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light_bg_comments">23</span></div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="img_lite_srow img_lite_rt-1b"> <article> <a href="/2024/09/26/nasa_sspicy_otter_starfish/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Starfish Space to tackle orbital junk for NASA with SSPICY Otter</h4> <div class=standfirst>Is this a debris inspection mission or an Ubuntu release?</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="26 Sep 22:00" data-epoch="1727388014">26 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">3</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/26/nasa_astrobee_applications/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>NASA's Astrobees need a new buzz – any ideas for the space-dwelling bots?</h4> <div class=standfirst>Hey <i>Reg</i> readers, what would you do with Honey, Queen, and Bumble?</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="26 Sep 11:33" data-epoch="1727350392">26 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">26</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/25/esa_draco/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>ESA spending €17M on spacecraft just to watch it go up in flames</h4> <div class=standfirst>DRACO will be born to die in the fires of atmospheric re-entry</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="25 Sep 15:33" data-epoch="1727278394">25 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">7</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/25/nasa_ibm_ai_weather/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>NASA, IBM just open sourced an AI climate model so you can fine-tune your own</h4> <div class=standfirst>Prithvi, Prithvi, Prithvi good</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="25 Sep 07:25" data-epoch="1727249105">25 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">23</span></div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="img_lite_srow img_lite_rt-1a"> <article> <a href="/2024/09/25/india_moon_venus_space_station_plan/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>India funds Moon lander, space station module, and Venus orbiter</h4> <div class=standfirst>Wants lunar sample return within three years, Venus launch in 2028, orbiting hab in 2035, boots on Luna five years later</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="25 Sep 05:31" data-epoch="1727242272">25 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">10</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/24/asteroid_zapping_x_ray_pulse/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Scientists demonstrate X-rays as a way to zap asteroids out of Earth's path</h4> <div class=standfirst>Lab-based proof-of-concept shows how radiation creates explosive plumes to deflect menacing space rocks</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="24 Sep 08:33" data-epoch="1727166794">24 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">50</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/24/palletrone/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Look! About chest high! Is it a pallet? Is it a drone? No, it's a Palletrone</h4> <div class=standfirst>And it's here to carry your not-very-heavy stuff</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="24 Sep 06:35" data-epoch="1727159708">24 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">30</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/23/musk_expects_to_launch_five/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Musk dreams of launching five Starships to Mars in two years</h4> <div class=standfirst>Just like robotaxis, actual full self-driving, etc etc in just a few years</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="23 Sep 14:43" data-epoch="1727102591">23 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">90</span></div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="img_lite_srow img_lite_rt-1b"> <article> <a href="/2024/09/23/axiom_space_finances/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Axiom Space puts a brave face on claims of dire finances</h4> <div class=standfirst>Losing money on missions, space station delayed, but 'we will not be deterred'</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="23 Sep 10:28" data-epoch="1727087294">23 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">4</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/21/human_genome_5d_memory_crystal/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Heart of glass: Human genome stored for 'eternity' in 5D memory crystal</h4> <div class=standfirst>Just in case some aliens, say, come along in a billion years and feel like cloning us from extinction</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="21 Sep 13:27" data-epoch="1726925229">21 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">100</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/20/galileo_beido_satellite_launches/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>A huge week for satnav as both China and Europe make generational launches</h4> <div class=standfirst>Upgrades on the way for both, with deep-ocean services and programmable sats on the way</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="20 Sep 06:26" data-epoch="1726813574">20 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">24</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/18/intuitive_machines_lunar_relay/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Intuitive Machines shoots for the Moon with NASA's $4.82B lunar relay jackpot</h4> <div class=standfirst>Surely at least one crew will get there in the next ten years?</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="18 Sep 13:45" data-epoch="1726667112">18 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">3</span></div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="img_lite_srow img_lite_rt-1a"> <article> <a href="/2024/09/17/astro_pi_challenge/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Hey kids, wanna clock the ISS? ESA's Astro Pi challenge runs your code in space</h4> <div class=standfirst>Send astronauts nice pixel art, or try something a little harder</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Sep 19:15" data-epoch="1726600539">17 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">1</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/17/faa_spacex_fine_proposed/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>SpaceX faces $663K FAA fine for Musk's alleged launch impatience</h4> <div class=standfirst>Some good news for Elon – 2,500 planes to be Starlink Wi-Fi ready as United joins the party</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Public Sector</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Sep 17:30" data-epoch="1726594211">17 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">49</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/16/esa_and_neuraspace_space_traffic_contract/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>ESA and Neuraspace ink 2-year deal for Space Traffic wrangling</h4> <div class=standfirst>Multi-million euro package to control satellite swerving and debris dodging</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Sep 11:39" data-epoch="1726486747">16 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">5</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/13/the_europa_clipper_stretches_its/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>The