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☆ NASA picks SpaceX to bring home the American astronauts stuck in space. It's the latest blow to Boeing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementBoeing's Starliner spacecraft during NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test in June. A test flight, by nature, is neither safe nor routine. So, the decision to keep Butch and Suni aboard the International Space Station, and bring the Boeing Starliner home un-crewed, is a result of a commitment to safety." Both Boeing and SpaceX have spent a decade working with NASA on their Starliner and Crew Dragon vehicles, respectively. AdvertisementAfter years of delays, technical issues, and rising costs, this Crew Flight Test was the last hurdle Boeing had to clear for NASA to certify Starliner for human spaceflight.

Persons: —, Bill Nelson, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Williams, Wilmore, Nelson, Kelly Ortberg, Wiliams, Starliner —, Joe Raedle, Russ DeLoach, Butch, Suni, Elon, CHANDAN KHANNA, SpaceX would've, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, NASA, Johnson Space Center, Business, Boeing, SpaceX, NASA's Boeing, Space Shuttle Columbia, Ars Technica, Challenger, Columbia, NASA's, Safety, Mission Assurance, Soyuz, ISS Locations: Houston, Boca Chica , Texas

☆ NASA Aims to Restore Space Station Traffic After SpaceX and Boeing Problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But the officials portrayed the orbital traffic jam as a good thing. “It complicates our lives, but in a really good way.”Operations at the space station have been more eventful than usual lately. A new Boeing spacecraft experienced propulsion problems en route to the space station. The astronauts on the station had to shelter for a while after a defunct Russian satellite disintegrated. And the question of when SpaceX could next fly more astronauts emerged after a rocket’s failure in orbit.

Persons: Ken Bowersox Organizations: Space, ”, Boeing, SpaceX Locations: Russian

☆ Scientists unveil prototype spacesuit system that recycles urine as drinking water
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Now, such technology appears to be on the horizon, with scientists unveiling a prototype spacesuit system that turns urine into drinking water. When spending these long periods on spacewalks, astronauts currently wear the familiar white puffy EVA suits, which contain a maximum absorbency garment. Above is a side view of the whole system, worn as a backpack. ‘Dune’ systemTo “promote astronaut wellbeing,” the researchers have designed a novel in-suit urine collection and filtration system, or “Dune” system,” Etlin said. Luca BielskiThe liquid would then enter the filtration system, a two-step apparatus that removes water from urine into a salt solution, with a pump then separating pure water from salt.

Persons: “, Sofia Etlin, Weill Cornell Medical College’s, Karen Morales, ” Etlin, Luca Bielski, Spacesuits, Etlin, Artemis, ” Organizations: CNN, Cornell University, Space Technology, NASA, Collins Aerospace, Weill Cornell Medical, Astronauts Locations: New York, Houston, Mars

☆ Thermonuclear Blasts and New Species: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Colonize Mars
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For more than two decades, Elon Musk has focused SpaceX, his rocket company, on his lifelong goal of reaching Mars. Over the last year, he has also ramped up work on what will happen if he gets there. One team is drawing up plans for small dome habitats, including the materials that could be used to build them. Mr. Musk has volunteered his sperm to help seed a colony, two people familiar with his comments said. The initiatives, which are in their infancy, are a shift toward more concrete planning for life on Mars as Mr. Musk’s timeline has hastened.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: The New York Times, SpaceX Locations: Mars

☆ Elon Musk has reportedly offered his sperm to help colonize Mars. It's unclear if that's possible.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk offered his sperm to seed a settlement on Mars, anonymous sources told The New York Times. Secretive teams at SpaceX are investigating options for a Mars colony, including reproduction, according to the report. It's unclear whether it's possible to have babies on Mars due to high radiation and low gravity. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Two anonymous sources told the Times that Musk had volunteered his sperm.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Elon, Mars, Musk Organizations: New York Times, SpaceX, Service, Times, Business

☆ NASA still expects Boeing's Starliner to return astronauts from ISS, but notes SpaceX backup option
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

With NASA astronauts docked at the International Space Station far longer than planned, the agency's leadership on Wednesday acknowledged potential alternatives to Boeing's Starliner for returning the crew to Earth. Still, the Boeing's spacecraft remains the primary option for returning crew, officials said. Starliner has now been in space 36 days and counting as the agency and Boeing perform additional testing in New Mexico before clearing the spacecraft to return. The mission is the first time Starliner is carrying people, flying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. "[But] there's really been no discussion with sending another Dragon to rescue the Starliner crew," Stich added later.

