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Plans to beam solar generated electricity wirelessly from space to homes – BBC News

Space bosses are to investigate whether electricity could be beamed wirelessly from space into millions of homes. The European Space Agency will this week likely approve a three-year study to see if having huge solar farms in space could work and be cost effective. The eventual aim is to have giant satellites in orbit, each able to generate the same amount of electricity as a…

Chinese astronaut Deng Qingming fulfils dream of going to space after nearly 25 years

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Chinese astronaut Deng Qingming waited nearly 25 years before finally fulfilling his dream of travelling in space. Deng is part of a three-member crew on the Shenzhou 15, which will lift off on November 29, 2022. He had previously been a backup astronaut for the Shenzhou 9, 10, 11 and 14 missions. Deng and his two…

Italian astronaut goes viral for sharing ancient poem and pictures above China in space

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Female Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has become an online sensation in China after she tweeted a poem written by renowned 4th century Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi. The 45-year-old, who speaks six languages including Chinese, also posted three photos taken from space along with both English and Italian translations of the poem, known as Lan Ting Xu…

China grows rice, other plants in space as part of Tiangong station experiment

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Chinese astronauts, or taikonauts, have been experimenting with growing rice and vegetables in the Tiangong space station. The aim is to study the impact of the space environment on plant development and how to create superior crop varieties in space. The plant samples will be brought back to Earth in December 2022, for scientists to evaluate…

Is the new space race under way? – BBC Newsnight

Decades on from the Apollo missions, the United States is now looking to send astronauts back to the Moon with the new Artemis programme. NASA has scheduled a rocket launch for this month which will release a capsule called ‘Orion’ for an excursion around the Moon. However, America is far from the only nation to have its sights set on the Moon. With potential resources…

‘Incredible’ Jupiter views revealed by James Webb Space Telescope – BBC News

The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope has revealed unprecedented views of Jupiter. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took the pictures of the Solar System’s biggest planet in July. The images show auroras, giant storms, moons and rings surrounding Jupiter in detail that astronomers have described as “incredible”. Viewed as the successor to the famous Hubble telescope, the JWST is expected to be…

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