[ad_1] NASA chose SpaceX by Elon Musk and Blue Origin by Jeff Bezos to develop technology to bring humans to the Moon. The United States government space agency said the two companies, as well as veteran aerospace Dynetics, would develop their own systems in parallel, in preparation for humanity’s first return to the moon since … Read more
[ad_1] What was intended to be a two-week test flight of SpaceX’s new astronaut transport capsule will now be a mission planned to last more than a month to assist a short-capacity crew aboard the International Space Station. The launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, with two NASA astronauts, Douglas G. Hurley and Robert L. … Read more
[ad_1] NASA reprocessed Galileo’s images of Europe and came up with this beauty. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SETI Institute Jupiter’s funky moon Europa represents one of our best shots to find signs of life beyond Earth in our solar system. NASA will send a future mission to study frozen Europe, but in the meantime we … Read more
[ad_1] NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley. SpaceX NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters Friday that the first-ever launch of astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX spacecraft, an event set for May 27, is “a priority” for the space agency. It’s a statement you’d expect to hear from the head … Read more
[ad_1] Post-flight analysis of an impact crater on one of the solar wings deployed by the space shuttle Endevour in 1993 and recovered by the space shuttle Columbia in 2002. Credit: ESA During its 30 years in orbit around Earth, the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope has witnessed the changing nature of space flight … Read more
[ad_1] “Now that we have a design, we’re working to pass the baton to the medical community, and ultimately patients, as quickly as possible,” said Fred Farina, chief innovation and corporate partnerships officer at Caltech. The design offers a few key benefits. NASA says it can be built faster and maintained more easily than traditional … Read more
[ad_1] An international team of scientists was able to capture images of planet-forming disks hundreds of light years away from Earth. The photos, which are an achievement in itself, shed new light on how planetary systems come to be. Those protoplanetary clouds of dust and gas, shaped like vinyl music records, appear around young stars … Read more
[ad_1] Doctors at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York give a thumbs-up after testing a ventilator prototype developed by NASA’s JPL. POT For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new high-pressure ventilator designed by … Read more
[ad_1] NASA is turning to private industry for the first astronaut lunar landers in half a century, with three competing and highly contrasting versions. Jim Bridenstine administrator announced on Thursday the three companies that will develop, build, and fly lunar landers, aiming to return astronauts to the moon in 2024 and finally to Mars. The … Read more
[ad_1] A NEW estimate of how space rock should fall to Earth has been revealed each year, and it’s probably much more than you thought. A team of UK scientists focused on meteorites above 50g and think about 16,000kg annual rainfall on us. 2 Manchester scientist Romain Tartèse with a meteorite in AntarcticaCredit: University of … Read more