by blundun | Oct 2, 2023 | Science
NASA’s mission to investigate the metal-rich asteroid “Psyche” has been delayed over the spacecraft’s thrusters, the agency announced last week. The launch of the Psyche spacecraft was pushed back a week, with a new target date of Oct. 12 at NASA’s...
by blundun | Oct 1, 2023 | Science
A new compilation of images from NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover appears to show a dust devil twister dancing across the surface of the red planet, about 2.5 miles away from the six-wheeled geologist. NASA said only the lower portion of the twister was seen moving...
by blundun | Sep 27, 2023 | Science
A NASA astronaut now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight after returning to Earth Wednesday, but the feat did not come voluntarily. American Frank Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts were stuck in space for just over a year. The trio landed in a remote area...
by blundun | Sep 24, 2023 | Science
For the first time in U.S. history, samples from an asteroid in deep space that were captured by NASA fell to Earth and landed in the Utah desert on Sunday, ending a seven-year journey. The Osiris-Rex spacecraft flew by Earth on Sunday morning, releasing a capsule...
by blundun | Sep 17, 2023 | Science
A Russian spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked at the International Space Station on Friday after blasting off from Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub departed from the Baikonur...
by blundun | Sep 14, 2023 | Science
NASA announced Thursday it has appointed a new director of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) research in an effort by the space agency to better understand what it describes as “one of our planet’s greatest mysteries.” The new position, according to...
