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NASA’s massive next-generation space telescope arrives in South America ahead of launch

October 12, 2021

After more than two decades of delays and ballooning development costs, NASA’s next-generation space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, has arrived in French Guiana, South America — the site of the spacecraft’s planned launch later this year. Its arrival sparks the beginning of weeks of final preparations before the telescope is loaded on the top of its rocket for flight. The James…

With First Martian Samples Packed, Perseverance Initiates Remarkable Sample Return Mission

October 12, 2021

. NASA, along with the European Space Agency, is developing a campaign to return the Martian samples to Earth. On Sept. 1, NASA’s Perseverance rover unfurled its arm, placed a drill bit at the Martian surface, and drilled about 2 inches, or 6…

Icy ‘Glue’ May Control Pace of Antarctic Ice-Shelf Breakup

October 12, 2021

. Icy ‘Glue’ May Control Pace of Antarctic Ice-Shelf Breakup As the ice-and-snow rubble known as mélange melts in Antarctica’s ice shelves, rifts can grow and icebergs break off even in the brutal cold of winter. Researchers…

Blue Origin postpones William Shatner’s space flight by a day

October 10, 2021

Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company Blue Origin said Sunday it will postpone the flight that is slated to fly William Shatner to space due to forecasted high winds at its launch site. The flight of the company’s New Shepard spacecraft is now scheduled for 9:30AM ET on October 13th, a day later than originally planned. It’s targeted to lift off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in Texas. A…

NASA’s Perseverance Sheds More Light on Jezero Crater’s Watery Past

October 8, 2021

. NASA’s Perseverance Sheds More Light on Jezero Crater’s Watery Past Pictures from NASA’s latest six-wheeler on the Red Planet suggest the area’s history experienced significant flooding events. …

Working Overtime: NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock Completes Mission

October 5, 2021

. Geared toward improving spacecraft navigation, the technology demonstration operated far longer than planned and broke the stability record for atomic clocks in space. For more than two years, NASA’s Deep Space…

Science of Psyche: Unique Asteroid Holds Clues to Early Solar System

October 4, 2021

. Science of Psyche: Unique Asteroid Holds Clues to Early Solar System Set to launch next year, NASA’s Psyche mission marks the first time the agency has set out to explore an asteroid richer in metal than rock or ice. More than 150 years have passed since novelist Jules Verne wrote “Journey to the Center of the…

NASA’s Mars Fleet Lies Low With Sun Between Earth and Red Planet

September 30, 2021

. NASA’s Mars Fleet Lies Low With Sun Between Earth and Red Planet The missions will continue collecting data about the Red Planet, though engineers back on Earth will stop sending commands to them until mid-October. NASA will…

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.

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 Jezero Crater for more than 217 Earth days (211 Martian days, or sols), and the dusty rocks there are beginning to tell their…