NASA’s Mars Rovers: Opportunity Rolls, Spirit’s Health in Doubt
Things are busy for NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover. It’s over half-way towards its next exploration site: Endeavor crater. But sistership, Spirit, is the real problem child. First, a status update on the healthy and rolling, rolling, rolling robot – Opportunity. “We...Work Those Mars Muscles!
What every good Mars explorer needs – an exercise plan for the red planet. At the Haughton-Mars Project on Devon Island, High Arctic, researchers there will be using a Made-in-USA handheld exerciser – a unique patented device that has resistance in two directions and...Live Cam! Keep An Eye on Next Mars Robot
NASA’s next robot to explore the Red Planet is undergoing extensive checkout. The Mars Science Laboratory, named Curiosity, can now be viewed on a webcam as engineers and technicians work on the huge rover. The “Curiosity Cam” is mounted in the viewing gallery of the...Saturn’s Moon, Rhea – Thin Atmosphere Detected
It is the first time a spacecraft has captured direct evidence of an oxygen atmosphere at a world other than Earth. The flyby measurements of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft at Saturn’s moon Rhea reveal a tenuous oxygen-carbon dioxide atmosphere. The NASA-led...Space Station Astronauts Make Thanksgiving Day Return to Earth
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia, descended safely into northern Kazakhstan on Thanksgiving night, ending their 5 1/2 month mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz capsule...Congressional Think Tank Questions Wisdom of Interagency collaborations on Space, Earth Science Projects
Traditional collaborations between U. S. federal agencies on space and Earth science projects can lead to increased rather than lower costs, the National Research Council concludes in a new report. The Congressionally-chartered think tank urged the White House and...Students Quiz Space Station Astronauts
Three U. S. members of the International Space Station crew raved about the beauty of the Earth and discussed the risks associated with their work on Tuesday, as they fielded questions about life aboard the orbiting laboratory from students who attend two Washington...Back to the Moon: Human and Robot Partnership Charted
Industry space planners are scoping out next steps beyond low Earth orbit – but with a trajectory twist: Exploring the Moon’s hidden farside from the L2 Lagrange Point. Stationed in that L2 slot a piloted spacecraft would be synchronized with the Moon in its orbit...IAA Urges Wider International Cooperation in the Exploration of Space
The human exploration of Mars figures prominently in a new declaration from 30 nations supporting global cooperation in the future exploration and uses of space, under the banner of the half-century old International Academy of Astronautics. At a Washington summit on...Space Talk
The universe keeps getting stranger. 🌌
Scientists continue to discover planets, stars and cosmic phenomena that challenge what we thought we knew.
Every new discovery is another reminder: we’ve explored only a tiny fraction of what’s out there.
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How NASA Touches the Sun Without Melting #nasa NASA’s Parker Solar Probe travels faster than any human-made object in history — diving directly into the Sun’s corona at nearly 430,000 MPH. Its secret? A 4-inch-thick carbon-composite heat shield capable of surviving temperatures
A giant decagon has appeared at Saturn’s south pole.
Saturn’s famous northern hexagon has lasted for decades. Now scientists may be watching a southern counterpart emerge in real time. #Astronomy #Space
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If we find life beyond Earth, how will nations respond? https://buff.ly/skTHLQx
In this interesting post @earthskyscience a group of experts say there are three possibilities: cooperation, competition and isolation.
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