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NASA’s water-hunting lunar rover was given a second chance to reach the surface of the Moon. Blue Origin will deliver VIPER to the Moon on an upcoming lunar lander mission, resurrecting the exploration mission after it was called off last year. NASA contracted Blue Origin to transport its lunar rover to the Moon as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar …

FYI JPLers  NASA Watch Source link

Lauren Edgar has spent nearly two decades at NASA studying the moon and Mars, guiding rover missions and helping design lunar science for the Artemis program. Now, she’s trading her role behind the console for a shot at flying to space herself. Edgar is one of the 10 people in NASA’s 2025 astronaut class, which was announced this week at …

NASA and Sierra Space have modified the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, which originally called for the Dream Chaser spaceplane to be used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Currently, there is a strong chance the vehicle will never reach the ISS before the outpost is deorbited in 2030. The change to the contract means that Dream Chaser will now …

Some NASA missions are designed for very specific tasks, but all of them help feed into our understanding of our universe, and in some cases our pale blue dot, work. A new mission to study one of the more esoteric parts of the atmosphere successfully launched Wednesday (Sept. 24), and over the next 2-3 years will monitor the outer reaches …

NASA studies plan to destroy asteroid with nuclear bombs before it can hit the Moon  TechSpot Astronomers weigh nuclear option to stop Moon-bound asteroid  Yahoo NASA: Nuclear Explosion Could Save Moon From Asteroid Strike in 2032  ScienceAlert Scientists eye nuclear options as asteroid barrels toward moon  NewsNation We could nuke ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 before it hits the moon — if we act …

‘If there is a space race, China’s already winning it’: NASA unlikely to bring Mars samples back to Earth before China does, experts say  Live Science Source link

Preparations for the second-ever launch of Blue Origin’s powerful New Glenn rocket are underway on Florida’s Space Coast, as NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes await their mission to Mars. Blue Origin had originally targeted no earlier than Sept. 29 for the second New Glenn launch, designated NG-2, but now says the mission is slated for NET mid-October. The rocket’s ESCAPADE payload …

NASA’s exoplanet tally has climbed to 6,000, revealing bizarre and beautiful worlds far stranger than our own. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com NASA has now confirmed 6,000 exoplanets — a dazzling collection of alien worlds ranging from fiery giants and lava oceans to planets with clouds of gemstones or the density of Styrofoam. This milestone not only highlights the staggering variety …

JPLers Get Layoff Update Letter  NASA Watch Source link