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Where will we be in space in 2049? A look at spaceflight over the next 25 years

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July 19, 2024

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Where will we be in space in 2049? A look the next 25 years

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The next quarter-century promises to be action-packed, with humanity taking ever-greater leaps into the final frontier - perhaps all the way to the moon and Mars. Predicting the future is a fool's errand, but let's do so anyway. Here's a look at a few of the big-picture spaceflight trends that seem set to unfold between now and 2049.

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Amazon Prime Day Space Deals

Amazon Prime Day deals 2024: What to expect this year

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This year we've got big discounts on telescopes, cameras, binoculars, Lego, Star Wars gear and more. Get them vbefore they're gone!

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The Launchpad

Artemis backup astronaut Andre Douglas tries on sapcesuit

(NASA/Andre Douglas)

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, recently named backup for the Artemis 2 round-the-moon flight scheduled for 2025, finished a standard spacesuit fit check in the agency's orange outfit. Douglas was named to the mission last month following a career in the U.S. Coast Guard and also the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (APL), where he served on spacecraft missions such as the asteroid-slamming Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2021 and passed his basic training in March 2024. Weeks later, Douglas performed moonwalking simulations using spacesuit prototypes at the San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona.

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Spaceflight

NASA wants fresh ideas for recycling garbage on the moon

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With crewed Artemis launches on the horizon, NASA is searching for sustainable solutions for waste management during long-term missions on the moon.

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Science & Astronomy

Scientists can now forecast El Niño years in advance

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The next El Niño Southern Oscillation can be predicted more than two years in advance, according to a new study that looked at thousands of years of past climate data.

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SpaceX

SpaceX ISS launches are under independent NASA review

(SpaceX)

NASA will perform its own re-authorization of SpaceX's Falcon 9 before the rocket launches its next astronaut crew or cargo mission, the agency confirmed Wednesday (July 17).

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Search for Life

Perseverance rover stumbles upon a dusty little snowman

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU)

On July 13, which is Sol 1208 on Mars, the Perseverance rover's Right Mastcam-Z camera spotted an area with several rock formations during its daily investigation of the Red Planet's surface. It dutifully delivered a photo to Earth. If you look closely, as we did here at Space.com, you might notice that in the bottom left corner of the photo, there's a stack of rocks that resembles a baby snowman!

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Entertainment

Shocking final 'Alien: Romulus' trailer goes for the gore

(20th Century Studios)

Summertime is usually a season where a cool dip in the water is a soothing affair, but after watching this new "Alien: Romulus" final launch trailer that just arrived from 20th Century Studios you might want to rethink sticking your toes into any sort of opaque liquid substance!

Full Story: Space (7/18)