Space News
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Mapping Alien Continents: Achieving Optical VLBI for Exoplanet Imaging
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of the Mapping Alien Continents concept. Paul Stankus Paul StankusBrookhaven Science Associates The scientific goal of the proposed…
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Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of the Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys concept. Pablo Sobron Pablo Sobron SanchezSETI Institute This proposal explores a…
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Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials for Long-Range Space Situational Awareness
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of the Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials concept. David Smith David SmithDuke University The increasing population of spacefaring vehicles and…
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Photophoretic Tracers for Near-Space Remote Sensing at 30-100 km Altitudes
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of the Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions concept. Benjamin Schafer Benjamin SchaferRarified Technologies, Inc. We…
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NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-13 Mission to Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 members are pictured in their pressure suits seated inside a mockup Dragon spacecraft during a preflight training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left…
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NASA, GE Aerospace Work Enables Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstration
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A modified Saab 340B aircraft in flight powered in part by a hybrid electric system built by GE Aerospace,…
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New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights
Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Agriculture Air Quality Climate Change Freshwater Life on Earth Severe Storms Snow and Ice The Global Ocean Science at Work Earth Science at…
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From Hampton to Mars: How NASA Langley Helped Land on the Red Planet
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This historic image — the first from the surface of Mars — confirmed that NASA’s Viking 1 lander had…
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Our First View of the Surface of Mars
On the morning of July 20, 1976, roughly 40 minutes after mission controllers received word that the Viking 1 lander had successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, this…
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Shaping the Emerald City
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Shaping the Emerald City Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human…