Persons: Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Neil A, Starliner, Steve Stich, Butch, Suni, Stich –, Stich, " Stich Organizations: NASA, Boeing, Armstrong Operations, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force, SpaceX Locations: Florida, New Mexico, Starliner

☆ Rare purple pigment found in Bronze Age pottery
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CPA Media Pte Ltd/Alamy Stock PhotoAncient Greeks and the Romans considered Tyrian purple, first developed in the Bronze Age, an elite, royal color. But the recipe for the long-lasting pigment, made using Mediterranean sea snails, disappeared with the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Now, researchers have found the precious pigment within pottery fragments containing 3,600-year-old purple dye from a Bronze Age workshop in Kolonna on the Greek island of Aegina. Life for a vulnerable child in the Stone Age would have been difficult because Neanderthals moved from place to place. Meanwhile, the agency has selected SpaceX to design a vehicle that will drag the space station out of orbit at the end of the decade when it ceases operations and plummets into the ocean.

Persons: Jesus Christ, Down, paleoanthropologist Mercedes Conde, Valverde, ” Conde, Trent Sugg, Tracy Dyson, NASA’s OSIRIS, REx, China’s, NASA’s, Mars, Emin Yogurtcuoglu, —, — Wood, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, CPA Media, University of Alcalá, NASA, Collins Aerospace, Boeing, SpaceX, Anadolu Agency, Getty, CNN Space, Science Locations: Byzantine Empire, Kolonna, Aegina, Spain, “, Iceland, Rainier, Washington, Kyrenia

☆ Spacewalk spacesuits are aging rapidly, but NASA just canceled plans for new ones
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The iconic puffy white suits that astronauts have donned for decades as they step outside the International Space Station are rapidly aging — but NASA is now without concrete plans to replace them. Astronauts currently wear spacesuits — called Extravehicular Activity, or EVA, suits — designed more than 40 years ago when conducting spacewalks. Collins Aerospace’s Next-Gen spacesuit, intended for use at the International Space Station, is seen during the design process. NASA plans to retire the space station sometime within the next several years. But Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has only guaranteed its participation through “at least 2028.”

Persons: —, Collins, Trent Sugg, Tracy Dyson, It’s, Jared Isaacman, Elon, ” Organizations: CNN, NASA, Collins Aerospace, RTX Corporation, Raytheon Technologies, SpaceX, International, Polaris, Space Locations: Houston, Russian

☆ NASA tasks SpaceX to build disposal vehicle for International Space Station
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It would latch onto the International Space Station — a nearly 1 million-pound structure roughly the size of a football field — and guide the craft as it plunges out of Earth’s orbit. The federal agency operates the International Space Station alongside Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, which controls a key wing of the station and propulsion modules. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency also play roles in its operations. But the space agency stipulated that it would only require that the vehicle be ready by 2029. In the news release, NASA noted that it is committed to continuing space station operations through 2030.

Persons: Roscosmos, ” Ken Bowersox, Tracy Dyson, “, ” Organizations: CNN, NASA, SpaceX, Space, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, International, ” NASA, Deorbit, Collins Aerospace Locations: Roscosmos, Russian, North Carolina

☆ NASA waves off spacewalk after astronaut suit springs a leak
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

NASA officials called off the spacewalk because of a water leak in the cooling unit of one of the astronauts’ spacesuits. The leak, which affected the suit donned by NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, sprang up just after the suits were transferred to battery power just before they exited the space station. Today's spacewalk with @NASA_Astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt has been cancelled due to a spacesuit cooling unit water leak. The delayed spacewalk is only the latest in a string of setbacks around operations on the International Space Station in recent weeks. The Starliner spacecraft has been on its first crewed test flight to the space station.

