Tag Archives: NASA
Minerals are scarce on Earth. This startup wants to mine asteroids
When the e-scooter company he once worked for, Matt Gialich, was forced to pause production due to a shortage of platinum, a key component of the microprocessor that transfers commands from the controls to the motor, he fell down the rabbit hole of researching metals. Gialich, whose childhood love of space led him to engineering… Read More »
Minerals are scarce on Earth. This startup wants to mine asteroids
When the e-scooter company he once worked for, Matt Gialich, was forced to pause production due to a shortage of platinum, a key component of the microprocessor that transfers commands from the controls to the motor, he fell down the rabbit hole of researching metals. Gialich, whose childhood love of space led him to engineering… Read More »
Happy Earth Day 2024! NASA picks 6 new aerial missions to study our changing planet
Just as Earth Day approaches, NASA announced it’s in full swing with six new aircraft-driven missions to study our changing planet. At a media briefing on Friday, April 19, NASA officials announced six new airborne missions that will focus on changing polar coasts, weather conditions created by wildfires, urban air pollution, the effects of changing… Read More »
NASA will overhaul its mission to collect samples from Mars – here’s why it needs to continue, and it will continue
NASA still investigating Orion heat shield issues on Artemis 1 moon mission
Earlier this year, NASA announced it was delaying the moon launch of crewed Artemis 2 until September 2025, a drill exercise in preparation for the 2026 Artemis 3 mission that will land astronauts near the moon’s south pole. One reason for the 10-month delay was getting to the bottom of the reentry heat shield data.… Read More »
Creativity team bids farewell to pioneering Mars helicopter
Saying goodbye is never easy, especially from a distant world. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team met one last time on Tuesday, April 16, to inspect transmissions from the small rotorcraft, the first robot to explore the skies of a non-Earth world. The meeting, held in a control room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in… Read More »
SETI chief says US has no evidence of alien technology. ‘And we never had it’
If all reports of mysterious objects whizzing through our skies are taken as actual encounters, Earth appears to be under attack. But spoiler alert: For the lead leader SET At the Institute, which was established to research and understand life beyond Earth, there is a need to take a step back and embrace the cosmic… Read More »
Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus may support life – my research team is working on how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
Saturn has 146 confirmed moons (more than any other planet in the solar system). However, the satellite called Enceladus stands out. It seems to have the ingredients for life. Cassini, a joint mission of NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency, explored Saturn, its rings, and its moons from 2004 to 2017.… Read More »
NASA said it expects space station trash to burn. Debris crashed into a house in Florida
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A piece of debris launched from the International Space Station unexpectedly survived a fiery re-entry from orbit last month and punctured the roof of a Florida home, according to NASA. When the federal agency disposed… Read More »