A controversial amendment pushed by Jeff Bezos’ space firm Blue Origin passed the Senate Wednesday night, inching closer to becoming law. Crammed inside a mammoth science and technology bill designed primarily to counter competition from China, the amendment would allow NASA to spend up to $10 billion on its embattled Moon lander program. Aside from countering China, it also marks the latest…
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See the First Images NASA’s Juno Took As It Sailed by Ganymede
The spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s largest moon than any other in more than two decades, offering dramatic glimpses of the icy orb.
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NASA Map Gives Most Accurate Space-Based View of LA’s Carbon Dioxide
Such detailed maps could help policymakers choose the most effective ways of cutting carbon emissions.
Using data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 (OCO-3)…
On Monday NASA’s Juno space probe, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, will get a close-up look at Jupiter’s biggest moon Ganymede, the agency said in a press release. It will be the closest NASA has gotten to the largest moon in the solar system for more than 20 years— Galileo cruised by Ganymede in 2000— coming within 645 miles of its surface. The information Juno gathers will…
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NASA’s Juno to Get a Close Look at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
The first of the gas-giant orbiter’s back-to-back flybys will provide a close encounter with the massive moon after over 20 years.
On Monday, June 7, at 1:35 p.m.
NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Power Boost
June 3, 2021
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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Power Boost
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The spacecraft successfully cleared some dust off its solar panels, helping to raise its energy and delay when it will need to switch off…
The agency has picked two new robotic missions to explore the hot hell-world of Venus, Earth’s neighbor and the second planet from the Sun, administrator Bill Nelson announced on Wednesday. The two missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, were among four competing proposals under the latest round of NASA’s Discovery Program, which manages smaller planetary exploration missions with a slim budget of…
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NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus
Following a competitive, peer-review process, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS were chosen based on their potential scientific value and the feasibility of their development plans.
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will launch three more private astronaut missions tentatively through 2023 under a bulk deal signed this week with mission manager Axiom Space, the companies announced on Wednesday. Though specific terms weren’t disclosed, it marks one of the…
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Study Identifies Methane ‘Super-Emitters’ in Largest US Oilfield
Fixing just the worst leaks in the Permian Basin oilfield’s infrastructure could cut methane emissions by 55 tons an hour, according to a study by NASA, University of Arizona, and ASU.
About half of the biggest sources of the potent greenhouse gas methane in the Permian Basin…
