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NASA"s Ingenuity helicopter survives first night alone on Mars

NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has survived its first night alone on the frigid surface of Mars, the US space agency said, hailing it as "a major milestone" for the tiny craft as it prepares for its first flight......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgApr 6th, 2021

Data from space probes show that Alfvén waves drive the acceleration and heating of the solar wind

By studying data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe and the ESA Solar Orbiter, an international team of astrophysicists has found that Alfvén waves drive the acceleration and heating of the solar wind......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 31st, 2024

NASA makes a very tough decision in setting final Crew-9 assignments

"I am deeply proud of our entire crew." Enlarge / Nick Hague, left, and Zena Cardman train inside a Crew Dragon spacecraft mock-up in November 2023. (credit: NASA) On Friday NASA publicly announced a decision that has r.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsAug 30th, 2024

NASA cuts 2 from next SpaceX flight to make room for astronauts stuck at space station

NASA on Friday cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 30th, 2024

NASA"s new solar sail extends its booms and sets sail

Solar sails are an exciting way to travel through the solar system because they get their propulsion from the sun. NASA has developed several solar sails, and their newest, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (or ACS3), launched a few months ago.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 30th, 2024

Mini lab secures NASA ride to the moon

A miniaturized laboratory developed by The Open University (OU) with support from RAL Space will fly to the lunar South Polar region in the European Space Agency's (ESA) Prospect package in search of volatiles, including water ice, as part of NASA's.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 30th, 2024

NASA record holder can relate to astronauts stuck in space. He was, too

NASA's record-holding astronaut is urging his two stuck-in-space colleagues to stay positive and "keep up the good work.".....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 30th, 2024

NASA reveals date for attempted return flight of troubled Starliner

NASA has announced a target date for the return flight of Boeing Space's troubled Starliner spacecraft from the International Space Station......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 30th, 2024

Review: Eve Outdoor Cam is a great HomeKit camera with floodlight [save 18% right now]

Update: Right now, you can . Eve Outdoor Cam is a sleek outdoor video camera for HomeKit, with integrated LED floodlight ideally designed to light up your driveway at night. I’ve been a fan of the for a while, and my experience with the Outdoor.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsAug 30th, 2024

International consortium with NASA reveals hidden impact of spaceflight on gut health

Scientists have uncovered how spaceflight profoundly alters the gut microbiome, revealing previously unknown effects on host physiology that could shape the future of long-duration space missions......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

NASA"s Roman Space Telescope to investigate galactic fossils

The universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place where galaxies are dancing, merging together, and shifting appearance. Unfortunately, because these changes take millions or billions of years, telescopes can only provide snapshots, squeezed into a huma.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

New Horizons spacecraft measurements shed light on the darkness of the universe

Just how dark is deep space? Astronomers may have finally answered this long-standing question by tapping into the capabilities and distant position of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, by making the most precise, direct measurements ever of the total.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

Celebrate Chandra’s 25th anniversary by listening to the sounds of space

NASA has released a new set of sonifications from some historic images taken by the venerable Chandra X-ray Observatory......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

NASA"s Europa Clipper gets set of super-size solar arrays

The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for planetary exploration just got its "wings"—massive solar arrays to power it on the journey to Jupiter's icy moon Europa......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

Scientists discover a long-sought global electric field on Earth

Using observations from a NASA suborbital rocket, an international team of scientists, for the first time, has successfully measured a planet-wide electric field thought to be as fundamental to Earth as its gravity and magnetic fields......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

Sparks are flying day and night as SpaceX preps Starship pad to catch a rocket

It's unclear how long upgrades will take or when the FAA will approve a booster catch. Pretty much every day for the last couple of weeks, workers wielding welding guns and torches have climbed onto SpaceX's Starship launch pad in So.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

NASA study tallies carbon emissions from massive Canadian fires

Stoked by Canada's warmest and driest conditions in decades, extreme forest fires in 2023 released about 640 million metric tons of carbon, NASA scientists have found. That's comparable in magnitude to the annual fossil fuel emissions of a large indu.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

Hubble traces star formation in nearby nebula NGC 261

NGC 261 blooms a brilliant ruby red against a myriad of stars in this new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Discovered on Sept. 5, 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop, this nebula is located in one of the Milky Way's closest galactic com.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

NASA"s Perseverance rover on Mars begins steep climb to rim of a crater

NASA's Perseverance rover is tackling a steep new challenge on Mars......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

NASA has to be trolling with the latest cost estimate of its SLS launch tower

"NASA officials informed us they do not intend to request a fixed-price proposal." Enlarge / Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program and primary contractor Bechtel National, Inc. continue construction on the base o.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 27th, 2024

Moths may use disco gene to regulate day/night cycles

How does one species become two? If you're a biologist, that's a loaded question. The consensus is that, in most cases, the process of speciation occurs when individuals from a single population become geographically isolated. If they remain separate.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsAug 27th, 2024