A billion-dollar mission to put an innovative probe into orbit — around a metal-rich asteroid that resembles the core of an early planet — will be delayed until May 10 at the earliest due to problems with test equipment and the time it takes to complete software tests suspended next summer. NASA announced this on …
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Astrophotographer Wright Dobbs snapped this image of five bright planets visible in line with the Moon before sunrise on June 24, 2022 in St. Cloud, Florida. The planets are (from left): Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with a crescent moon between Venus and Jupiter. (Image credit: Wright Dobbs) The rare sight of five bright …
The Artemis team had time to review the data collected from the successful fourth attempt of the final test held on Monday, and decided that no more wet training was needed. The test simulates each stage of the launch without the rocket leaving the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “During wet …
Artemis I rocket prepares for launch to the moon in late August – CNN Read More »
Humans maintain the polite fantasy that we don’t constantly smell each other. Despite our best efforts to the contrary, we all have our own scents, pleasant and less fragrant, and if we are like other land mammals, our particular fragrance might mean something to our fellow human beings. Some of these things, like the smell …
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Engineers at the European Space Agency (ESA) are preparing to upgrade Windows 98 on a Mars orbiter. The Mars Express spacecraft has been in operation for over 19 years, and the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface Instrumentation and Ion Sounding (MARSIS) instrument on board uses software built with Windows 98. Fortunately for humanity and for …
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A second spacecraft flyby of Mercury on Thursday (June 23) gave a stunning set of close-ups of the planet’s craters and volcanic regions. The BepiColombo mission, a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has reached just 125 miles (200 km) from Mercury’s cratered surface. While the …
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Over the past ten years, the Curiosity probe has traveled across the terrain of Mars in search of evidence of this The past of the potentially habitable planet. Recently, the car-sized robot traveled through a transition zone, moving from an area that may have previously hosted surface lakes to an area indicative of drier conditions …
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Over the past ten years, the Curiosity probe has traveled across the terrain of Mars in search of evidence of this The past of the potentially habitable planet. Recently, the car-sized robot traveled through a transition zone, moving from an area that may have previously hosted surface lakes to an area indicative of drier conditions …
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Researchers discovered the fossils at the excavation site in 1951 before their site was initially lost. (Image credit: Ferraz et al.) (Opens in a new tab) Scientists have finally discovered a missing fossil site in Brazil, after researchers who originally discovered it 70 years ago were unable to trace their steps to the remote site. …
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A squid-like creature from the Jurassic period used super suckers to pluck prey from the water column and hold it in place with a watertight seal, 3D imaging of several fossils reveals. For the first time, scientists have used advanced 3D imaging techniques to examine prey suckers in great detail Vampirona Rudanica, A relative of …
