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What happened to NASA’s spacecraft after it dropped off the Perseverance rover?

After delivering the Perseverance rover to the surface of Mars, NASA's spacecraft was last seen disappearing into the martian dust. So where did it go?.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsFeb 24th, 2021

Google Pixel 7a just dropped to its cheapest ever price

Woot has a huge discount on the Google Pixel 7a making now the ideal time to check out the wonders of the Google Pixel range......»»

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Probing the effects of interplanetary space on asteroid Ryugu

Analyzing samples retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu by the Japanese Space Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has revealed new insights into the magnetic and physical bombardment environment of interplanetary space. The results of the study, carried out by.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

No, we weren’t expecting this with the revamped iPad Pro

Apple is all set to reveal refreshed iPads on May 7, but news has just dropped about the iPad Pro that will surprise many......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet

NASA has finally heard back from Voyager 1 again in a way that makes sense......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 27th, 2024

Astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center as first crew for Boeing"s Starliner spacecraft

It's not just another ride for a pair of veteran NASA astronauts who arrived to the Space Coast ahead of their flight onboard Boeing's CST-100 Starliner......»»

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NASA still doesn’t understand root cause of Orion heat shield issue

“When we stitch it all together, we’ll either have flight rationale or we won’t." Enlarge / NASA's Orion spacecraft descends toward the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2021, at the end of the Artemis I mission. (credit: NASA).....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 27th, 2024

Amazon drops Apple"s M3 MacBook Air to record low $989

Apple's recently released M3 MacBook Air has dropped to an all-time low of $989 at Amazon while supplies last.The month-end $989 promotion applies to Apple's standard 13-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip — and every color is eligible for the $110 i.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

NASA gives Starliner’s first crewed launch the go-ahead

With the first crewed test flight of the new Boeing Starliner spacecraft less than two weeks away, NASA has given the go-ahead for the launch......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

NASA astronauts arrive for Boeing"s first human spaceflight

The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing's first human spaceflight arrived at their launch site Thursday, just over a week before their scheduled liftoff......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024

NASA"s Deep Space Optical Communications demonstration transmits data over 140 million miles

Riding aboard NASA's Psyche spacecraft, the agency's Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration continues to break records. While the asteroid-bound spacecraft doesn't rely on optical communications to send data, the new technology ha.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024

Psyche spacecraft sends data back to Earth using lasers for the first time

NASA's experimental laser communication system, riding along with the Psyche spacecraft, has transmitted Psyche data from over 140 million miles away......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this decade to 2040......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024

If Starship is real, we’re going to need big cargo movers on the Moon and Mars

"I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door." Enlarge / The author tries not to crash a lunar rover. (credit: Eric Berger) As a SpaceX engineer working on the Starship program about five years ago, Jaret Matthe.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024

We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxy

Not all gamma-ray bursts come from supernovae. Enlarge / M82, the site of what's likely to be a giant flare from a magnetar. (credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team) Gamma rays are a broad category of high-energy.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024

See incredible time lapses of two of space’s most famous objects

Two striking timelapses from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory show how two famous objects have changed over the last two decades......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024

Pushing the limits of sub-kilowatt electric propulsion technology for space mission concepts

NASA has developed an advanced propulsion technology to facilitate future planetary exploration missions using small spacecraft. Not only will this technology enable new types of planetary science missions, one of NASA's commercial partners is alread.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024

NASA"s Chandra releases timelapse movies of Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A

New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky—the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A—are being released from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Each includes X-ray data collected by Chandra over about two decades. They show dramatic changes in.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024

A NASA rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilized life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA's Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to "search for potential evid.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024

How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away

The far-traveled space probe is once again transmitting usable data, after a glitch caused months of gibberish......»»

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Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again

"We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news.” Engineers have partially restored a 1970s-era computer on NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft after five months of long-distance troubleshooting, building.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024