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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 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and the University of California, Irvine, have discovered an…

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…

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 Atomic Clock has been pushing the timekeeping frontiers in space. On Sept. 18, 2021, its mission came to a successful end. The…

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…

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. 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…