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NASA’s first new wind tunnel in 40 years will turn science fiction to fact
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Flying cars. Space tourism. Safe reentry for astronauts coming back from Mars. These technologies are still science fiction, but some won’t be for much longer, according to Charles “Mike” Fremaux, NASA Langley Research Center’s chief engineer for intelligent flight systems. To test these concepts, particularly in regard to public and military …
NASA’s Mars InSight lander snaps dusty ‘final selfie’ as power dwindles
NASA’s InSight lander is completely caked with a thick layer of Martian dust in its latest selfie, which the agency says will likely be the last of the mission. The solar-powered InSight lander is only working at about one-tenth of its landing capacity of 5,000 watt-hours, the agency said in a press conference May 17, …
NASA’s Voyager 1 Space Probe From the ’70s Troubled by Mysterious Glitch
NASA’s 45-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft, a marvel, is cruising along outside our solar system and still staying in touch with Earth. But it’s presented its team with what NASA is calling a “mystery.” It’s operating normally but sending back some weird telemetry data. The issue likely traces to Voyager 1’s attitude articulation and control system (AACS), …
Earthquake: NASA’s InSight lander vehicle records ‘monster quake’ on Mars
MARS (KABC) — NASA released images on Monday showing what scientists are calling a “monster earthquake” on Mars. The agency says the quake shook the planet Mars on May 4, the 1,222nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The 5.0 magnitude quake was apparently the largest temblor ever detected on another planet. A magnitude …
Liquid Hydrogen Leak Ends NASA’s Third Test Attempt at Fueling the Artemis I SLS Moon Rocket
By NASA April 14, 2022 A sunrise view of the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 11, 2022. Mist rises from a nearby waterway. The SLS and Orion atop the mobile launcher were transported to the pad on crawler-transporter …
NASA’s Latest Plans for Critical Artemis I Moon Rocket Testing
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B as the Artemis I launch team prepares for the next attempt of the wet dress rehearsal test, right, as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft aboard is seen on …
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Mid-Level Solar Flare Erupting From Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the upper right portion of the image– on March 31, 2022. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in SDO channel color …
NASA’s big rocket faces its last test before launching
Enlarge / NASA’s large rocket will undergo a dress rehearsal this weekend. NASA After two weeks of preparatory work on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, NASA is ready to put its large new rocket and its complex plumbing system to the test. This will be the final major rehearsal before the space agency …
NASA’s Juno Probe Flew By Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede : NPR
The solar system’s largest moon, Ganymede, is pictured with Jupiter in a photo by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 3, 2000. NASA’s Juno mission got close to Ganymede on Monday. NASA/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption NASA/Getty Images The solar system’s largest moon, Ganymede, is pictured with Jupiter in a photo by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft …
NASA’s Mars helicopter had a midair brain fart
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter ended its sixth flight test on Mars earlier than planned last week after bugging out mid-flight, the rotorcraft’s chief pilot wrote in a blog post on Thursday. The four-pound mini helicopter was aiming to fly farther than any of its previous excursions to test out its scientific reconnaissance capabilities, as the latest …