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Four drones will go where no astronaut have landed--yet

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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.


Nasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base

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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.


Why airplane toilets are tiny engineering marvels

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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. There's more to airplane toilets than meets the eye. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. But that incredibly loud sucking sound is actually something of an engineering marvel. In this episode of Ask Us Anything by, we get into all the smelly details of how airplane toilets actually work. Ask Us Anything answers your most outlandish, mind-burning questions--from the everyday things you've always wondered to the bizarre things you never thought to ask. So, yes, there's a reason we can't remember being babies and no, not all cats hate water .


'Mars' is 2025's most popular planet baby name

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Science Space Solar System'Mars' is 2025's most popular planet baby name Thankfully, no one named their kid Uranus. 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. In 2025, 65 babies were named'Moon' and 101 got the name'Star.' Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. "Mars, can you please clean up your Legos?" "Jupiter, finish your peas." "Don't pull the cat's tail, Mercury!"


NASA needs your help spotting meteors hitting the moon

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Don't let the Artemis II astronauts have all the fun. 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. The moon is bombarded by meteoroids the size of ping-pong balls every day. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Establishing a long-term human presence on the moon is a daunting challenge.


Watch the Artemis II astronauts have fun with bubbles

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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. The Artemis II crew saw first-hand how water behaves a bit differently in zero-G. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. While space exploration is serious and sometimes dangerous scientific work, that does not mean that there is no room for fun. Something as mundane as a little ball of water can be supremely entertaining.


From crying to dentistry: 6 odd skills astronauts need to go to space

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Everything is more complicated in space, from toilet vacuums to tech support. 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. The Artemis II crew--(clockwise from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover--pause for a group photo with their zero gravity indicator "Rise," inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home on April 7, 2026. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. When the four-person Artemis II crew safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, they landed with a deeper understanding of what it will take to finally bring humans back to the moon.


'Space worms' are en route to the International Space Station

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Studying these nematodes will help scientists plan for a long-term human presence on the moon. 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. The Artemis II astronauts were back on Earth for less than a day before worms took their place in space. The space worms launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 11, aboard NASA's Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission (CRS-24) and are on a journey to the International Space Station (ISS).


Proud Trump praises Artemis II crew's epic journey to far side of the Moon and suggests next 'big trip to Mars' as astronauts describe moment they lost contact with NASA for 40 minutes

Daily Mail - Science & tech

He told Mission Control that they saw'an island of terrain completely surrounded by darkness.' 'Up to the north, there is a very nice double crater. It looks like a snowman just sitting there,' he continued. 'On the southern edge, there is a hole.


NASA astronaut says humanity is 'living a lie' after spending 178 days in space

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Kentucky mother and daughter turn down $26.5MILLION to sell their farms to secretive tech giant that wants to build data center there Horrifying next twist in the Alexander brothers case: MAUREEN CALLAHAN exposes an unthinkable perversion that's been hiding in plain sight Hollywood icon who starred in Psycho after Hitchcock dubbed her'my new Grace Kelly' looks incredible at 95 Kylie Jenner's total humiliation in Hollywood: Derogatory rumor leaves her boyfriend's peers'laughing at her' behind her back Tucker Carlson erupts at Trump adviser as she hurls'SLANDER' claim linking him to synagogue shooting Ben Affleck'scores $600m deal' with Netflix to sell his AI film start-up Long hair over 45 is ageing and try-hard. I've finally cut mine off. Alexander brothers' alleged HIGH SCHOOL rape video: Classmates speak out on sickening footage... as creepy unseen photos are exposed Heartbreaking video shows very elderly DoorDash driver shuffle down customer's driveway with coffee order because he is too poor to retire Amber Valletta, 52, was a '90s Vogue model who made movies with Sandra Bullock and Kate Hudson, see her now Model Cindy Crawford, 60, mocked for her'out of touch' morning routine: 'Nothing about this is normal' NASA astronaut says humanity is'living a lie' after spending 178 days in space A NASA astronaut had a life-changing revelation after spending 178 days on the International Space Station . Ron Garan, who launched on April 4, 2011 and returned home on September 16, 2011, completed nearly 3,000 orbits around Earth, discovering humanity has been'living a lie.' Garan said that while looking out the window of the International Space Station (ISS), he was struck by how differently the world appears from orbit. From space, the planet's fragile life-support systems, its atmosphere, oceans and ecosystems are clearly visible, yet human society treats them as if they exist only to serve the global economy.