[ad_1] Spaceflight is an expensive business and that money has to come from somewhere. The White House just released its budget for fiscal year 2025. What does that mean for NASA? They will receive $25.4 billion, the same as it received last year but $2 billion less than what it requested. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson … Read more
[ad_1] US space agency NASA will launch the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s water moon in October this year and along with the spacecraft will send a unique message that has been recorded in Hindi and other languages. The moon shows strong evidence of an ocean beneath its icy crust, with more than twice the … Read more
[ad_1] This side of a commemorative plaque mounted on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft features American Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s handwritten “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa.” A silicone microchip will be placed with the names submitted by the public. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech When it launches in October, the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry … Read more
[ad_1] Down Angle Icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing downwards. This illustration of Europa shows how its icy surface can glow even on its night side, because Jupiter constantly bombards it with radiation. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno mission discovered that Jupiter’s icy moon Europa produces 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours. … Read more
[ad_1] The Office of Inspector General of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the agency’s auditor, found that the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program to return soil samples from Mars faced serious challenges in its development, and much less in its implementation. . Three spacecraft are being developed for the MSR program, but all … Read more
[ad_1] NASA and Nikon have joined forces in a groundbreaking collaboration to develop a specialized camera to capture the wonders of the lunar surface during the upcoming Artemis mission. The agreement, outlined in a Space Law Agreement, aims to equip astronauts with a portable camera capable of withstanding the harsh conditions of the Moon’s South … Read more
[ad_1] SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavor sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the launch of the Crew-8 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update at 8:00 pm EST: NASA and SpaceX are pulling out of the launch due to high winds along the ascent corridor. For the second time this … Read more
[ad_1] NASA’s post has racked up more than 257,000 likes and hundreds of comments. The American space agency NASA periodically shares impressive images of our universe, leaving space lovers mesmerized. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) social network is a treasure trove for those who love watching educational videos and fascinating images showing Earth … Read more
[ad_1] Applications are open for next year’s NASA Mars simulated mission, which simulates the challenges crews may face during future expeditions to the Red Planet. The terrestrial mission, called CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog), consists of four volunteer crew members who live and work within a 1,700-square-foot (158-square-meter) 3D-printed isolated habitat. Located at … Read more
[ad_1] NASA has warned of strong solar flares that have the potential to disrupt communications in space and here on Earth. The aerospace agency on Thursday. aware news of a flare that peaked at 5:34 pm EST on February 22, 2024 (10:34 pm UTC) and is classified as an X6.3 event. Solar flares are classified … Read more