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Vergecast: James Webb Space Telescope’s launch next week, cool gadgets launched this week

December 17, 2021

Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. On the final Vergecast of 2021, Nilay and Dieter invite Verge managing editor Alex Cranz and senior space reporter Loren Grush to the show to cover the last bits of news before the holiday break.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries

December 16, 2021

. NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency’s Mars Sample Return program will have to study. …

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft

December 16, 2021

. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft With its recent 17th flight, the Red Planet rotorcraft reaches an airborne milestone the team never considered achievable. Its 18th flight is scheduled for no earlier than today. …

NASA Scientists Named AGU 2021 Union Honorees

December 15, 2021

. NASA Scientists Named AGU 2021 Union Honorees Among the several being recognized by the American Geophysical Union are three from JPL. Several individuals with NASA affiliations have been named 2021 Union honorees or fellows by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and will receive honors bestowed by AGU for their excellence in scientific research…

NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Have the Coolest Camera in Space

December 15, 2021

. Before the MIRI instrument – one of four scientific instruments aboard the observatory – can operate, it has to be cooled down to almost the coldest temperature matter can reach. Set to launch on…

Five former SpaceX employees speak out about harassment at the company

December 14, 2021

A group of former SpaceX employees are coming forward about their experience working at the commercial rocket company, claiming that there is a culture of sexual harassment in the workplace and that managers and the human resources department handled complaints poorly. The…

NASA to Launch 4 Earth Science Missions in 2022

December 14, 2021

. NASA to Launch 4 Earth Science Missions in 2022 The missions, including two led by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will help monitor our changing planet. Scientists will discuss them at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting. NASA will launch four Earth science missions in 2022 to provide scientists…

NASA-NOAA Tech Will Aid Marine Oil Spill Response

December 14, 2021

. NASA-NOAA Tech Will Aid Marine Oil Spill Response NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists are teaming up to test remote sensing technology for use in oil spill response. Just off…

NASA Begins Testing Robotics to Bring First Samples Back From Mars

December 14, 2021

. NASA Begins Testing Robotics to Bring First Samples Back From Mars Your browser cannot play the provided video file(s). Engineers are developing the crucial hardware needed for a series of daring space missions that will be carried out in…

Blue Origin launches Michael Strahan, Laura Shepard Churchley and others to space and back

December 11, 2021

This morning, space tourism venture Blue Shepard successfully launched its third crew of passengers to space and back on the company’s New Shepard rocket, the first time a group of six people has flown together on the vehicle. The crew included GMA host Michael Strahan and Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of Alan Shepard — the first American in space and the namesake for the New…