Persons: ’, Tracy Dyson, Dyson, Mike Barratt, @NASA_Astronauts Tracy C, XaM0jSDTKp, ” Dyson, Matthew Dominick, It’s Organizations: CNN, NASA, Space

☆ Live updates: Boeing and NASA launch Starliner spacecraft
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Jackie Wattles | Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Boeing’s Starliner sits on the launchpad at sunset, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on Friday, May 31. The entire stack, including the rocket and spacecraft, was rolled back from the launchpad for testing and repairs. Several issues also cropped up during the June 1 launch attempt, which was called with less than four minutes left on the countdown clock prior to liftoff. But moments before liftoff, the ground launch sequencer — the computer that tells the rocket to launch — triggered an automatic hold that prevented the launch. The United Launch Alliance team investigated the issue and replaced the computer over the weekend, and deemed Starliner ready to fly once more.

Persons: Boeing’s Starliner, Joel Kowsky, NASA Starliner, Starliner Organizations: Cape Canaveral Space Force, NASA, Atlas V, V, United Launch Alliance Locations: Florida

☆ Boeing’s Starliner launch: Highly anticipated crewed test flight set for third launch attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Boeing’s Starliner mission will make a third attempt at launching its first crewed flight test Wednesday in a milestone that has been a decade in the making. Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to ride aboard the Starliner capsule on a journey that takes them to the International Space Station. Cory S Huston/NASAIf Starliner successfully lifts off, the astronauts will spend just over 24 hours traveling to the space station. The station’s really designed to be a closed loop.”Now, the urine has to be stored onboard in containers, so Starliner’s anticipated arrival to the space station can’t come soon enough. This mission could be the final major milestone before NASA deems Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft ready for routine operations to deliver astronauts and cargo to the space station.

Persons: CNN —, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Bill Nelson, —, ” Nelson, Williams, Cory S Huston, Starliner, ”, Dana Weigel, Wilmore, Steve Stich, SpaceX —, Lockheed Martin, Tory Bruno, “, it’s, Bruno Organizations: CNN, Atlas, Cape Canaveral Space Force, Veteran NASA, International Space, cumulus, Weather Squadron, NASA, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, NASA’s, Space Station, SpaceX, Atlas V, United Launch Alliance, Boeing, Lockheed Locations: Florida, States, United States

☆ Boeing Starliner launch: How to watch NASA-crewed mission lift off
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Ashley Strickland | Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Boeing’s Starliner is aiming to launch its crewed maiden voyage Saturday, a mission that has been a decade in the making. Boeing Crew Flight Test mission goalsAfter reaching orbit, the Starliner crew capsule carrying Wilmore and Williams will separate from the Atlas V rocket and fire its own engines. Starliner is expected to spend more than 24 hours traveling to the International Space Station, with docking anticipated to occur at 1:50 p.m. A series of delaysYears of development hang-ups, test flight problems and other costly setbacks have slowed Starliner’s path to the launchpad. And that’s why we determined that we could go fly with what we have.”During the launch countdown, mission teams will monitor the leak to see whether it increases.

Persons: CNN —, Mark Burger, SpaceX’s, Bill Nelson, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, —, ” Nelson, Williams, Joe Skipper, Steve Stich, Wilmore, Stich, SpaceX —, ”, Mark Nappi, Starliner, ” Nappi, Nappi, ” Stich, Dana Weigel, ” Weigel, “, Weigel, Mike Fincke, Butch, Suni, CNN’s Deblina Chakraborty Organizations: CNN, Atlas, Cape Canaveral Space Force, 45th Weather Squadron, NASA, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Boeing, Atlas V, International, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, NASA’s, Space Station, Wilmore Locations: Florida, United States

☆ Investing in Space: NASA panel warns astronaut moon plan may be too ambitious
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Moon's surface seen from the Orion spacecraft on flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission. CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. NASA's Artemis moon mission program regularly faces a wide swath of questions – from legislators, auditors, companies and even just the American public – about goals, timeline, cost and more. Call it an Artemis mission! If Orion flying uncrewed around the moon is an Artemis mission, then the first uncrewed HLS landing should be too, because it's arguably just as important to the goal of landing humans back on the moon.

