Category: 2. Space
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Mars Mission Shields Up for Tests – NASA Mars Exploration
Mars Earth Entry System Aeroshell at Entry: This illustration depicts the Mars Earth Entry System for the Mars Sample Return campaign. The system would contain the orbiting sample inside a disk-shaped vehicle with a heat shield for safe entry through the Earth’s atmosphere. Credits: NASA GSFC. Download image › Protecting Mars Sample Return spacecraft…
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El impacto de DART cambió el movimiento de un asteroide en el espacio
El análisis de los datos obtenidos en las últimas dos semanas por el equipo de investigación de la Prueba de redireccionamiento del asteroide doble (DART, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA muestra que el impacto cinético de la nave espacial contra su asteroide objetivo, Dimorphos, alteró con éxito la órbita del asteroide. Esto…
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NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space
Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft’s kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object and the first full-scale dem Continue Reading News Source:…
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NASA to Provide Update on DART, World’s First Planetary Defense Test
NASA will host a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 11, to discuss the agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and its intentional collision with its target asteroid, Dimorphos. Continue Reading News Source: www.nasa.gov
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NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm – NASA Mars Exploration
InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible. NASA’s InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent drop in power generated by its solar panels as a continent-size dust storm swirls over Mars’ southern hemisphere. First observed on Sept. 21,…
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Potential first traces of the universe’s earliest stars | HeritageDaily
Astronomers may have discovered the ancient chemical remains of the first stars to light up the Universe. Using an innovative analysis of a distant quasar observed by the 8.1-meter Gemini North telescope on Hawai‘i, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, the scientists found an unusual ratio of elements that, they argue, could only come from the debris…
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NASA’s DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test
After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space. Continue Reading News Source: www.nasa.gov
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Celebrate 'International Observe the Moon Night' with NASA
The public is invited to participate in NASA’s celebration of “International Observe the Moon Night” on Saturday, Oct. 1. Continue Reading News Source: www.nasa.gov
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NASA’s InSight ‘Hears’ Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars – NASA Mars Exploration
The Mars lander’s seismometer has picked up vibrations from four separate impacts in the past two years. NASA’s InSight lander has detected seismic waves from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. Not only do these represent the first impacts detected by the spacecraft’s seismometer since InSight touched down on the…
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Byzantine solar eclipse records illuminate obscure history of Earth’s rotation | HeritageDaily
Japanese researchers investigated ancient texts from the 4th to 7th centuries AD to identify five total solar eclipses near the Eastern Mediterranean and improve the model of the Earth’s rotation over time Tsukuba, Japan—Witnessing a total solar eclipse is an unforgettable experience and may have been even more impressive throughout history before we were able…