NASA’s Network Unveils the Hidden Layers of Interstellar Dust and Gas
Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, tearing the star apart as it passed. When the shockwave reached the star’s surface, it erupted from it, creating a brief, intense pulse…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Two Probes, Intensifying the Race to the Moon
As the private sector’s race to the moon heats up, SpaceX launched two commercial satellites carrying lunar rovers. When the California-based company’s Falcon 9 rocket launched early Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it was carrying two probes….
NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Clears Final Hurdle Before Launch
Earlier this summer, it seemed that NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, aimed at exploring Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, might miss its launch window. In May, engineers flagged concerns about transistors embedded throughout the spacecraft, potentially vulnerable to Jupiter’s intense radiation. These…
NASA Unveils Device to Track Global Methane and Carbon Emissions
In an attempt to combat climate change, the US space agency NASA has launched an equipment to measure the quantities of carbon and methane in the planet. The device is affixed to the Tanager-1 satellite. It was launched on August…
12 Billion-Year-Old Water Body Discovered Floating in Space
One volcano, two mountain ranges, and three years were needed for two astronomy teams to find a 12-billion-year-old body of water floating in space. It is the universe’s largest and farthest reservoir ever found. A group led by scientist Matt…
SpaceX to Construct a Vehicle to Leave the Space Station In Orbit
SpaceX has been selected by NASA, the American space agency, to build a vehicle that will remove the International Space Station (ISS) from orbit as its useful life is coming to an end. SpaceX will design, develop, and construct the…
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…
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…
NASA Ought to Allow a Private Expedition to Preserve Hubble
The billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman, who is responsible for the successful commercial space mission Inspiration4 as well as the next private space voyage Polaris Dawn, wants to preserve the Hubble Space Telescope on his own cash. All he needs is…