Persons: Artemis, CNBC's Michael Sheetz, it's Organizations: Orion, Aerospace, NASA, Artemis Locations: –

☆ Axiom Launch Shows How Government Astronauts Now Fly Commercial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Kenneth Chang | More About Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A private mission launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Thursday. Unlike on earlier such flights, none of the passengers are wealthy space tourists paying their own way to orbit. The private astronaut mission, Ax-3, is the third for Axiom, which is also developing its own space station and making new spacesuits for NASA. In 2019, NASA opened up its part of the space station to visitors, a reversal from earlier policies. (Russia has hosted a series of space tourists on the International Space Station since 2001.)

Persons: NASA’s Organizations: International, Space, SpaceX, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, NASA Locations: Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Houston, Florida, Russia

☆ NASA delays crewed Artemis moon missions into 2025 as companies navigate challenges
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

NASA is pushing back the schedule for upcoming missions of its flagship Artemis lunar program by about a year as the agency's contractors work to finish technology needed to return U.S. astronauts to the moon's surface. Artemis 2 — with a four-person crew, which NASA announced last spring — was previously planned to launch in November, while Artemis 3 had been targeting December 2025. The pair of missions are set to follow the uncrewed Artemis I mission that flew in 2022. The Artemis program represents a series of missions with escalating goals, aiming to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since the Apollo era. Nelson's comments confirm reporting by CNN and Reuters that NASA would be pushing out the schedule for the program.

Persons: Artemis, Reid Wiseman Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Bill Nelson, —, Lockheed Martin, Elon, Jeff Bezos Organizations: NASA, Artemis, CNN, Reuters, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed, SpaceX, Collins Aerospace, SpaceX's Locations: U.S

☆ ‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times Before
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Manohla Dargis | More About Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This is the 33rd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which continues to expand even as its cultural interest and resonance diminish. “The Marvels” will dominate the box office, of course, at least during its opening weekend, just because it will flood theaters. It’s almost as if the suits at Marvel Studios know it doesn’t matter if their movies are any good. Carol Danvers, a former Air Force pilot who inadvertently picked up her superpowers once upon a time. When she first appears here, she is hanging out with her scene-stealing orange tabby, Goose (played by Tango and Nemo), on her spaceship and doing something important-looking.

Persons: they’ve, Nia DaCosta, Brie Larson, Marvel a.k.a, Carol Danvers, Goose, overextended escapade Organizations: Marvel, Marvel Studios, Air Force, Tango

☆ At age 12, I signed myself up for online astronomy classes under my mom's name. 14 years later I became the first Mexican-born woman to go to space.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican-born woman to go to space in June 2022. She became the first Mexican-born woman to go to space in 2022. I only spoke Spanish to my mom, who still hadn't learned English at that point. I didn't hear back until three years later, but during that time, I completed a space training program where I did training with microgravity, G-force, and pressurized spacesuits. Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesI'd always known that a Mexican-born woman hadn't traveled into space before because I'd been obsessed with this topic for so long.

Persons: Katya Echazarreta, Echazarreta, —, I've, I'd, hadn't, Galileo, Juno, Gerardo Vieyra, José Hernández, Ellen Ochoa, Rodolfo Neri Vela, Fundación, It's Organizations: NASA, Service, UCLA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jet Propulsion, Mars Rover, Humanity, Getty Locations: Mexican, California, Guadalajara, Mexico, Utopia Liberty

☆ Luxury fashion house Prada will be designing NASA's new spacesuits so astronauts can fly in style
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Prada and Axiom Space are collaborating to create NASA's new spacesuits for its 2025 lunar mission. Prada engineers will develop design features and adapt materials to the harsh climate around the moon. NASA revealed in 1974 that spacesuits are costly and that it spent $15 to $20 million on them at the time. AdvertisementAdvertisementItalian luxury fashion house Prada is collaborating with commercial space company Axiom Space to design NASA's new spacesuits for its Artemis III mission in 2025 so astronauts can fly in style, Prada and Axiom Space announced Wednesday. NASA hired Axiom Space in June 2022 to build its latest spacesuits after revealing it had spent $420 million since 2017 trying to develop its own suits.

