside a pressurized suit. The very protection that keeps them alive — pressurization — also creates resistance that can sap strength and slow deliberate movement. A new exosuit, tested during a two-week space analog mission in Australia,…
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Europe Eyes Space Food from Thin Air and Astronaut Urine
Europe’s Next Leap: Turning Air and Waste into Space Food As European space initiatives push toward sustained lunar outposts and eventual Mars missions, one stubborn obstacle remains: what to feed astronauts on long-duration trips. The answer may lie in turning everyday inputs—air components and even urine—into nourishing meals through advanced recycling and food-production technologies. Recycling…
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Could Martian Ice Be a Freeze-Dried Time Capsule for Life?
Introduction: A Potential Time Capsule on the Red Planet If life ever existed on Mars, traces of it might still lie buried in the planet’s icy depths. A new study from NASA and Pennsylvania State University suggests fragments of biomolecules from ancient microbes could survive in Martian ice for tens of millions of years, creating…
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SpaceX Fires Starship Again: A Test of Reusable Design and Future Moon Missions
SpaceX advances Starship with eleventh test flight Elon Musk’s SpaceX conducted another high-stakes test of its Starship program, launching the eleventh Starship rocket from SpaceX’s Starbase site in Texas. The mission was designed to push the vehicle’s reusable design closer to operational reality for satellite deployments and, eventually, crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.…
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SpaceX Advances Starship Reusability with eleventh Test Flight from Starbase
Overview of the Mission SpaceX conducted its eleventh Starship launch from the company’s Starbase facility in Texas on Monday, October 13, 2025. The test flight is part of an ongoing program to demonstrate the reusable design of Starship, a two-stage vehicle built for satellite deployments and future crewed missions to the Moon and Mars. The…
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SpaceX Starship Reusable Design: Eleventh Test Flight Highlights
Overview of SpaceX’s Eleventh Starship Flight SpaceX has carried out its eleventh test flight of the Starship system from the company’s Starbase facility in Texas. The mission aimed to validate the vehicle’s total-reusability concept by sending the Starship upper stage into orbit while the Super Heavy booster conducted a controlled return and water landing in…
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SpaceX Launches Eleventh Starship to Test Reusable Design and Future Moon-Mars Missions
SpaceX Fires Up Eleventh Starship Amid Reusable-Design Tests SpaceX launched its eleventh Starship rocket from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas on Monday, October 13, 2025, carrying a bold promise: to push the boundaries of a fully reusable spacecraft capable of lofting satellites and, eventually, carrying humans to the Moon and Mars. The mission marked another…
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SpaceX Starship Flight 11: Live Launch on Oct 13
Overview: SpaceX Targeting Starship Flight 11 SpaceX is preparing to lift off Flight 11 of its Starship megarocket on Monday, October 13, from SpaceX’s Starbase in South Texas. The 11th flight of this ambitious vehicle is expected within a 75‑minute window opening at 7:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (23:15 GMT). Viewers can watch the action…
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Starship Flight 11: A Recap of the First 10 Flights and What to Expect next
Overview: Starship Flight 11 on the Horizon The next major milestone for SpaceX’s Starship program is Flight 11, with a launch window opening at 7:15 p.m. ET on Monday, Oct. 13. This flight marks the fifth Starship test of 2025 and comes after a busy history of 10 prior launch attempts that showcased both breakthroughs…