Female aviator Wally Funk, one of the Mercury 13, will fly Blue Origin on 1st crewed launch
Wally Funk was one of 13 female aviators who lobbied for women to become astronauts in the early days of spaceflight.
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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
Scientists detect gravitational waves for first time from black holes swallowing neutron stars
For the first time, scientists detected gravitational waves caused by mergers between black holes and neutron stars.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 30, 2021
The discovery of a new type of supernova illuminates a medieval mystery
A team led by astronomers at UC Santa Barbara have confirmed the existence of an elusive new type of supernova
Joseph Shavit
Jun 30, 2021
NASA researchers find dozens of lakes beneath its south pole
Either liquid water Is common beneath Mars’ South Pole, or these signals are indicative of something else.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 27, 2021
Space Race 2033: China Drops the Gauntlet That It's Sending the First Humans to Mars
China has set its sights on Mars. It's great to see China stepping up, and committing to goals like landing the first humans on Mars.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 24, 2021
European Space Agency looks to recruit disabled astronauts, wants more women in space
The ESA says it is “blown away” by the record 22,000 astronaut applicants including women and 200 people with disabilities.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 24, 2021
Scientists believe that aliens from these star-systems could be watching us
Scientists believe that 1,715 star-systems could have spotted Earth since human civilization blossomed about 5,000 years ago.
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
Joseph Shavit
Jun 22, 2021
Calamari in Space: NASA sends baby squid to the space station
Dozens of baby squid from Hawaii are in space for study. The baby Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) were raised in Hawaii
Joseph Shavit
Jun 21, 2021
Biden Just Gave NASA the Green Light for a Cool New Moon Base
President Joe Biden is going all in on infrastructure in space. That is to say, space stations.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 21, 2021
Everything you wanted to know about Warp Drive including if it's possible
The distances between t he stars are so vast that they can make your brain melt.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 20, 2021
Space Balloon Neptune One Completes First Successful Unmanned Flight
Space explorers, pack your bags! Neptune One, the pilot-operated space balloon that aims to take space tourists to the edge of space
Joseph Shavit
Jun 18, 2021
Scientists develop new way to detect life on other planets
Left hands and right hands are almost perfect mirror images of each other. But whatever way they are twisted and turned...
Joseph Shavit
Jun 14, 2021
NASA will be voyaging to the dark side of the moon
The mission is part of a programme to introduce a long-term base on the moon.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 11, 2021
Can a 3-D printer generate human organs ... in outer space?
NASA has a problem. It wants to send humans on long-distance space missions but the human body does not thrive under the rigors of space
Joseph Shavit
May 29, 2021
First European female astronaut to command International Space Station
The European Space Agency has confirmed that the Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will be the first European woman to command
Joseph Shavit
May 18, 2021
$10 billion Space telescope that will help us travel back in time
NASA’s new telescope has a considerable mission on its hands: to peer deeper into space and further back in time than ever before
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