The BioSentinel cubesat will be launched from the Orion spacecraft as part of the Artemis I mission (the first leg of the American lunar mission), it will conduct a long biological experiment in deep space. This was reported to NASA. There will be yeast inside the satellite. Since the biological...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to soon launch a huge lunar rocket Artemis 1. Recall, as part of the Artemis 1 mission, the first launch of the new monstrous NASA SLS (Space Launch System) launch vehicle is planned, which will send the Orion spacecraft on an unmanned...
An emergency occurred on the International Space Station, its American segment, due to which NASA canceled all spacewalks. It’s all about the leakage of the suit in the helmet area: reportedly, during the recent exit of the astronaut outside the ISS, water began to flow into the helmet. NASA’s current...
NASA chief Bill Nelson has criticized China for not providing data on launch vehicle flight paths. “China did not provide data on the flight path of the Long March 5B (Changzheng-5B) launch vehicle that returned to Earth. This must be done to use space responsibly and protect human lives on...
NASA has released an updated plan to bring Martian rocks and soil samples back to Earth. Now it features two mini-helicopters. “The launches of two mini-helicopters are scheduled for autumn 2027 and summer 2028. They are expected to load rock and soil samples from Mars onto a special rocket that...
NASA reports that places have been found on the moon that are quite comfortable for human beings. Usually the surface of the Moon warms up to 127 degrees Celsius during the day, and at night the temperature drops to minus 173 degrees Celsius. A day on the Moon lasts about...
Planetary scientists from NASA and the California Institute of Technology have figured out how tridymite, a rare mineral from the silica class, appeared on Mars. It was found by the Curiosity rover in 2016 in Gale Crater, which was a lake a billion years ago. The new study re-examined data...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced a tentative launch date for the massive Artemis 1 lunar rocket. NASA hopes to conduct an uncrewed test flight of Artemis 1 around the moon as early as late August. In total, three suitable dates have been proposed – August 29,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has postponed the launch of the VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover). VIPER on the Moon, official NASA renderNASA originally planned to launch a lunar expedition in November 2023. However, now the timing has changed – the scheduled launch of VIPER should take...
NASA reported that a small meteorite damaged the main mirror of the James Webb telescope more than previously expected. The impact occurred between May 22 and May 24, 2022. Apparently, we are talking about a meteorite, the impact of which fell on the C3 segment. Then NASA announced only a...
The first image taken with the latest James Webb Space Telescope was presented in the United States with great fanfare. Elon Musk on Twitter congratulated NASA on the commissioning of the telescope, and then trolled. “Nice try NASA”, Musk wrote on Twitter, accompanying a telescope image of galaxies with a...
A team of NASA engineers is trying to determine the cause of the malfunctions that occurred in the operation of the American interplanetary spacecraft Voyager-1. This was announced by the head of the Voyager project Suzanne Dodd. Launched nearly 45 years ago, Voyager began transmitting garbled telemetry data in May,...
Interesting details about the James Webb Space Telescope have surfaced on the Web. As it turns out, the $10 billion device has just 68GB of file storage. Depending on the task and the intensity of observations, this entire volume can be filled in just 2 hours, so the telescope is...
NASA experts have published the first information on the structure and properties of the matter of the asteroid Bennu, obtained at the time of landing of the OSIRIS-REx probe on the surface of a celestial body. These measurements indicated the low density of the asteroid rocks and the presence of...
Today, a small asteroid the size of a bus will fly close to Earth – only 90,000 kilometers, which is about 23% of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Interestingly, until recently, no one knew that this would happen. Astronomers discovered the asteroid on July 4 using the...
NASA has restored communication lost on Tuesday with the Capstone spacecraft launched to the moon. “Mission operators have re-established contact with NASA Capstone”– indicated in a message published on Wednesday on the NASA website. The launch to the Moon of Capstone took place last week from the launch site on...
