ESA astronaut rad-detectors on Artemis
Next Monday's Artemis launch will be an uncrewed first flight, headed into orbit around the moon. Yet technology previously worn by ESA astronauts on the International Space Station has also been hard-mounted aboard the NASA-ESA Orion module......»»
What do a jellyfish, a cat, a snake, and an astronaut have in common? Math.
Across the animal kingdom there are creatures that move through their environments not by walking or running or climbing but instead by simply changing the shape of their bodies. This kind of locomotion is found in snakes as they slither, in stingray.....»»
NASA may delay crewed lunar landing beyond Artemis 3 mission
NASA's Artemis 3 mission, set to return humans to the Moon in 2025, might not involve a crewed landing after all, an official said Tuesday......»»
NASA’s Artemis II crew meets their Moonship
NASA's Orion spacecraft is taking a bit longer to prepare for its first crew flight. Enlarge / Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen pose with their Orion.....»»
NASA search and rescue team prepares for safe return of Artemis II crew
When Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen splash down in the Pacific Ocean after a 10-day mission around the moon, NASA's landing and recovery team will be r.....»»
Boeing"s 1st astronaut flight bumped into next year, more repairs needed
Already running years behind, Boeing's first astronaut flight is now off until at least next March......»»
Jeanette Epps will finally go to space six years after being pulled from flight
NASA removed Epps from her first crew assignment in 2018 without explanation. Enlarge / Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, astronaut Michael Barrett, commander Matthew Dominick, and mission specialist Jeanette Epps make up th.....»»
Orbiting astronaut oversees robot team on Earth
Astronaut Frank Rubio aboard the International Space Station collaborated with a small team of robots on Earth to accomplish a complex task—a first test of a new approach to combine human and robotic capabilities for our return to the moon and beyo.....»»
Designing detectors for DUNE
The most abundant, massive particles in the universe may be ones you've never even heard of: neutrinos. These particles are all around us—even streaming through us—though they almost never interact with other particles. They are so light and weak.....»»
New method to search for strongly interacting dark matter inside neutrino detectors
Physicists worldwide are trying to detect dark matter (DM) particles and their interactions with visible matter using various strategies and detectors. As these particles do not emit, reflect or absorb light, they have so far proved to be very diffic.....»»
For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon
“They’ve got a great adventure ahead of them.” Enlarge / Astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, and Jeremy Hansen are joined by an instructor (background) on the first day of Artemis II crew training. (cred.....»»
A Novel Type of Neural Network Comes to the Aid of Big Physics
The machine learning tool is helping physicists with the daunting challenge of analyzing large but nearly empty data sets, like those from neutrino detectors or particle colliders......»»
Former astronaut says it’s “extremely important” to study artificial gravity
"We have nothing in between one and zero." Enlarge / Garrett Reisman, center, has plenty of experience living without gravity. (credit: NASA) A little more than 15 years ago, astronaut Garrett Reisman was among a crew of.....»»
Trio of Orion spacecraft prepped for NASA moon missions
NASA has shared an image of three spacecraft that will play a central role in its next three Artemis missions to the moon......»»
Why AI detectors think the US Constitution was written by AI
Can AI writing detectors be trusted? We dig into the theory behind them. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of James Madison writing the US Constitution using AI. (credit: Midjourney / Benj Edwards) If you feed America's mo.....»»
Astronauts" new rides for Artemis missions arrive at Kennedy Space Center
While the next humans to fly to the moon will rely on the Orion spacecraft for the nearly half-million-mile trip next year on the Artemis II mission, the final 9 miles to the launch pad will come while riding in one of three new astronaut transports.....»»
These new NASA EVs will drive astronauts part way to the moon (sort of)
NASA's Kennedy Space Center has taken delivery of three new fully electric vehicles that will play a role in the upcoming Artemis lunar missions......»»
Helicopter underwater escape training for ESA"s astronaut support team
Last week, members of ESA's astronaut support teams participated in a helicopter underwater escape training. This training is mandatory for people involved in astronaut landing operations, including flight surgeons and photographers, who capture the.....»»
India, a growing space power, is forging closer ties with NASA
Details of a potential US-Indian partnership in human spaceflight remain murky. Enlarge / Taranjit Sandhu, India's ambassador to the United States, signs the Artemis Accords in Washington on June 21. NASA Administrator Bill Nelso.....»»
Astronomers use dead stars to measure gravitational waves produced by ancient black holes
An international team of astronomers has detected a faint signal of gravitational waves reverberating through the universe. By using dead stars as a giant network of gravitational wave detectors, the collaboration—called NANOGrav—was able to meas.....»»
Next generation gravitational wave detectors could pin down dark matter
Gravitational astronomy is a relatively new discipline that has opened many doors for astronomers to understand how the huge and violent end of the scale works. It has been used to map out merging black holes and other extreme events throughout the u.....»»