[ad_1] NASA has reprocessed photos of Jupiter’s moon Europa that had been captured by its Galileo spacecraft in the 1990s. (Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SETI Institute)Details in this gallery of three recently reprocessed images of Europe are visible in the variety of features on the moon’s icy surface. This image from an area called … Read more
[ad_1] Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland account for roughly a half-inch of sea level rise between 2003 and 2019. Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument POT has ever flown in space, scientists have made precise, detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have changed over 16 years. … Read more
[ad_1] The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft docks at the International Space Station. Photo: SpaceX NASA and SpaceX said Friday they were pressing ahead with plans to launch astronauts to space from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade later on this month, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, both … Read more
[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] 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] “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] 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