NASA has selected nine student teams to launch scientific payloads on a NASA heavy-lift balloon for the 16th High-Altitude Student Platform (HASP) mission flying during the fall 2022 campaign in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2022
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Side-lit by the sun, its heavily cratered surface mired in shadow, the south pole of the moon represents a highly challenging lunar landing target. Italian ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori took to an advanced flight simulator ...
Space Exploration
Apr 7, 2022
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SpaceX has enjoyed a lot of wins in the past few years. In addition to successfully glide-testing and landing multiple Starship prototypes, they've rolled out its first Super Heavy boosters, test-fired the new Raptor Vacuum ...
Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2022
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In late 2015, two Marines were killed and 20 others injured after a MV-22 Osprey crashed during pre-deployment training at Bellows Air Force Base in Hawaii. The culprit was airborne sand and dust particulates that caused ...
Materials Science
Mar 28, 2022
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The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft is speeding towards its historic first close pass of the sun, which happens midday on 26 March 2022.
Space Exploration
Mar 25, 2022
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Pete Davidson has bowed out of a short ride to space on a Jeff Bezos rocket.
Space Exploration
Mar 18, 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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Pete Davidson is heading to space.
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2022
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Drones have become ubiquitous in recent years. From recently discovering the Endurance to participating in wars, drones have made history in more ways than one. Now, they have a new job title to add to their resume—meteorite ...
Astronomy
Mar 11, 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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