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NASA funds three companies to develop commercial space stations

December 3, 2021

NASA announced the selection of three US companies that will receive government funding to further develop private space stations on Thursday. From a set of 11 proposals, NASA selected Blue Origin, Nanoracks LLC, and Northrop Grumman to receive over $400 million in federal funds through three separate Space Act Agreements. NASA began seeking proposals in July for its Commercial Low Earth Orbit…

Are Water Plumes Spraying From Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper Is on the Case

December 1, 2021

. Are Water Plumes Spraying From Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper Is on the Case Finding plumes at Europa is an exciting prospect, but scientists warn it’ll be tricky, even from up close. In 2005, images of a brilliant watery…

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends a Picture Postcard From Mars

November 24, 2021

. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends a Picture Postcard From Mars An artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view high up on a Martian mountain was created by mission team members who were stunned by the sweeping…

New Deep Learning Method Adds 301 Planets to Kepler's Total Count

November 23, 2021

. New Deep Learning Method Adds 301 Planets to Kepler’s Total Count Scientists have added a whopping 301 newly confirmed exoplanets to the total exoplanet tally. Scientists recently added a whopping 301 newly validated exoplanets to the total exoplanet tally. The throng of planets is the latest to join the 4,569 already validated planets orbiting a…

NASA’s Perseverance Captures Challenging Flight by Mars Helicopter

November 19, 2021

. NASA’s Perseverance Captures Challenging Flight by Mars Helicopter Recently downlinked imagery of a September flight has allowed the rover imaging team to put together a video of rotorcraft performing to near-perfection. Video…

Twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Begins Terrain Tests

November 18, 2021

. Twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Begins Terrain Tests OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, begins a series of rigorous tests to assess the risk of potential driving hazards…

How NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for Astronauts

November 16, 2021

. How NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for Astronauts A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans would face on the surface. Could lava tubes, caves, or subsurface habitats offer safe refuge for future astronauts on Mars? Scientists with NASA’s Curiosity Mars…

NASA delays ambitious human lunar landing to 2025

November 10, 2021

NASA is pushing back its target date for returning humans to the Moon, now eyeing a crewed lunar landing in 2025 instead of 2024 as originally planned. NASA blames the delay on recent lawsuits over contracts for the agency’s lunar lander, as well as changes to the scope of…

Emission Reductions From Pandemic Had Unexpected Effects on Atmosphere

November 10, 2021

. Emission Reductions From Pandemic Had Unexpected Effects on Atmosphere Earth’s atmosphere reacted in surprising ways to the lowering of emissions during the pandemic, showing how closely climate warming and air pollution are linked. …

SpaceX successfully brings crew of four home from the International Space Station

November 9, 2021

A crew of four astronauts successfully returned to Earth this evening, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Their arrival back on the planet brings an end to a more than six-month-long stay aboard the International Space Station, and it paves the way for another crew of four to launch to the ISS in the coming week. The crew includes…