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Tag: Mars
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean
The members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission – Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration […]
SpaceX to Fly Italian Science Experiments to Mars on Starship in 2026
SpaceX has signed a first-of-its-kind deal with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to fly Italian science experiments to Mars aboard its Starship rocket. ASI President […]
SWOT Satellite Captures Tsunami Wave After Kamchatka Quake
The U.S.-French SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite captured the leading edge of a tsunami wave that rolled through the Pacific Ocean on July […]
Hubble Delivers Best View Yet of Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Racing Through Solar System
Scientists have been able to see the most detailed image so far of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, in which a […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Returns, Splashes Down Off California
The first crew to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program completed the agency’s […]
NASA Awards Firefly $177M for 2029 Mission to Deliver Rovers to Moon’s South Pole
NASA’s $176.7 million for Firefly is funding a contract to deliver two rovers and three science instruments to the south pole of the moon in […]
Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Turns Out to Be Much Younger, Scientists Reveal in New Study
A location in Western Australia that used to be named as the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth is now actually a lot younger than […]
Scientists Explore Role of Space Radiation in Powering Alien Microbial Life
The search for alien life traditionally focuses on planets in the “Goldilocks zone” — the orbital band where surface water can exist. But new research […]
NICER Status Updates – NASA
Science Observations Remain Paused for NASA’s NICER Telescope Science operations by NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space […]