Since 2010, OTV-7, an uncrewed space plane, has conducted numerous technology experiments on long orbital flights. Most recently, its service module enabled OTV-7 to host additional experiments. Its cargo included a Naval Research Laboratory project to test technology to convert sunlight to electricity and NASA experiments on how long-duration space exposure affects materials and seeds. […]
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NASA’s Space Launch System can propel payloads at up to an incredible 17,500 mph; Voyager probes that have received gravity assist travel even faster. Recently, the Parker Solar Probe became the fastest human-made object when it approached within 4 million miles of the sun’s surface with Venus providing gravity assistance. But how fast exactly was
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Since its debut launch in 2010, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has spent more than 224 days in space – becoming one of the only unmanned spaceplanes used by the Pentagon. As its presence has raised suspicion, including allegations that it’s being used to spy on Chinese space station residents or interfere with satellites in
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