The Sun can make or break Mars.NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Mars experienced a sudden break in the cosmic order about a year ago. It was as if the red planet had briefly been transported to another solar system. Normally in our solar system, the sun constantly emits a stream of charged particles and magnetic fields… Read More »
2023 has been a big year for lunar science. India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands near the Moon’s south pole; This is a major achievement for a country that is relatively new to the space scene, especially after the crash of the Chandrayaan-2 craft in 2019. At the same time, NASA is preparing for a series of… Read More »
And you thought it would take a while to clean up the wreckage of Christmas dinner. Newly revealed image of Cassiopeia A (Cas A) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows bright supernova debris still sparkling like a cosmic Christmas ornament nearly 340 years after a star violently exploded to form it. image supernova Relics found… Read More »
Artist’s impression of the Canadian CASTOR telescope, or Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and UV Research. . The ultraviolet universe cannot be seen from the Earth’s surface, and most of what we see comes from a single orbiting observatory that may be retired in just a few years. Hubble space telescope health remains good… Read More »
Of all the freeze-dried, heat-stabilized and ready-to-use foods she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris’ personal favorite was cherry-blueberry cobbler. Kloeris, who has been a food scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for 34 years, not only enjoyed the cobbler but also helped develop it. “We weren’t actually doing any product development during… Read More »
The astronaut, who died due to injuries he suffered in a plane crash before being launched to the International Space Station (ISS), is named after the first cargo spacecraft to fly on Northrop Grumman’s SpaceX rocket. SS Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson is targeted to lift off atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral… Read More »
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Cabana was at the rear flight deck controls of the space shuttle Endeavor when he fired the orbiter’s thrusters to attach a U.S.-built node to a Russian module in Earth orbit. The explosion closed the short distance between “Unity” and “Zarya”, giving birth to the International Space Station (ISS). “I can’t… Read More »
Rescuers around the world can reach many rugged environments: boaters stranded in the ocean, people injured while skiing in the mountains, and plane crash victims in rural areas. However, there is currently no emergency rescue system. space – and there might be a way to change that. The nonprofit Rand Corp. suggests that, if funded… Read More »