Tag: Science
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NASA News 2021.12.11
NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of DART Launch Can we change the motion of an asteroid? Our Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is set to be the first to try! DART is scheduled to launch no earlier than 1:21 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 24 (10:21 p.m. PST Tuesday, Nov. 23) on a SpaceX Falcon 9…
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NASA News 2021.11.19
NASA Selects Intuitive Machines for New Lunar Science Delivery We’ve awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston a contract to deliver research, including science investigations and a technology demonstration, to the Moon in 2024. With more science and technology on the lunar surface, we can help prepare for sustainable astronaut missions through the Artemis program.The investigations aboard…
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NASA News 2021.11.12
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Landing and Crew-3 Launch The International Space Station welcomed four new crew members with the arrival of the SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts on Thursday, Nov. 11, less than 24 hours after lifting off from our Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launching Wednesday, Nov. 10, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Crew Dragon…
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NASA News 2021.11.06
Landsat 9 Sends First Batch of Images to Earth Landsat 9, a satellite built to monitor the Earth’s land surface, has collected its first images of our planet’s surface. The images offer a preview of how the Landsat mission will help our global community manage important natural resources and build our understanding the impacts of…
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NASA News 2021.10.30
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 Astronauts Launch to the International Space Station – We’re inviting you to virtually join us for a Halloween launch! Our SpaceX Crew-3 mission is set to lift off on Sunday, Oct. 31, at 2:21 a.m. EDT (06:21 UTC) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, and Kayla Barron…
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NASA News 2021.10.22
Take Part in the James Webb Space Telescope #UnfoldTheUniverse Art Challenge Our biggest and most powerful space telescope ever is launching soon! The James Webb Space Telescope, or Webb, will travel a million miles away to reveal the universe as never seen before. What do you think we’ll discover when we #UnfoldTheUniverse? Show us what…
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NASA News 2021.10.16
Lucy Spacecraft to Launch to Trojan Asteroids – You’re invited take part in virtual events ahead of the launch of Lucy, the first space mission to study the Trojan asteroids. Launch is scheduled for 5:34 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Oct. 16, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Virtually Attend the Launch – Our…
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Past Life on Mars – Why Don’t We Just Look For Oil?
I can’t be the only person who has thought of this. There are many societies, academics, and even plenty of peer reviewed scientific papers written on the possibility of past life on Mars. Based on current research as well as the probes, satellites and rovers we have orbiting and exploring the Mars surface and more…
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NASA NEWS 2010.10.09
Asteroids or comet’s’ hitting planetary bodies will not be featured in this edition of NASA News. If the pictured planetary body resembles Earth in any way we assure you it’s only in color and size and in no way was it meant to alarm anyone. Just thought it would be a cool picture for this…
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NASA NEWS 2010.10.09
Asteroids or comet’s’ hitting planetary bodies will not be featured in this edition of NASA News. If the pictured planetary body resembles Earth in any way we assure you it’s only in color and size and in no way was it meant to alarm anyone. Just thought it would be a cool picture for this…