Space Environment

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NASA Plans First Controlled Fire on the Moon to Test Material Flammability

The sealed-chamber study aims to gather lunar-gravity data that could reshape how crews choose materials and design oxygen-rich habitats.

Qingzhou Prototype Completes In-Orbit Rendezvous Test Toward China Station Resupply

Amazon to Alter Satellite Insertion Plans After SpaceX Safety Complaint to FCC

Simulated Microgravity Disorients Sperm in Lab Tests, Cutting Fertilization Rates

Starlink Tops 10,000 Satellites, Extending SpaceX’s Dominance of Low Earth Orbit

Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Solar Orbit, a First for Humanity

Webb Data Rules Out 2032 Lunar Impact for Asteroid 2024 YR4

Webb Observations Eliminate 2032 Lunar-Impact Risk From Asteroid 2024 YR4

Webb Observations Rule Out 2032 Lunar Strike by Asteroid 2024 YR4

SETI Study Finds Stellar Space Weather May Be Masking Narrowband Technosignatures

Webb Data Rules Out Lunar Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4

Ohio State Team Laser-Prints Moon Soil Simulant Into Durable Parts

NASA Warns 15,000 Medium Near-Earth Asteroids Remain Untracked

ISS Experiment Shows Microbes Extract Metals From Asteroid Rock in Microgravity

NASA Pauses Most Swift Operations to Buy Time for June Reboost

Ariane 6 Four‑Booster Debut Launches 32 Amazon LEO Satellites

17-Year-Old Named India’s Youngest Male Analog Astronaut After 8-Day Lunar Simulation

CERN Test Finds Iron Meteorite Hardens Under Extreme Irradiation, Bolstering Nuclear-Deflection Case

Starlink 5103 Burns Up Over Victoria in Pre‑Dawn Reentry, Astronomers Say

Toxic Martian Salt Unexpectedly Strengthens IISc's Bacteria-Built Space Bricks