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NASA is Planning a Permanent Moon Base. What Will It Take to Build?

Sep 15, 2022 | Space

The most powerful rocket ever built sits on a launchpad in Florida. Over an intercom, crowds of onlookers listen to the countdown – “4, 3, 2…” – and then the bottom of the rocket begins to rumble. The vibrations first travel through the soles of the watchers’ feet and...

NASA Prepares Return to Lunar Glory with Artemis Test Flight

Aug 25, 2022 | Space

A half century after the end of NASA’s Apollo era, the U.S. space agency’s long-anticipated bid to return astronauts to the moon’s surface remains at least three years away, with much of the necessary hardware still on the drawing board. But NASA aims to take a giant...

ISS Hosts a Surgical Robot in 2024

Aug 24, 2022 | Featured, Robots, Space

A tiny robot known as MIRA will be blasting off to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024 to perform simulated surgical procedures in microgravity. MIRA, or “Miniaturized in vivo Robotic Assistant,” will fly to the International Space...