Boeing's Starliner capsule is finally ready to reattempt a key test launch to the International Space Station on May 19, officials said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
May 3, 2022
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recently surveyed both the parachute that helped the agency's Perseverance rover land on Mars and the cone-shaped backshell that protected the rover in deep space and during its fiery descent ...
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2022
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The flight debut of NASA's mega moon rocket faces additional delays following a string of failed fueling tests.
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2022
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NASA's latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test was thwarted Thursday by a hazardous hydrogen leak, the latest in a series of vexing equipment trouble.
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2022
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Researchers studying dragonflies have put together the most complete description of an insect wing sensory system ever recorded.
Biotechnology
Apr 11, 2022
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NASA has extended flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter through September. In the months ahead, history's first aircraft to operate from the surface of another world will support the Perseverance rover's upcoming ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 15, 2022
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While it had been assumed that unstable gliding was the key to agility in bird flight, a collaboration between aerospace engineers at the University of Michigan and biologists at the University of British Columbia revealed ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2022
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A chemical used in electric vehicle batteries could also give us carbon-free fuel for space flight, according to new UC Riverside research.
Materials Science
Feb 23, 2022
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Astronomers from Georgia State University have found an explanation for the strange occurrence of massive stars located far from their birthplace in the disk of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Astronomy
Feb 2, 2022
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An international team of researchers describes in detail the mechanisms of the extraordinarily fast flight of the smallest free-living insects, beetles of the featherwing family (Ptiliidae). The team includes members and ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2022
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