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Aug 16, 2018

China will send a rover to the far side of the Moon in December

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

The United States and Russia aren’t the only two nations working hard at realizing their space-faring dreams. China has quickly ramped up its high-flying ambitions in the past couple of decades and late 2018 will mark a real milestone for the country’s space program. The country just announced that it plans on launching a lunar rover to the far side of the Moon in December of this year.

The announcement comes via China’s state-run news agency CCTV, and China seems bullish on the prospect of being the first country to explore the far side of Earth’s moon with a robotic rover.

The mission, named Chang’e 4, follows in the footsteps of its predecessor (you guessed it, Chang’e 3) which saw a rover nicknamed “Jade Rabbit” land on the near side of the Moon back in 2013. That rover ran out of steam in August of 2016, and the model that will be flying to the far side is built largely of backup parts from the Chang’e 3 mission.

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Aug 16, 2018

NASA 60th: What’s Out There

Posted by in categories: innovation, space

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Aug 15, 2018

Can’t get out of bed? NASA picked the perfect songs to wake up its Mars rover

Posted by in categories: energy, space

NASA engineers have crafted a themed playlist to greet their sleeping Opportunity rover on Mars, which lost power in a Martian dust storm in June.

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Aug 15, 2018

India to launch its first manned space mission by 2022

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The country’s space agency plans to send a crew of three on a mission within 40 months.

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Aug 15, 2018

Let’s pray for clear skies 🙏

Posted by in categories: space, transportation

The International Space Station (ISS) will be visible to the naked eye in several areas in the country starting tonight!

According to the NASA website, the space station looks like “an airplane or a very bright star moving across the sky” and moves considerably faster than a typical airplane.

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Aug 14, 2018

Amazing New Brain Map of Every Synapse Points to the Roots of Thinking

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience, space

“There are more synapses in a human brain than there are stars in the galaxy. The brain is the most complex object we know of and understanding its connections at this level is a major step forward in unravelling its mysteries,” said lead author Dr. Seth Grant at the Center for Clinical Brain Sciences.


Imagine a map of every single star in an entire galaxy. A map so detailed that it lays out what each star looks like, what they’re made of, and how each star is connected to another through the grand physical laws of the cosmos.

While we don’t yet have such an astronomical map of the heavens, thanks to a momentous study published last week in Neuron, there is now one for the brain.

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Aug 14, 2018

The iron-nickel asteroid 16 Psyche could supply Earth with metals for several million years at current rate of consumption

Posted by in category: space

Estimated worth: $10 Quintillion. (📷 NASA conception)

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Aug 13, 2018

Indonesian Island Lifted 10 Inches

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Using satellite images of Lombok from the days following the Aug. 5 quake, scientists from NASA and the California Institute of Technology’s joint rapid imaging project made a ground deformation map and measured changes in the island’s surface.

In the northwest of the island near the epicenter, the rupturing faultline lifted the earth by a quarter of a meter. In other places it dropped by 5–15 centimeters (2−6 inches).

NASA said satellite observations can help authorities respond to earthquakes and other natural or manmade disasters.

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Aug 13, 2018

How the Universe Works: Quasars

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The brightest objects in space are powered by the darkest. #foodforthought

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Aug 12, 2018

The Battle for a Star Trek Future: Federation vs. Terran Empire

Posted by in categories: government, space

When I think about our future, I cannot help myself but look upon the fictional universe of Star Trek. Not just because of their unabiding pursuit “to boldly go where no one has gone before,” but equally their philosophical measurement of their day-to-day lives.


As the U.S. government continues to impose xenophobic policies and attempts to militarize space, our future runs the risk of becoming something similar to the tyrannical (albeit fictional) entity known as the Terran Empire.

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