NASA Releases New Images of Mars Showing Different Landscapes of the Red Planet

SPACE 08.02.2021 07:33 AM

NASA JPL Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently sent back new images of the Red Planet, which are unlike past images taken by rovers. This gave astronomers and enthusiasts a new dose of beauty and curiosity.

NASA to Launch Boeing Starliner Cargo Spacecraft to ISS; How to Watch Live

08.02.2021 06:15 AM

NASA is poised to launch the second uncrewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station.

NASA-DCOTSS Mission Explores How Summertime Thunderstorms Influence Climate Change Using ER-2 809 Airplane

07.31.2021 05:28 AM

A new NASA-led study will conduct an investigation regarding the impacts of thunderstorm activities to climate change in a robot plane specialized to visit higher heights of the atmosphere.

NASA's Perseverance Rover Reveals First Martian Rock Sampling Location

07.31.2021 02:13 AM

NASA's Perseverance rover prepares to collect its first Martian rock sample a year after its launch. The rock sample will be brought back to Earth in a joint NASA and ESA mission as early as 2031.

Russia's Nauka Module Unexpectedly Tilted ISS: NASA Assures No One Was Endangered, Space Station Regained Its Control

07.30.2021 00:01 AM

A space station emergency occurred when Russia's Nauka module thrusters suddenly fired up, causing the ISS to lose altitude control by around 45 degrees. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and ISS is now back in control.

World's Youngest Astronomer: 7-Year-Old Brazilian Girl Finds 7 Asteroids for NASA!

07.28.2021 08:00 AM

Nicole Oliveira, a 7-year-old Brazilian girl, has been named the world's youngest astronomer after discovering seven asteroids for NASA.

Boeing's Starliner Set to Launch this Week: Here's How to Catch its Orbital Test Flight

07.28.2021 07:45 AM

Boeing is set to launch its CST-100 Starliner later this week for its Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2). Here's how you can watch "Launch America" on July 30.

NASA's Apollo 15 Mission: First Space Car Celebrates 50th Anniversary

07.28.2021 07:40 AM

Let us take a look back at the first ever space automobile driven on the surface of the Moon, 50 years after America's fourth successful Moon landing.

Russian Pirs Module Finally Detaches From ISS; Burns Up in Earth's Atmosphere

07.27.2021 07:10 AM

Russian cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station along with the Pirs airlock and docking compartment to give way to Nauka lab module.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Has Now Flown Over One Mile, Capturing Images to Help Perseverance Rover

07.26.2021 02:30 AM

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has now flown over one mile, marking its successful tenth flight on the Red Planet. It has taken photos of Raised Ridges that Perseverance rover might soon be visiting.

Artificial Intelligence Improves NASA's Sun Images, Solar Dynamics Observatory Says

07.25.2021 01:03 AM

Experts said that the upcoming artificial intelligence could specifically enhance NASA's captured images of the Sun.

Great Pyramid of Giza-Sized Asteroid to 'Close' Approach Earth Soon, Should We Worry?

07.24.2021 22:33 PM

An asteroid about as long as the Great Pyramid of Giza is tall will make a "close" approach with Earth on Sunday, NASA calculations said.

NASA Awards $178 Million Contract to SpaceX for Jupiter Moon Mission; Falcon Heavy Rocket Set to Launch Europa Clipper

07.24.2021 02:40 AM

SpaceX has just been awared a $178 million contract for NASA to use the Falcon Heavy Rocket to launch the Clipper and future rover to Jupiter's 6th moon, Europa.

NASA's $4.25B Europa Clipper Spacecraft is Going to Jupiter's Icy Moon Aboard Falcon Heavy

07.23.2021 23:00 PM

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will be sending NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft to the icy moon of Jupiter instead of the original plan of sending it via the Space Launch System (SLS), saving NASA $2 billion.

NASA Gives Boeing Starliner A Go Signal For July 30 Test Launch

07.23.2021 05:30 AM

NASA and Boeing held a day-long flight readiness review Thursday and cleared the company's CST-100 Starliner astronaut ferry ship for launch July 30 on a second unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station.

Moon Exploration: SIU Engineering Students Win NASA's Competition to Design Mining Robots

07.23.2021 01:20 AM

Engineering students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale have won first place in LUNABOTS, NASA’s annual robotics mining competition, which aims to produce robots that can operate and mine on the Moon.

NASA's Mars InSight Says Red Planet's Crust Runs About 12 Miles Deep!

07.22.2021 22:40 PM

Mars' core takes up about half of the planet's interior — much larger than scientists expected.

Perseverance Rover Prepares to Collect First Martian Rock Sample, Will Be Returned to Earth by Missions in the 2030s

07.21.2021 23:30 PM

NASA's Perseverance rover is getting ready to collect Martian rock samples to determine if Mars had ever hosted life in the past The sample will be packaged in a sealed tube to be sent to Earth by missions in the 2030s.

Russia Launches Nauka Lab Module to Space Station After Years of Delays

07.21.2021 23:10 PM

Russia has launched a laboratory module to its cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. Russia launched a new multifunctional laboratory module dubbed Nauka to the International Space Station on Wednesday from Kazakhstan, after years of delays.

NASA Awards Over $41 Million Fund for Lunar Hopper to Hop Around Moon's Surface, Takes First Pictures Inside Craters

07.21.2021 22:50 PM

NASA recently awarded a $41.6-million project to build, fly and operate a deployable lunar hopper lander on the moon.

Evidence of Ancient Life on Mars Erased? NASA’s Perseverance Rover Starts the Hunt

07.21.2021 00:11 AM

Some of the rock records of the Red Planet have been washed away by super salty brine, essentially ‘resetting’ it, NASA said.