Would you be able to live on Mars for a year? Or, at the very least, could you play along? NASA is looking for four individuals to live in a 1,700-square-foot habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, that was built using a 3D printer to mimic a year on Mars. Applications to […]
Read MoreCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Pizza delivery for 7 people is included in Northrop Grumman’s newest space station. The Cygnus cargo ship of the firm sped away from Virginia’s eastern shore on Tuesday. On Thursday, it is expected to reach the International Space Station. Fresh apples, tomatoes, and kiwis are among the 8,200-pound (3,700-kilogram) shipment’s contents, […]
Read MoreThe dusty, stony Martian terrain, as well as a Chinese Rover and lander flying little national flags, were seen in photographs taken by the rover on the red planet and released on Friday. The four images supplied by the China National Space Administration also show the Zhurong rover’s upper stage and the view from the […]
Read MoreAccording to NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, a piece of space junk smashed into the International Space Station, damaging the orbiting lab’s robotic arm. During a routine inspection on May 12, a puncture in the arm’s protective thermal covering was discovered, but the nearly 60-foot robotic appendage is still operational, according to Canadian Space […]
Read MoreTwo UK cultural organizations have purchased a collection of Professor Stephen Hawking’s personal items and documents, which will serve as a time capsule of his life and work. It is the result of a collaboration between the government, the Science Museum Group, and the Cambridge University Library. The entirety of his office will be conserved […]
Read MoreGeneral Motors and the aerospace firm Lockheed Martin are teaming up to develop a next-generation lunar rover that NASA astronauts could use on future missions to explore the moon, the two companies announced Wednesday. The proposed spacecraft is intended to form part of the businesses’ pitch for a contract under NASA’s Artemis program, which seeks […]
Read MoreSANTA FE, New Mexico — Virgin Galactic Rocket operated a manned shuttle from New Mexico to the edge of space for the first time on Saturday, as the organization moves closer to delivering passenger trips to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. The VSS Unity exploded its rocket high over the desert in a cloudless […]
Read MoreBEIJING — China’s Mars rover has powered down from its landing platform and is now roaming the red planet’s surface, according to the Chinese space agency. The solar-powered rover landed on Martian soil at 10:40 a.m. Beijing time (0240 GMT) on Saturday, according to the China National Space Administration. Last Saturday, China successfully landed the […]
Read MoreCAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – On Monday, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long trip back to Earth, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror, with debris from an asteroid hidden inside. Osiris-Rex, the robotic prospector, would take two years to return home. Osiris-Rex arrived at asteroid Bennu in 2018 and […]
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