The Apollo core rope memory and women’s heritage on the Moon
Between 1969 and 1972 there were six Apollo human spaceflight missions to the Moon, each leaving a complex site behind. A common joke now is that the average smart phone has more computing power than an Apollo spacecraft, and while this may be true, that these early computers could take men to the Moon and […]
ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER YOUNG STARS IN A DISTANT, METAL-POOR GALAXY USING JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE – Astronotes
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, together with former PhD student Venu Kalari and a team of international researchers, have identified young, pre-main sequence stars in the low-metallicity dwarf galaxy WLM, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). On Christmas Day 2021, NASA and ESA launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a cutting-edge successor to the Hubble […]
Fram2’s Risky Mission: Human Polar Orbit
Image credit: Fram2/SpaceX The upcoming crewed flight of the Fram2 mission into polar orbit from Florida is a risky undertaking in many ways. Riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, the Fram2 crew — commander Chun Wang, vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, vehicle pilot Rabea Rogge, and mission specialist and medical officer Eric Philips — […]
See Week’s Best Space Images: Eclipse, Crescent Moon & More!
As we wrap up March, we bring you the final collection of the month’s best space images. From stunning captures of the Partial Solar Eclipse to the mesmerizing Crescent Moon and the iconic Copernicus Crater, this week’s best space images selection showcases the unique beauty of our universe. And it’s not all: scroll down the […]
NSS Town Hall April 3: ISDC 2025 Preview
The National Space Society invites you to the next Town Hall Thursday, April 3, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm Eastern A Preview of the 2025 International Space Development Conference (ISDC): Together, Beyond! Register for this Town Hall With Special Guests Get ready to launch into the future of space exploration with a front-row seat […]
SpaceX launches Fram2 private astronaut mission
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft March 31 on a private astronaut mission that is the first crewed spaceflight to pass over the poles. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 9:47 p.m. Eastern from the Kennedy Space Center, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience. The spacecraft separated from the Falcon 9’s upper stage […]
Massive collision created Mercury, new theory suggests
View larger. | Artist’s concept of a collision between 2 rocky bodies in the early solar system. A new study suggests an event like this, although with more similarly sized bodies, created Mercury. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). How did planet Mercury form? Scientists have been pondering this question for a long […]
Quantum eavesdropping could work even from inside a black hole
An observer hiding inside a black hole can eavesdrop on quantum objects outside it van van/Shutterstock Quantum eavesdropping is possible across a black hole’s event horizon, one of the most impermeable cosmic boundaries – at least in one direction. Daine Danielson at the University of Chicago, Illinois, wanted to know how the structure of space-time, […]
NASA’s Curiosity Rover finds intriguing molecules in ancient Mars mud : NPR
A science experiment aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover has found tantalizing traces of possible past life on Mars. But there could be other explanations for where these compounds came from. AILSA CHANG, HOST: So a science experiment aboard NASA’s Curiosity Rover has found tantalizing traces of possible past life on Mars. DANIEL GLAVIN: We’re really living […]
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