A NASA Team’s Year-Long Mars Mission Isolation Experiment is Likely to Come to an End
As NASA wraps up a year-long Mars mission experiment, four volunteers who have been residing in a mock Mars habitat since June of last year are scheduled to depart. NASA’s Study of Crew Health and Performance The purpose of the…
NASA Contracts SpaceX to Build a Deorbit Vehicle for the Space Station
SpaceX was chosen by NASA to build a spaceship that will be utilized to complete the last stages of the International Space Station’s deorbiting at the end of the current decade. On June 26, NASA declared that SpaceX had been…
Starlink, a Mission Launched from Vandenberg Space Force Station, Rounds Up SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Double Launch Day
SpaceX launched 20 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from the West Coast, 13 of which have Direct to Cell capabilities, to finish off another successful twin launch day. At 8:47 p.m. PDT (11:47 p.m. EDT, 0347 UTC), the Starlink 9-2 mission…
Researchers Determine the Actual Age of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
A massive red splotch on Jupiter disappeared centuries ago. However, a new one was born years later. This prominent feature is now recognized as the “Great Red Spot,” a whirling storm that is broader than Earth. It’s interesting to note…
22 Additional Starlink Satellites Will be Launched by SpaceX From Florida Shortly After Weather Delays
Following many weather delays, SpaceX plans to launch 22 more of its Starlink broadband satellites into orbit from Florida’s Space Coast this Friday, June 14. Atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the Starlink satellites will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force…
The Mars Camera of Curiosity Was Affected by the Strongest Solar Flare in Years
The solar maximum, or the Sun’s highest point in activity for this cycle, is approaching. Here on Earth, the impacts have been witnessed by all of us in the form of radio blackouts and a series of breathtaking aurorae that…
A New Study Suggests that a Missing Component of the Universe may be Present in Earth’s High Atmosphere
New theoretical research suggests that we may be swimming in an ocean of dark matter, with waves from that invisible ocean crashing into our planet’s upper atmosphere producing detectable radio waves that could lead us to the ultimate discovery of…
NASA’s Second Shoebox-sized Climate Satellite Is Launched By Rocket Lab
Tuesday night (June 4) saw the launch of the second cubesat by Rocket Lab for NASA’s PREFIRE climate change mission. At 11:15 p.m. EDT (03:15 GMT and 3:15 p.m. local New Zealand time on June 5), an Electron rocket topped…
As Solar Activity Increases During the Next Week, Auroras May Develop
There may be further solar storms and a chance for another aurora borealis show as a result of the return of the sunspots that illuminated parts of the United States with the magnificent Northern Lights earlier in May. A geomagnetic…
Bears, First Choice HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’ Star Caleb Williams
The Bears confirmed on Thursday that they will remain in the limelight throughout the summer and that they will appear on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” during training camp. Since 2001, “Hard Knocks,” which tracks NFL teams during training camp, has never…