Europa Clipper stretches its wings as launch nears</h4> <div class=standfirst>Solar arrays are massive... but it's the transistors onlookers are really worried about</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="13 Sep 16:15" data-epoch="1726244115">13 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">23</span></div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="img_lite_srow img_lite_rt-1b"> <article> <a href="/2024/09/13/boeing_hit_by_strike_action/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Boeing union workers in US reject contract: 96% vote to strike</h4> <div class=standfirst>Doubtful processes, risky spacecraft, what else could possibly go wrong? Oh...30,000 staff off work</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="13 Sep 12:28" data-epoch="1726230486">13 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">77</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/13/japan_ispace_moonhouse/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Japan to put a small red Swedish house on the Moon</h4> <div class=standfirst>No, you read that right</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="13 Sep 06:00" data-epoch="1726207214">13 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">63</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/12/polaris_dawn_eva/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission completes first commercial spacewalk</h4> <div class=standfirst>More cautious than 1960s efforts, EVA goes off without a hitch</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="12 Sep 13:45" data-epoch="1726148708">12 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">36</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/12/voyager_power_issues/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>NASA engineers play space surgeon in bid to unclog Voyager 1's arteries</h4> <div class=standfirst>'Brilliant' team performs electrical balancing act to keep probe pointed at Earth</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="12 Sep 10:00" data-epoch="1726135210">12 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">56</span></div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="img_lite_srow img_lite_rt-1a"> <article> <a href="/2024/09/11/spacex_starship_red_tape/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>SpaceX blasts being stuck in bureaucratic orbit as Starship approval slips</h4> <div class=standfirst>Toys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="11 Sep 14:15" data-epoch="1726064113">11 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">101</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/11/robot_enters_fukushimas_nuclear_core/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top"> <h4>Robot enters Fukushima's nuclear core to retrieve melted-down remains</h4> <div class=standfirst> <span class="label">Video</span> Trying for 3 grams, only 880 tons to go!</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="11 Sep 05:30" data-epoch="1726032607">11 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">28</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/10/spacex_polaris_dawn_launches/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>SpaceX aims high with Polaris Dawn mission</h4> <div class=standfirst>Altitude record within grasp and in-house spacesuits to be put through their paces</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="10 Sep 11:44" data-epoch="1725968654">10 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">14</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/10/great_pacific_garbage_patch/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top"> <h4>The Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be gone in ten years – for chump change</h4> <div class=standfirst> <span class="label">Video</span> $7.5 billion needed, the kind of cash Apple makes without trying</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="10 Sep 06:33" data-epoch="1725949993">10 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">103</span></div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="img_lite_srow img_lite_rt-1b"> <article> <a href="/2024/09/09/esa_cluster_salsa_farewell/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Cluster II spacecraft reenters and burns up with a nod to its controllers</h4> <div class=standfirst>Salsa's final act: Reminding us it was the humans all along</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="09 Sep 15:15" data-epoch="1725894954">09 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">6</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/09/blue_origin_escapade_launhc_called_off/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin waves bye bye to October 13 ESCAPADE</h4> <div class=standfirst>Mars adventure postponed to 2025. Perhaps</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="09 Sep 12:15" data-epoch="1725884111">09 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">10</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/09/food_dye_skin_transparent/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Scientists find a common food dye can make a live mouse's skin transparent</h4> <div class=standfirst>Do try this one at home, using a chicken breast and a recipe</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="09 Sep 05:03" data-epoch="1725858238">09 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">46</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/07/boeing_starliner_returns/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Boeing's Calamity Capsule returns to Earth without a crew</h4> <div class=standfirst>What now for these pod people?</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="07 Sep 16:36" data-epoch="1725726966">07 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">67</span></div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="img_lite_srow img_lite_rt-1a"> <article> <a href="/2024/09/07/nanobots_brain_aneurysms/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Blood boffins build billions of nanobots to battle brain aneurysms without surgery</h4> <div class=standfirst>Good news for rabbits, maybe great news soon for humans?</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="07 Sep 08:16" data-epoch="1725696970">07 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">34</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/06/esa_metal_3d_printing/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>ESA prints 3D metal shape in space for first time</h4> <div class=standfirst>Tech demo paves way to producing spare parts and tools during missions</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="06 Sep 19:00" data-epoch="1725649209">06 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">15</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/06/nasa_solar_sail_acs3/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>NASA's solar sailing spacecraft is tumbling – but that's part of the plan</h4> <div class=standfirst>Who needs fuel – or even engines – when you could use the sun to push a spacecraft along?</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="06 Sep 04:30" data-epoch="1725597015">06 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">18</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/06/us_rolls_out_new_export/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>US 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