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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......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsJul 17th, 2023

For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce

"If we hold strong together, we will come through this." Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce. On Wednesday, the.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

All secret missions and how to beat them in Pokémon TCG Pocket

There are seven difficult secret missions to complete in Pokémon TCG Pocket with their own rewards, so here's what cards you'll need to complete them......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

Is AI already plateauing? New reporting suggests GPT-5 may be in trouble

OpenAI's highly-anticipated Project Orion may or may not arrive this year, but so far, the company's beta testers have been unimpressed with the new model's performance......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

Satellite data analysis shows wildland-urban interface areas have grown by 35% over past two decades

A trio of environmental scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, working with a colleague from China's Ministry of Education, has found evidence via satellite analysis that global.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 11th, 2024

Monitoring Webb"s mirrors for optimal optics

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched to space. Its mirror is composed of 18 individual segments that have been aligned so accurately, that they effectively work as a single giant (21.6-foot, or 6......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 11th, 2024

Hubble captures barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. This galaxy is a multi-talented light show, showing off an impressive array of different celes.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 10th, 2024

NASA astronauts keep quiet about medical issue returning from ISS

Three NASA astronauts who recently returned from the International Space Station have declined to discuss a medical issue that occurred following landing......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 9th, 2024

NASA astronauts won"t say which one of them got sick after almost eight months in space

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space station mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month declined to say Friday which one of them was sick......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 9th, 2024

NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time

NASA wants to bring back supersonic air travel with its X-59 jet......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

Astronaut’s photo shows Earth as you’ve never seen it before

NASA's oldest serving astronaut has shared an image taken from the space station that shows Earth in a most unusual way......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

How the 47-year-old Voyager spacecraft are still exploring space

The Voyager 1 and 2 probes were launched in 1977 and they're still going. Keeping them working isn't easy, though......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

Experiment reveals how Earth"s magnetic field influences flow in planet"s core

A trio of physicists, two with Coventry University, in the U.K., and the third with Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, in France, has demonstrated how Earth's magnetic field may be influencing internal flow, using what they descri.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

After 31 cargo missions, NASA finds Dragon still has some new tricks

Typically, most of the ISS propulsion comes from the Russian segment of the space station. A Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning,.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Hubble and Webb are the dream team—don"t break them up, researchers say

Many people think of the James Webb Space Telescope as a sort of Hubble 2. They understand that the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has served us well but is now old and overdue for replacement. NASA seems to agree, as they have not sent a maintenance m.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Scientists have figured out why Martian soil is so crusty

On November 26, 2018, NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission landed on Mars. This was a major milestone in Mars exploration since it was the first time a research station had been deplo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Moon waves goodbye to Hera

As ESA's Hera mission for planetary defense departed its homeworld, it looked back to Earth to show the moon orbiting around it. In this sequence of images the terrestrial disk gradually shrinks as the spacecraft recedes away from it, and the moon mo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Study of Venus"s Haasttse-baad Tessera suggests formation by two large impacts

A trio of geologists and environmental scientists from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the University of Minnesota has found evidence suggesting that the Haasttse-baad Tessera formation on Venus was likely for.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Still kickin" since the "70s: NASA"s Voyager mission keeps exploring

NASA's Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it's making history as it conducts new science. But how are two spacecraft from the '70s not just surviving, but thriving farther out in space than any other spacecraft has been before?.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Final Venus flyby for NASA"s Parker Solar Probe queues closest sun pass

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 233 miles (376 km) of Venus's surface. The flyby will adjust Parker's trajectory into its final orbital configuration, bringin.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Oh buoy! A new-generation satellite mission to study color of the ocean from space

Curtin University has joined forces with NASA, University of Miami, San José State University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology on a new-generation satellite mission to study the color of the ocean from space, providing vital in.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024