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SpaceX planning to launch up to 52 missions in 2022

January 28, 2022

Commercial space company SpaceX plans to launch a whopping 52 flights in 2022, a NASA safety panel revealed today during a meeting. If successful, it would be the most launches the company has ever conducted in a single year, with its previous record last year at 31 launches. The impressive figure was given during a virtual meeting of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, which gives…

Caltech Names Laurie Leshin Director of JPL

January 28, 2022

. Caltech Names Laurie Leshin Director of JPL The distinguished geochemist and space scientist brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in academic and government service to JPL. Laurie Leshin, president of Worcester…

NASA’s MRO Finds Water Flowed on Mars Longer Than Previously Thought

January 27, 2022

. NASA’s MRO Finds Water Flowed on Mars Longer Than Previously Thought Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as 2 billion years ago. Mars…

NASA Greenland Mission Completes Six Years of Mapping Unknown Terrain

January 27, 2022

. NASA Greenland Mission Completes Six Years of Mapping Unknown Terrain To learn how ocean water is melting glaciers, NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission extensively surveyed the coastline of the world’s largest island. The most important thing to remember about NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission, which ended Dec. 31, 2021, may be its name: OMG proved…

Arcadia High Comes in First as JPL Marks 30 Years Hosting Regional Science Bowl

January 25, 2022

. Arcadia High Comes in First as JPL Marks 30 Years Hosting Regional Science Bowl The team heads to the national championship after an intense virtual competition that also marked a milestone for the Lab. After months of training till midnight…

NASA’s revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope reaches final orbit in space

January 24, 2022

After traveling hundreds of thousands of miles through space over the last month, NASA’s revolutionary new James Webb Space Telescope performed its last big course correction maneuver this afternoon, putting itself into its final resting place in space. Now, the…

Samsung Galaxy S22 European price leak suggests a base Ultra model with less RAM

January 24, 2022

Potential European pricing information for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S22 series has been released by reliable leaker Roland Quandt, as reported by Android Police. Samsung appears to have carried over its prices from the previous S21 lineup, with the only inconsistency being an equally-priced S22 Ultra model that supposedly comes with less RAM than its S21 predecessor. Whoever said S22 series…

Want to preorder Samsung’s next Galaxy phone sight unseen? You can

January 21, 2022

For the launch of Samsung’s next flagship smartphones — the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus, and S22 Ultra, we think — the Korean electronics giant will once again let you signal your intent to buy its phones before they’re even announced, much less go on sale. So if you’re…

NASA Solar Sail Mission to Chase Tiny Asteroid After Artemis I Launch

January 21, 2022

. NASA Solar Sail Mission to Chase Tiny Asteroid After Artemis I Launch NEA Scout will visit an asteroid estimated to be smaller than a school bus – the smallest asteroid ever to be studied by a spacecraft. Launching with the…

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Measures Intriguing Carbon Signature on Mars

January 19, 2022

. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Measures Intriguing Carbon Signature on Mars The type of carbon is associated with biological processes on Earth. Curiosity scientists offer several explanations for the unusual carbon signals. After analyzing powdered rock samples collected from the surface of Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover, scientists have announced that…