Tag Archives: NASA

Keep The Shuttle Update  NASA Watch Source link

Space enthusiasts and astronomers worldwide are keeping a close watch on the skies as NASA confirms the approach of a massive asteroid. Known as asteroid 2025 QV9, this celestial object, discovered only recently, measures roughly the size of an airplane and is set to make a close flyby of Earth on September 10. Traveling at incredible speeds through space, the …

An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s atmospheres — and potentially those of exoplanets. Why has silicon, one of the most common elements in the universe, gone largely undetected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and gas planets like them orbiting other stars? A new study using observations from NASA’s …

Dumping On History While Trying To Repeat It  NASA Watch Source link

NASA is asking citizen scientists, space industry employees and other volunteers to help them track the first human mission to the moon in more than 50 years. The agency put out a call for volunteers to passively track the Artemis 2 mission’s Orion spacecraft when it launches in April 2026 or thereabouts, to keep an eye as the four astronauts …

NASA has some exciting new results from the Perseverance rover, and they will be presented during a press conference on Wednesday, September 10. The call for a press conference is exciting as it suggests that there is something really juicy to be showcased with a new paper published at the same time. The rest of this article is behind a …

NASA‘s Perseverance rover has snapped an intriguing photo of a “turtle” appearing to poke its head out of its shell on the surface of Mars. The reptile-like structure is the latest in a long list of Martian rocks that look similar to living creatures or other Earth objects. Perseverance captured the new image on Aug. 31, on what was its …

On Wednesday (Sept. 10), NASA officials will share details about a new finding connected to a unique sample the Perseverance rover found on Mars. The teleconference will stream on the agency’s website at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) and is expected to include some “visuals” during the discussion. You’ll also be able to tune in right here on Space.com, as …

Lawmakers are growing concerned that China may beat the United States in the race back to the Moon — and acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy is willing to throw the agency’s brave astronauts under the bus to make sure that doesn’t happen. As NBC News reports, Duffy — who, in a puzzling double duty, also serves as the secretary of transportation …

Participants in the teleconference include: Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington Lindsay Hays, Senior Scientist for Mars Exploration, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters Katie Stack Morgan, Perseverance Project Scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California Joel Hurowitz, planetary scientist, Stony Brook University, New York Since landing in the Red …