It is time for NASA to plan the place where the Martian samples will be stored and analyzed. An office will be allocated for Perseverance sampling, within the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. While the Perseverance rover collects samples (and deposits some) on Mars, NASA is also active on Earth. The samples from the robot must return to … Continue reading NASA is already preparing its lab to look for life in Mars samples
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As a backup: Mars rover Perseverance has deposited samples for transport to Earth
In just a few years, NASA and ESA want to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. There is now a backup depot in case the plan doesn't work out. The tenth rock sample was taken (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) After about six weeks of work, NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars deposited the tenth soil sample at the deposit, … Continue reading As a backup: Mars rover Perseverance has deposited samples for transport to Earth
NASA wants nuclear rockets for Mars
NASA and Darpa are currently working on a new type of “nuclear-thermal” rocket booster. Agencies hope to show a demo of the first prototype by 2027. © U.S. Department of Energy The idea of creating rockets propelled by nuclear energy seems straight out of the 1960s, and for good reason: the United States Atomic Energy Commission, … Continue reading NASA wants nuclear rockets for Mars
NASA Ingenuity helicopter completes 40th flight on Mars
It flies and flies and flies: Although Ingenuity should only take off a few times, it continues to fly. He has already covered a total of 8 km. The shot was taken in flight (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The small Mars helicopter Ingenuity has completed its 40th flight and has now completed a total distance of more than 8 … Continue reading NASA Ingenuity helicopter completes 40th flight on Mars
Green aviation: NASA and Boeing are working on the passenger aircraft of the future
Using a demonstration aircraft, NASA and Boeing want to try out new technologies for environmentally friendly commercial aviation. This is what the NASA and Boeing test aircraft could look like (rendering). (Image: Boeing) The US space agency NASA and the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing want to develop a passenger aircraft together to make aviation more environmentally … Continue reading Green aviation: NASA and Boeing are working on the passenger aircraft of the future
Damaged Soyuz capsule: NASA has asked SpaceX about the return of the ISS crew
It is still unclear whether three ISS astronauts can return to Earth in their Soyuz capsule. In the meantime, it has also been asked whether SpaceX could get them. When it came to the question of how three astronauts could be fetched from the ISS if necessary, whose space capsule was inoperably damaged, NASA has now also … Continue reading Damaged Soyuz capsule: NASA has asked SpaceX about the return of the ISS crew
Planetary Defense: A New “Asteroid Hunter” to Spot Threats to Earth
NASA gives the top to build a future space lookout. Her name? NEO Surveyor. His role? Detect NEOs that are in the vicinity of the Earth and identify those that would be really dangerous. These are news headlines that you come across regularly, and which often turn out to be exaggerated. Each time, they say … Continue reading Planetary Defense: A New “Asteroid Hunter” to Spot Threats to Earth
Merry Christmas! Here are the most beautiful photos of space by James Webb
James Webb left Earth on December 25, 2021. A year later, the space telescope shared many snaps. Here are the most beautiful photos taken by the observatory so far. December 25, 2021. An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off with the James Webb Space Telescope on board. Here we are a year later and the observatory, located nearly 1.5 million … Continue reading Merry Christmas! Here are the most beautiful photos of space by James Webb
Mars probe Insight: NASA ends mission after two unsuccessful contact attempts
Insight has persevered on Mars for more than four years collecting seismic data. The end of the mission now came abruptly, although it had been expected. A spring selfie by Insight (Image: NASA) NASA's Insight mission to Mars has ended. This was announced by the US space agency after two consecutive attempts to establish contact failed. It had … Continue reading Mars probe Insight: NASA ends mission after two unsuccessful contact attempts
NASA probe insight: By far the strongest marsquake lasted 10 hours
While Insight's mission on Mars is slowly coming to an end, the NASA lander is busy collecting data - including on a particularly violent marsquake. Insight's dusty seismometer (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA's Insight probe recorded by far the strongest Marsquake in May, with a magnitude of 4.7 on the logarithmic scale, more than five times stronger than … Continue reading NASA probe insight: By far the strongest marsquake lasted 10 hours
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