The increasing number of satellites and orbital debris has made space congestion a critical issue, threatening satellite safety and sustainability. Challenges such as collision avoidance, station-keeping, and orbital maneuvering require advanced techniques to handle dynamic uncertainties and multi-agent interactions. Reinforcement learning (RL) has shown promise in this domain, enabling adaptive, autonomous policies for space operations; however, many existing RL frameworks rely on custom-built environments developed from scratch, which often use simplified models and require significant time to implement and validate the orbital dynamics, limiting their ability to fully capture real-world complexities. To address this, we introduce OrbitZoo, a versatile multi-agent RL environment built on a highfidelity industry standard library, that enables realistic data generation, supports scenarios like collision avoidance and cooperative maneuvers, and ensures robust and accurate orbital dynamics. The environment is validated against various real satellite constellations, including Starlink, achieving a Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 0.16% compared to real-world data. This validation ensures reliability for generating high-fidelity simulations and enabling autonomous and independent satellite operations. This project is open source1 and has a dedicated project page2.

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Nasa has named the Artemis III crew - what is their mission? Nasa has named the four astronauts for its Artemis III mission, due to launch in 2027. They will not land on the Moon, but will fly to low Earth orbit where they will dock with prototype lunar landers in a rehearsal for the landing to come. The 2028 Artemis IV mission is scheduled to put American astronauts on the Moon for the first time since 1972. What will the Artemis III mission do?

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will serve as the mission's pilot. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano poses for his official portrait in a U.S. spacesuit at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Urgent recall for 1.1m vehicles over fears they could spontaneously CATCH FIRE even when parked Disgraceful texts'hot' teacher sent boy, 17, who she had illegal sex with where she moaned about her HUSBAND Everyone always said I cleared my throat a lot. But then I developed shoulder pain and doctors discovered the sinister cause... the world's deadliest cancer. Don't leave it too late like I did Leaked transcript of UNAIRED 60 Minutes interview exposes REAL reason'callous' CBS star Scott Pelley'deserved to be fired' Karmelo Anthony's parents seen leaving the courtroom in tears just before son's defense team pulls shock move'Great' mom, 32, tried to gas herself and her three young kids to death after inviting them to'popcorn sleepover' in car, prosecutors allege The porn-fuelled fantasy middle-class husbands are desperate to try with their wives... and it almost always ends in divorce: JANA HOCKING Medical student, 24, died by suicide in his white coat a day after he was suspended for alleged'inappropriate' behavior towards female patient, lawsuit alleges, as his heartbreaking goodbye note to parents is revealed Furious dad films his partner in bed with his 19-year-old son: You've seen the viral video - now all three tell the Daily Mail what REALLY happened in the scandal gripping Australia Gaming influencer Alex Cimo dies'very suddenly' aged 32 just a month after'refusing to accept his fate' Mother's final words before she was shot dead'by new husband' in front of her two young children All the backstage gossip from Miami Swim Week: Insider exposes'catty' VIP's diva demands... STEALING... and'morbidly embarrassing' celeb moment everyone is whispering about Grim-faced former Louisiana mayor Misty Roberts arrives in court for sentencing after being found guilty of having sex with son's teenage friend READ MORE: Inside NASA's $1 BILLION plan to destroy the ISS Just months after the success of Artemis II, NASA is poised to reveal its next generation of daring astronauts. At 11:00 EST (16:00 GMT) tomorrow, the space agency will reveal the four astronauts flying aboard Artemis III. In 2027, this mission will see the crew fly into low Earth orbit to see how NASA's new lunar landers dock with the Orion spacecraft used during Artemis II.

The agency is calling for poets, songwriters, and more who are inspired by space. And the'moon joy' will keep on rolling. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

NASA's MoonFall mission plans to send drones to the moon's South Pole sometime in 2028. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . As NASA looks ahead towards Artemis III in mid-2027, the agency is sharing new details on several projects, including a future permanent moon base and a drone mission called MoonFall.

The project's first mission could arrive as soon as this year, with a little help from Blue Origin. NASA's concept for a lunar base that it plans to build over the next few years. NASA finally presented the details of its phased plan to create the first lunar base at the moon's south pole. Although the construction of a space research center that will allow a sustained human presence will take at least a decade, the missions that will lay its technological and symbolic foundations will start in the next few years. Among them is the test of Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance lander, scheduled for the end of 2026.

Nasa has released details of robotic landers, hopping drones and vehicles it aims to send to the Moon as part of US plans to build a lunar base. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin is one of several companies picked to build the machines. The US wants to land Americans back on the Moon before President Donald Trump leaves office in 2028. But Nasa is competing with China to return humans to the lunar surface, meaning the space agency is under pressure to appear to be winning the new space race. China is forging ahead with its own plans to land humans on the Moon by 2030.