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ESA tests a rescue system for astronauts on a mission. A 'lunar stretcher' that drives like a caddy and brings an injured man back to the base.

The Curiosity rover has sent data to Earth that seem unequivocal: the presence of methane on Mars, a possible sign of life, is unequivocal.

The data examined by a team from Baylor University in Texas present an oddity: in the observed crater area the gravity should decrease, but increase. The most plausible explanation is that the object responsible for the impact is still there, almost intact below the surface.

Easier to use, less complex, less expensive, lighter: "soft" air robots can be really useful in space exploration.

There are currently 18.000 objects tracked in Earth's orbit, including 2000 satellites. In the next few years the number of objects will double, and the number of satellites will increase tenfold. Telescopes (and our eyes) will no longer understand us.

The amount of ice trapped between layers of underground sand is such that if it melts it could submerge the entire planet. It is an extraordinary discovery.

BioSentinel is one of the 13 projects planned for the Artemis 1 mission scheduled for mid 2020. 47 years after the last launch of living organisms (Apollo 17, which reached the Moon in December 1972).

8 and a half billion euros, collaborations with the West and a detailed plan that has already started and will be completed in record time: in Beijing they are serious.

A robotic spacecraft as big as a house, equipped with 4 different rovers, just to bring up what you need: on subsequent trips, by 2024, the lander will bring the first "colonists" with him.

The gigantic energy of americium and plutonium allows a range of otherwise unreachable space missions: the UK advances rapidly in this direction.