Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2023
NASA's tale of two towers: Both Artemis mobile launchers see action
NASA's Artemis program has one tower standing and one just getting started.
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Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2023
Spacecraft could shuttle astronauts and supplies to and from the moon on a regular basis
Multiple space agencies plan to send astronauts, cosmonauts, and taikonauts to the moon in the coming years, with the long-term goal of establishing a permanent human presence there. This includes the NASA-led Artemis Program, ...
Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2023
California Science Center starts complex process to display Space Shuttle Endeavour vertically
A highly technical process began Thursday in Los Angeles to put NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on permanent display in the vertical launch position complete with external tank and two solid rocket boosters.
Space Exploration
Jul 6, 2023
California Science Center to start complex process to display space shuttle Endeavour vertically
The lengthy process of putting the retired space shuttle Endeavour on display in the vertical launch position will begin this month in Los Angeles.
Space Exploration
May 22, 2023
Axiom's private mission inches commercial space station dreams closer to reality
Axiom Space made history in 2022 with the first all-private mission to the International Space Station. The company is ready to do it again, but with more focus on its endgame: having its own commercial space station in what ...
Astronomy
Apr 20, 2023
Hubble celebrates 33rd anniversary with a peek into nearby star-forming region
Astronomers are celebrating NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's 33rd launch anniversary with an ethereal photo of a nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, and located approximately ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 31, 2023
Connecting distant silicon qubits for scaling up quantum computers
In a demonstration that promises to help scale up quantum computers based on tiny dots of silicon, RIKEN physicists have succeeded in connecting two qubits—the basic unit for quantum information—that are physically distant ...
Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2023
Lessons from shuttle Columbia disaster could stave off next tragedy
"Never again" is the phrase echoed among NASA leaders recalling the last major tragedy in the space program that occurred 20 years ago this week, when Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003, never making ...
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2023
Columbia disaster that scuttled the space shuttle
America may now be aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, but for years the United States turned its back on manned missions after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
Biotechnology
Jan 27, 2023
New forensic tools aid fight against sexual assault and other crimes
Technological developments in evidence gathering hold out promise of fewer offenses going unpunished.
