Category: 2. Space
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Experts Available to Discuss NASA Webb Telescope Science Results
Experts from NASA and other institutions will be available by teleconference at 11 a.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 17, to answer media questions about early science results from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. Continue Reading News Source: www.nasa.gov
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Filmmakers discover large fragment from Challenger space shuttle | HeritageDaily
A documentary film crew have discovered a large fragment from the Challenger space shuttle, while searching for the wreck of a WW2 aircraft off the Florida coast, United States. Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter, manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Challenger first launched in April 1983 and was the…
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NASA’s MAVEN Observes Martian Light Show Caused by Major Solar Storm – NASA Mars Exploration
For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA’s MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae simultaneously, the result of solar storms that began on Aug. 27. MAVEN – the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission – is the only asset at Mars able to observe the Sun’s activity and the…
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NASA Prepares to Say ‘Farewell’ to InSight Spacecraft – NASA Mars Exploration
Comparison of InSight Selfies Using the camera on its robotic arm, NASA’s InSight lander took these selfies on Dec. 6, 2018 – just 10 days after touchdown on Mars – and April 24, 2022. A thick layer of dust can be seen on the lander and its solar panels in the latter image. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech.…
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NASA and ESA Agree on Next Steps to Return Mars Samples to Earth – NASA Mars Exploration
Perseverance’s View of Possible Future Sample Cache Depot Site: This annotated image from NASA’s Perseverance shows the location of the first sample depot – where the Mars rover will deposit a group of sample tubes for possible future return to Earth – in an area of Jezero Crater called Three Forks. The image was taken…
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NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars – NASA Mars Exploration
The agency’s lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the yawning new crater from space. Figure A: The impact crater, formed Dec. 24, 2021, by a meteoroid strike in the Amazonis Planitia region of Mars, is about 490 feet (150 meters) across, as seen in this…
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Tree rings reveal devastating radiation storms | HeritageDaily
A study by the University of Queensland has revealed new insights into the cosmic radiation storms that have occurred approximately once every thousand years. Known as a Miyake event, the storms cause a rapid rise in carbon-14 due to huge radioactive cosmic bursts. A team led by Dr Benjamin Pope from UQ’s School of Mathematics…
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NASA To Host Briefing on InSight, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Findings – NASA Mars Exploration
Scientists from two Mars missions will discuss how they combined images and data for a major finding on the Red Planet. InSight’s Final Selfie: NASA’s InSight Mars lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander’s solar panels have become covered with dust since…
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Why NASA Is Trying To Crash Land on Mars – NASA Mars Exploration
Like a car’s crumple zone, the experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact. NASA has successfully touched down on Mars nine times, relying on cutting-edge parachutes, massive airbags, and jetpacks to set spacecraft safely on the surface. Now engineers are testing whether or not the easiest way to get to the Martian…
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Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long-Awaited Salty Region – NASA Mars Exploration
The rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying. After journeying this summer through a narrow, sand-lined pass, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recently arrived in the “sulfate-bearing unit,” a long-sought region of Mount Sharp enriched with salty minerals. Scientists hypothesize that billions of years ago, streams, and…