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Joseph Shavit
Sep 7, 2021
Science and student payloads to fly aboard NASA's next scientific balloons mission
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program's 2021 fall campaign is now underway in New Mexico, launching the first three of eight missions in August
Joseph Shavit
Aug 28, 2021
Two experiments to help humans "go farther / stay longer" in space
When the Space X23 rocket launches to resupply the International Space Station, it will carry two experiments designed to sustain humans
Joseph Shavit
Aug 27, 2021
Alien Life Could Exist on 'Hycean' Exoplanets, Study Finds
When we search for life out there in the galaxy, we base our efforts on what we know. So far, we know only one planet that has yielded life.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 25, 2021
Hubble Captures a Stunning 'Einstein Ring' Magnifying The Depths of The Universe
Gravity is the weird, mysterious glue that binds the Universe together, but that's not the limit of its charms.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 22, 2021
NASA Team Develops Technique To Protect ISS From Radiation Risk
A team of NASA researchers has developed a technique to predict radiation risk on the International Space Station for future exploration.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 19, 2021
NASA Helps Celebrate Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry's Centennial
NASA is helping the legacy of inspiration, hope, and diversity fostered by the creator of Star Trek to live long and prosper.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
NASA Tests 3D Moon Dust Printer on the ISS in preparation for Mars mission
Designed to build landing pads, roads, and even homes, it could help humans become an interplanetary species.
Joshua Shavit
Aug 15, 2021
New project will simulate life on Mars, pave way for NASA's 'next giant leap'
As NASA prepares for its "next giant leap"—meaning astronauts on Mars—technology developed by 3D printing construction is paving the way
Joshua Shavit
Aug 15, 2021
NASA facility in Ohio named for native son Neil Armstrong
A NASA research facility in Ohio has been renamed after astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 12, 2021
NASA Learns to Search for Life Underground Using a 'Cave Rover'
Imagine descending into a cave carved out by lava to work alongside a rover about the size of Spirit and Opportunity on Mars
Joshua Shavit
Aug 12, 2021
Dragonfly mission to Titan announces big science goals
Among our solar system’s many moons, Saturn’s Titan stands out – it’s the only moon with a substantial atmosphere and liquid on the surface.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 10, 2021
NASA wants you to spend a year pretending to live on Mars
The space agency is embarking on a ‘one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life on a distant world’
Joseph Shavit
Aug 10, 2021
NASA's Supersonic X-59 Jet "Quietly" Booms Its Way To First Flight
Newly released timelapse footage from the US space agency shows "the major aircraft sections" of NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology jet
Joseph Shavit
Jul 20, 2021
NASA Balloon Detects California Earthquake – Next Stop, Venus?
The technique is being developed to detect venusquakes. A new study details how it made the first balloon-borne detection of a quakes
Joseph Shavit
Jul 5, 2021
NASA Approves Asteroid Hunting Space Telescope to Safeguard Earth
NASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) to move to the next phase of mission development
Joseph Shavit
Jul 3, 2021
Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension
NEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our nearest solar system neighbors
Joseph Shavit
Jul 2, 2021
Clays found in Martian crater hint that the planet was once habitable
Parts of Mars may have been habitable for thousands or even a million years, based on analysis of clays found in one of its craters
Joseph Shavit
Jul 2, 2021
NASA Software Benefits Earth, Available for Business, Public Use
Many of NASA's innovations were developed to help explore space, but the public can download them for applications that benefit us on Earth
Joseph Shavit
Jun 23, 2021
NASA is Going Back to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus
NASA has selected two new missions to Venus. the missions aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world...
Joseph Shavit
Jun 22, 2021
For Those Hard to Remove Stains: Tide Is the First Laundry Detergent for Space
There’s no such thing as laundry day on the International Space Station;until now. P&G is working with NASA to test a new detergent in space
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