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FAA clears Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo for flight after probe into July incident

September 30, 2021

Virgin Galactic is cleared to resume flights of its SpaceShipTwo space plane, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday, after capping a safety investigation into issues that came up during the company’s July flight carrying its founder Richard Branson. During that mission, SpaceShipTwo strayed from its designated airspace on its descent from space, and Virgin Galactic didn’t…

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Cameras Capture Mars Like Never Before

September 30, 2021

. NASA’s Perseverance Rover Cameras Capture Mars Like Never Before Scientists tap into an array of imagers aboard the six-wheeled explorer to get a big picture of the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring…

NASA’s InSight Finds Three Big Marsquakes, Thanks to Solar-Panel Dusting

September 22, 2021

. NASA’s InSight Finds Three Big Marsquakes, Thanks to Solar-Panel Dusting The lander cleared enough dust from one solar panel to keep its seismometer on through the summer, allowing scientists to study the three biggest quakes they’ve…

NASA Robots Compete in DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge Final

September 22, 2021

. NASA Robots Compete in DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge Final Led by NASA JPL, Team CoSTAR will participate in the SubT final this week to demonstrate multi-robot autonomy in a series of tests in extreme environments. Eight teams featuring dozens of robots from more than 30 institutions, including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern…

At pivotal points in human spaceflight, NASA undergoes major reorganization

September 21, 2021

The body of NASA tasked with managing human spaceflight is being split into two distinct directorates, the agency’s chief announced on Tuesday, embarking on a major reorganization that past officials have tried and failed to execute for years. The move comes as private…

NASA’s Delta-X Helps With Disaster Response in Wake of Hurricane Ida

September 21, 2021

. NASA’s Delta-X Helps With Disaster Response in Wake of Hurricane Ida Researchers flying a radar instrument over coastal wetlands in Louisiana helped with monitoring oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico. Charged with studying the…

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starlink internet service leaving beta in October

September 18, 2021

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted Friday that the company’s Starlink satellite internet network would come out of its open beta phase next month. That’s two months later than the August date Musk gave at Mobile World Congress, when he also said he expected the service to have “possibly over 500,000 users within 12 months.” The Starlink system calls for a constellation of nearly 12,000…

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Captures a Mars Rock Feature in 3D

September 18, 2021

. NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Captures a Mars Rock Feature in 3D The rotorcraft captures nuances of rocky outcrop during aerial reconnaissance. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter provided a 3D view of a rock-covered mound during…

NASA Confirms Thousands of Massive, Ancient Volcanic Eruptions on Mars

September 16, 2021

. NASA Confirms Thousands of Massive, Ancient Volcanic Eruptions on Mars Scientists found evidence that a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra experienced thousands of “super eruptions,” the biggest volcanic eruptions known, over a…

Visionary Tech Concepts Could Pioneer the Future in Space

September 15, 2021

. Visionary Tech Concepts Could Pioneer the Future in Space Dozens of concepts are being presented at this year’s NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium, including eight led by technologists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA missions make it seem like the future is now – rovers exploring Mars with cutting-edge gadgets, a spacecraft…