Study details differences between deep interiors of Mars and Earth

04/26/2023

WASHINGTON- Mars is Earth’s next-door neighbor in the solar system – two rocky worlds with differences down to their very core, literally. A new study based on seismic data obtained by NASA’s robotic InSight lander is offering…

Former fighter pilot to be first Canadian to fly to the moon

Reuters 04/04/2023

OTTAWA- NASA on Monday said Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will join a lunar flyby mission expected to take off for the moon in 2024 as part of an expedition that will make the former fighter pilot the…

NASA names woman, Black astronauts to Artemis II crew in lunar first

Reuters 04/04/2023

NASA on Monday, April 3, 2023, named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly on what would…

With eyes on Mars, US scientists test Japan-made robot seal for reducing astronaut stress

The Japan News/Asia News Network / 01/08/2023

TOKYO — Living in space can get stressful, and scientists in the United States are looking to see if they can take some of the strain off its astronauts with a product of Japanese technology — a…

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Sends A Final Message To Fans 

Dale Arasa 12/22/2022

Have you ever thought about saying goodbye to a robot? Fans of NASA’s InSight Mars Lander did that as it sent a final goodbye message on Twitter: “My power’s really low, so this may be the last…

NASA’s Artemis rocketship on course for moon after epic launch

Reuters 11/17/2022

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With a dash of launch-pad heroics and 8.8 million pounds (4 million kg) of thrust, NASA’s colossal new rocket soared into space for the first time early on Wednesday, sending a next-generation capsule…

NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense

Agence France Presse 09/23/2022

WASHINGTON — Bet the dinosaurs wish they’d thought of this. NASA on Monday will attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test…

To the Moon and beyond: Nasa’s Artemis program

Agence France Presse - @inquirerdotnet 08/28/2022

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States — The Artemis program is Nasa’s plan to return humans to the Moon as a stepping stone for an eventual voyage to Mars. Twelve men walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972…

Mars rover Perseverance takes first spin on surface of red planet

Reuter 03/06/2021

LOS ANGELES  – NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has taken its first, short drive on the surface of the red planet, two weeks after the robot science lab’s picture-perfect touchdown on the floor of a massive crater, mission…

Alien ‘super-Earth’ may offer clues about atmospheres on distant worlds

Reuters 03/05/2021

WASHINGTON  – Scientists have spotted a planet orbiting a star relatively near our solar system that may offer a prime opportunity to study the atmosphere of a rocky Earth-like alien world – the type of research that…

‘Something we’ve never seen’ – Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing

Reuters 02/20/2021

LOS ANGELES  – NASA scientists on Friday presented striking early images from the picture-perfect landing of the Mars rover Perseverance, including a selfie of the six-wheeled vehicle dangling just above the surface of the Red Planet moments…

NASA rover faces ‘seven minutes of terror’ before landing on Mars

Reuters 02/15/2021

LOS ANGELES — When NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, a robotic astrobiology lab packed inside a space capsule, hits the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth this week, it is set to emit a radio alert…

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