Persons: Prada, —, Artemis, Michael Suffredini Organizations: NASA, Service, Space, Extravehicular

☆ Prada to Help Design Spacesuits for NASA Moon Mission
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Prada and Axiom Space Collaborate to Design NASA's Lunar Spacesuits
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian luxury group Prada and Texas-based startup Axiom Space will collaborate to design NASA's lunar spacesuits for the Artemis III mission planned for 2025, the two companies said on Wednesday. Prada's engineers will work alongside the Axiom Space systems team throughout the design process, developing solutions for materials and design features to protect astronauts against the challenge of space and the lunar environment, they said in a joint statement. Axiom has a contract with U.S. space agency NASA to develop spacesuits for use on the moon and other space programmes. (Reporting by Elisa Anzolin)

Persons: Artemis, Elisa Anzolin Organizations: MILAN, Prada, U.S, NASA Locations: Texas

☆ Prada and Axiom Space collaborate to design NASA's lunar spacesuits
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Prada signage is seen at their store at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsMILAN, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Italian luxury group Prada (1913.F) and Texas-based startup Axiom Space will collaborate to design NASA's lunar spacesuits for the Artemis III mission planned for 2025, the two companies said on Wednesday. Prada's engineers will work alongside the Axiom Space systems team throughout the design process, developing solutions for materials and design features to protect astronauts against the challenge of space and the lunar environment, they said in a joint statement. Axiom has a contract with U.S. space agency NASA to develop spacesuits for use on the moon and other space programmes. Reporting by Elisa AnzolinOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Artemis, Elisa Anzolin Organizations: Prada, Woodbury, REUTERS, U.S, NASA, Thomson Locations: Central Valley , New York, U.S, Texas

☆ Axiom Space raises $350 mln in round led by Saudi, Korean investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Axiom Space has raised $350 million in a funding round led by Saudi Arabia's Aljazira Capital and Korean healthcare firm Boryung as the startup works with NASA to develop a private space station. Axiom said the round took its total raise so far to $505 million and made it the space startup to receive the second-most funding in 2023, only behind Elon Musk's SpaceX. Axiom, which also has a $1.26 billion contract with the U.S. space agency NASA to develop spacesuits for use on the moon and other space programs, expects the first module of its private space station to launch by 2026. The company has also trained astronauts taken by SpaceX rockets to the International Space Station (ISS) as the once government-dominated space industry in the United States becomes increasingly privatized. Reporting by Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh KuberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Axiom, Arsheeya, Shailesh Organizations: Saudi Arabia's Aljazira, NASA, Elon, SpaceX, International Space, Thomson Locations: United States, Bengaluru

☆ Astronauts are banned from drinking alcohol at work, but this hasn't stopped them sneaking everything from communion wine to cognac into space
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NASA and other space agencies have banned alcohol in space because it can damage equipment. But astronauts have found ways around this and smuggled alcohol onto spacecrafts for decades. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. The space agency has since banned astronauts from drinking 12 hours before they fly. Others would hide alcohol in thick books that were hollowed out by removing the pages inside.

Persons: Daniel G Huot, NASA's, Buzz Aldrin, Aldrin, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Igor Volk Organizations: NASA, Service, NASA's Johnson Space Center, BBC, Guardian, Webster Presbyterian Church, Soyuz, Metro, Russian Locations: Wall, Silicon, Houston, Russia

☆ Massive explosions from the sun pose a radioactive triple threat to the moon, Earth, and Mars
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An explosion from the sun blasted radiation into space, reaching the Earth, Mars, and the moon in 2021. These particles cannot harm humans on Earth, but they may harm people in space, research shows. These are called coronal mass ejections, and a particularly intense one produced particles that hit Mars, Earth, and the moon in October of 2021. That's why his team is in near constant communication with the Space Radiation Analysis group. In the future, similar safeguards could be established on the moon and Mars.

Persons: CMEs, Robert Steenburgh, Steenburgh, NASA We're, That's, they've Organizations: Service, European Space Agencies, NASA, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, International

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