NASA Moon Mission: Here’s Where Artemis III Could Land ...
NASA has announced 13 places where it could land the Artemis III mission as it prepares to send people back to the moon. All 13 sites are near the lunar South Pole, which is permanently shadowed and so far unexplored, NASA said Friday. The Artemis III lunar mission will be looking to collect samples and study the water…
Hope mission to Mars: How to watch historic launch to the...
A rendering of the Hope probe, which will reach Mars' orbit in 2021. Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre The United Arab Emirates' is heading to space with a satellite known as "Hope." When the probe reaches orbit around the red planet in early 2021, it will become the first probe to give a full picture of…
Next Starlink mission moved to Thursday as SpaceX chases launch record
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, perched atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket, takes off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. SpaceX With two more launches planned for June, SpaceX is on schedule to launch five of its…
A NASA mission like no other: SpaceX makes spaceflight modern again
Crew Dragon on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida prior to launch. NASA/Joel Kowsky Hundreds of humans have been launched into space over the past six decades. But when NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken blast off from Florida's Cape Canveral in a SpaceX Crew Dragon Wednesday, they'll be the first to…
Long After Mission End, Cassini Spacecraft Solves Mystery Of Atmospheric Heating
UNITED STATES - JULY 18: In this image constructed from data collected in the near-infrared ... [+] wavelengths of light, the auroral emission is shown in green. Scientists designated blue to indicate sunlight reflected at wavelengths from 2 to 3 microns, green to indicate light from hydrogen ions at wavelengths between 3 and 4 microns…
NASA solar mission spots wild threads woven into the sun’s atmosphere
A NASA mission revealed a stunning view of super-hot magnetic threads in the sun's atmosphere. University of Central Lancashire Here's an eye-opener. New high-resolution images of the sun show a feature of our closest star we've never seen before: "incredibly fine magnetic threads filled with extremely hot, million-degree plasma."Scientists from the University of Central Lancashire…
Design a moon mission with ‘Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload’...
This NASA illustration shows what the small moon rovers might look like. NASA Here's your chance to make a mark on the moon. You have the space of a bar of soap to work with. What will you send to our lunar neighbor?NASA issued a call on Thursday asking for ideas for miniaturized payloads to…
NASA Mission To Set A ‘Depth Perception’ Record, And You Can...
The stars Alpha Centauri (upper left) including A and B, are part of the same trinary star system as... [+] Proxima Centauri (circled). These are the three nearest stars to Earth, and they're located between 4.2 and 4.4 light-years away. From a different location in space that was far enough away from Earth, the nearest…
Hope Mars Mission could change everything we know about the red...
This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. When the United Arab Emirates' Hope satellite reaches Mars in 2021, it'll be the first probe to offer a full picture of the Martian atmosphere, providing a holistic view of how Mars' climate varies throughout the year. But here on Earth,…
The Hope Mars Mission could change everything we know about Mars
When the United Arab Emirates' Hope satellite reaches Mars in 2021, it'll be the first probe to offer a full picture of the Martian atmosphere, providing a holistic view of how Mars' climate varies throughout the year. But here on Earth, it may achieve something even more important: providing hope to a younger generation, bringing…
