NASA to Transform In-Space Manufacturing with Laser Beam Welding Collaboration
By Wayne Smith As NASA plans for humans to return to the Moon and eventually explore Mars, a laser beam…
Month: November 2024
Teeny tardigrades can survive space and lethal radiation. Scientists may finally know how
Tardigrades, the ubiquitous microscopic animals that resemble gummy bears with eight legs, are renowned for their ability to survive some…
Gilmour Space secures license for first orbital launch
WASHINGTON — Australian launch vehicle startup Gilmour Space has received a license for its first orbital launch, which could take…
Earth Below
Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on Oct. 24, 2024. The…
SpaceX California launch slips two days
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX delayed a Falcon 9 rocket…
NOAA satellites watch Hurricane Rafael make landfall in Cuba (video)
As we go into the final days of November, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s GOES-East satellite is busy…
Student-Built Capsules Endure Heat of Re-entry for NASA Science
In July 2024, five student-built capsules endured the scorching heat of re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere as part of the second…
Explore the science of rainbows
A double rainbow seen from Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona, features a bright primary and a faint secondary as…
Proba-3 will constantly measure Sun’s energy output
Enabling & Support 07/11/2024 643 views 21 likes Proba-3 is such an ambitious mission that it needs more than one single…
Space stations are loud — that's why NASA is making a quiet fan
Despite the International Space Station being comparable in size to a five-bedroom house, the prospect of spending months confined to…