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Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Find Me on the Moon: NASA Seeks Navigation Solutions for Lunar Exploration
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2024
As part of the Artemis lunar exploration campaign, NASA aims to deepen its understanding of the moon's surface and prepare for future Mars missions. The Artemis missions will target the lunar south pole, a region that holds scientific interest due to its permanently shadowed areas, which may contain water ice reserves vital for sustaining human exploration. This will be NASA's first crewed moon
As part of the Artemis lunar exploration campaign, NASA aims to deepen its understanding of the moon's surface and prepare for future Mars missions. The Artemis missions will target the lunar south pole, a region that holds scientific interest due to its permanently shadowed areas, which may contain water ice reserves vital for sustaining human exploration. This will be NASA's first crewed moon
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Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
ChemCam Laser Hits 1 Million Zaps on Mars, Continues Data Collection
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2024
The ChemCam instrument, developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory, has fired its laser for the 1 millionth time on Mars. Positioned atop NASA's Curiosity rover, ChemCam has been key to scientific discoveries since its deployment in 2012.
"Not only is this a remarkable technical accomplishment for our instrument, but it also represents a staggering amount of chemistry data from the surfac
The ChemCam instrument, developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory, has fired its laser for the 1 millionth time on Mars. Positioned atop NASA's Curiosity rover, ChemCam has been key to scientific discoveries since its deployment in 2012.
"Not only is this a remarkable technical accomplishment for our instrument, but it also represents a staggering amount of chemistry data from the surfac
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Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
First Metal Part 3D Printed in Space Aboard ISS
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Paris, France (SPX) Sep 11, 2024
ESA's Metal 3D Printer has successfully produced the first-ever metal part in space. This technological milestone, achieved through a partnership with Airbus, marks a significant advancement in additive manufacturing in microgravity.
The Metal 3D Printer was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this year. ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen was responsible for installing th
ESA's Metal 3D Printer has successfully produced the first-ever metal part in space. This technological milestone, achieved through a partnership with Airbus, marks a significant advancement in additive manufacturing in microgravity.
The Metal 3D Printer was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this year. ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen was responsible for installing th
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Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Keeping the cosmos clean
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Boston MA (SPX) Sep 11, 2024
Asked to describe his work for a lay audience, Allan Shtofenmakher responds with an unexpected question: "Have you ever seen the movie 'Wall-E?'" Recalling that the 2008 Disney-Pixar movie's view of Earth from space was "brown and dusty and just surrounded by tons and tons of space junk," he cautions, "If we're not good stewards of our local space environment, we could actually end up in a situa
Asked to describe his work for a lay audience, Allan Shtofenmakher responds with an unexpected question: "Have you ever seen the movie 'Wall-E?'" Recalling that the 2008 Disney-Pixar movie's view of Earth from space was "brown and dusty and just surrounded by tons and tons of space junk," he cautions, "If we're not good stewards of our local space environment, we could actually end up in a situa
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Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Debris from NASA's DART Mission Could Potentially Reach Earth and Mars
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Paris, France (SPX) Sep 11, 2024
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) mission, which struck the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, has not only altered the asteroid's orbit but has also created a plume of debris that may eventually reach both Earth and Mars, according to new simulations. The debris, although harmless, could potentially be observed as meteors.
On September 26, 2022, NASA's DART spacecraft, weighing approxi
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) mission, which struck the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, has not only altered the asteroid's orbit but has also created a plume of debris that may eventually reach both Earth and Mars, according to new simulations. The debris, although harmless, could potentially be observed as meteors.
On September 26, 2022, NASA's DART spacecraft, weighing approxi
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Tuesday, 10 September 2024 20:05
National lab takes its radiation expertise to space
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An experiment designed to answer questions about the radiation environment for manned space missions was launched from Kennedy Space Center today.
For the five-day mission, experiments from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and several other institutions will circle the Earth 435 miles above—nearly twice as high as the International Space Station. Before settling in at that altitude, Polaris Dawn will reach 870 miles, the highest that any person has been since NASA's Apollo program several decades ago.
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Wednesday, 11 September 2024 11:56
Earth scientists take flight, set sail to verify PACE satellite data
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2024
From sea to sky to orbit, a range of vantage points allow NASA Earth scientists to collect different types of data to better understand our changing planet. Collecting them together, at the same place and the same time, is an important step used to verify the accuracy of satellite data.
NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite launched in February 2024 and is colle
From sea to sky to orbit, a range of vantage points allow NASA Earth scientists to collect different types of data to better understand our changing planet. Collecting them together, at the same place and the same time, is an important step used to verify the accuracy of satellite data.
NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite launched in February 2024 and is colle
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Wednesday, 11 September 2024 11:56
What's it Like to Spacewalk?
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 10, 2024
Spacewalks occur in the vacuum of deep space, but astronauts are tethered to their spacecraft if they exit an orbiting space station, space module, or spacecraft. Inside a spaceship, conditions are well suited to humans. Outside, in space, it's an entirely different story. The frigid vacuum of space presents deadly risks.
Spacewalks occur in the vacuum of deep space, but astronauts are tethered to their spacecraft if they exit an orbiting space station, space module, or spacecraft. Inside a spaceship, conditions are well suited to humans. Outside, in space, it's an entirely different story. The frigid vacuum of space presents deadly risks.
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Wednesday, 11 September 2024 11:56
Private astronauts on daring trek ahead of historic spacewalk
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Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2024
A private crew set out on an audacious orbital expedition Tuesday, journeying deeper into the cosmos than any humans in half a century as they prepare for the first ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts.
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, led by Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and should by the end of its first day attain a peak alt
A private crew set out on an audacious orbital expedition Tuesday, journeying deeper into the cosmos than any humans in half a century as they prepare for the first ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts.
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, led by Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and should by the end of its first day attain a peak alt
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Tuesday, 10 September 2024 07:23
SpaceX launches all-civilian crew for first private spacewalk
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SpaceX launched its historic Polaris Dawn mission on Tuesday—an audacious orbital expedition that will catapult civilians into a high-radiation region of space and see them attempt the first-ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts.
Led by Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman, the four-member crew aims to journey farther into the cosmos than any other manned mission in more than half a century, since the end of the Apollo era.
On the mission's first day, they will soar to a peak altitude of 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) before returning into a lower orbit.
"Dragon will travel repeatedly through the orbital altitudes of over 10 thousand satellites and bits of space debris," SpaceX founder CEO Elon Musk wrote on X.
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