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Uncontrolled firing from Russian module causes brief ‘tug of war’ on International Space Station

July 29, 2021

The International Space Station unexpectedly shifted in orbit on Thursday when thrusters on a newly docked Russian module began firing uncontrollably. The thrusters reoriented the football-field-sized laboratory’s position by as much as 45 degrees, NASA said. The station is back under control, a NASA spokesperson said, and its seven-person crew of astronauts, including three US astronauts, are…

Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’

July 29, 2021

. Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’ Three studies published in the past month have cast doubt on the premise of subsurface lakes below the Martian south pole. Where there’s water, there’s life. That’s…

Parking lots and airports don’t count for rural broadband funding, FCC tells SpaceX

July 27, 2021

The Federal Communications Commission told SpaceX and other companies on Monday that the billions in rural broadband subsidies it doled out last year can’t be used in already connected areas like “parking lots and well-served urban areas,” citing complaints. The…

Index Ranks Rainforests’ Vulnerability to Climate and Human Impacts

July 27, 2021

. Index Ranks Rainforests’ Vulnerability to Climate and Human Impacts A new index shows that the world’s rainforests are responding differently to threats like a warming climate and deforestation. Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and other international research institutions have created a tropical rainforest…

Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to pick Blue Origin’s lunar lander in last-minute plea

July 26, 2021

Jeff Bezos is offering NASA a discount of at least $2 billion for the agency to give his space company a lucrative human lunar landing system contract that his rival, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, won earlier this year. Bezos’ new offer is the latest in an escalating string of…

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for the Europa Clipper Mission

July 24, 2021

. NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for the Europa Clipper Mission The mission will explore whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions suitable for life. NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of…

NASA’s Europa Clipper will fly on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy

July 23, 2021

NASA’s Europa Clipper will start its journey to Jupiter’s icy moon aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket built by SpaceX. NASA will pay SpaceX $178 million to launch the vehicle in October 2024. The Europa Clipper got the green light from NASA in 2015. It will fly by the moon 45 times, providing researchers with a tantalizing look at the icy world, believed to have an ocean lurking under its icy crust.

This Galaxy is 10 Billion Light Years Away, Visible Through a Cosmic Lens

July 23, 2021

Hubble, which just came back online after being down for a month, has captured this stunning photo of a galaxy that exists a staggering 10 billion light-years away. The telescope can see and focus this vast distance by leveraging the power of gravity. This photo of…

NASA’s InSight Reveals the Deep Interior of Mars

July 23, 2021

. NASA’s InSight Reveals the Deep Interior of Mars Three papers published today share new details on the crust, mantle, and molten core of the Red Planet. Before NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down on Mars in 2018, the…

Dead Space is getting a remake on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X

July 22, 2021

One of survivor horror’s most iconic games is getting a next-gen facelift. At its EA Play Live event, Electronic Arts revealed that a remake of the original Dead Space is in development and will be launching on the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. The publisher says the game is “rebuilt from the ground up” with EA’s Frostbite engine, and studio Motive — best-known for the space…