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Space Exploration 16 hours ago

Pushing the limits of sub-kilowatt electric propulsion technology for space mission concepts

NASA has developed an advanced propulsion technology to facilitate future planetary exploration missions using small spacecraft. Not only will this technology enable new types of planetary science missions, one of NASA's ...

Planetary Sciences 17 hours ago

Signs of 'spider' phenomenon on Mars

ESA's Mars Express has snapped the telltale traces of "spiders" scattered across the southern polar region of Mars.

Space Exploration 21 hours ago

SpaceX launch marks 300th successful booster landing

SpaceX sent up the 30th launch from the Space Coast for the year on the evening of April 23, a mission that also featured the company's 300th successful booster recovery.

Space Exploration Apr 24, 2024

China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program

China's space agency is making final preparations to send a new crew to its space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030.

Earth Sciences Apr 23, 2024

NASA's CloudSat ends mission peering into the heart of clouds

CloudSat, a NASA mission that peered into hurricanes, tallied global snowfall rates, and achieved other weather and climate firsts, has ended its operations. Originally proposed as a 22-month mission, the spacecraft was recently ...

Astronomy Apr 23, 2024

Astrophysicists work toward unification of turbulence framework—weak-to-strong transition discovered in turbulence

Turbulence is ubiquitous in nature. It exists everywhere, from our daily lives to the distant universe, while being labeled as "the last great unsolved problem of classical physics" by Richard Feynman. Prof. Dr. Huirong Yan ...

Space Exploration Apr 23, 2024

NASA to overhaul mission returning samples from Mars—here's why it must and will go ahead

NASA recently announced that it is seeking new ways to complete the return to Earth of rock cores drilled by the Perseverance Rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars. This has led to some anxiety among space scientists, who view ...

Space Exploration Apr 23, 2024

SpaceX launch this evening would mark 300th booster landing if successful

SpaceX is set to send up the 30th launch on the Space Coast this year targeting an evening liftoff Tuesday that would see the 300th booster recovery if successful.

Space Exploration Apr 22, 2024

NASA's Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to Earth

For the first time since November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science ...

Astrobiology Apr 22, 2024

Why is methane seeping on Mars? NASA scientists have new ideas

The most surprising revelation from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover—that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater—has scientists scratching their heads.

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