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07 Jul
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Super Press Release Test

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Even Short Trips to Space can Change an Astronaut’s Biology

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NASA Space Technology Only about 600 people have ever traveled to space. The vast majority of astronauts over the past six decades have been middle-aged men on short-duration missions of fewer than 20 days.Today, with private, commercial and multinational spaceflight providers and flyers entering the market, we are witnessing a new era of human spaceflight. Missions have ranged from minutes, hours and days to months.As humanity looks ahead to returning to the Moon over the coming decade, space exploration missions will be much longer, with many more space travelers and even space tourists. This also means that a wider diversity of people will experience the extreme environment of space – more women and people of different ethnicities, ages and health status.Since people respond differently to the unique stressors and exposures of space, researchers...
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China launches communications satellite on 30th mission of the year (video)
03 Jul
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China launches communications satellite on 30th mission of the year (video)

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NASA Space Technology China just boosted its geostationary communications satellite fleet.A Long March 7A rocket lifted off from the coastal Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island at 7:57 a.m. EDT (1157 GMT, or 7:57 p.m. Beijing time) on June 29. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the country's main space contractor, declared the mission a complete success.The payload, called ChinaSat-3A (Zhongxing-3A), is destined for geostationary orbit22,236 miles (35,785 kilometers) above Earth. It is described briefly as a communication and broadcasting satellite, which will provide voice, data, radio and television transmission services, according to Chinese state media.A Long March 7A rocket launches the ChinaSat-3A satellite on June 29, 2024. (Image credit: CCTV)The satellite was designed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), while the rocket was provided by the...
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