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NASA uses ORNL supercomputers to plan smooth landing on Mars
A U.S. mission to land astronauts on the surface of Mars will be unlike any other extraterrestrial landing ever undertaken by NASA.
Although the space agency has successfully landed nine robotic missions on Mars since its first surface missions in 1976 with the Viking Project, safely bringing humans to Mars will require new technologies for flight through the Martian atmosphere. But these ispace Europe and CDS Partner to Deploy Advanced Localization Tech on the Moon
ispace EUROPE S.A., a Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, inc., has entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding with Control Data Systems SRL (CDS). This collaboration is aimed at developing localization and telecommunications technology to for Lunar applications in support of the quest for sustainable human presence and infrastructure development on Earth's natural satellite. NASA Names Winners in Lunar Gateway Packing and Storing Challenge
Humans living in space have confronted the challenge of maximizing the physical space available to them. As NASA works to return astronauts to the Moon with its Artemis campaign and chart a new era of deep space exploration with Gateway, humanity's first space station in lunar orbit, being organized and space-efficient is important.
To help address the iss Study determines the original orientations of rocks drilled on Mars
As it trundles around an ancient lakebed on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is assembling a one-of-a-kind rock collection. The car-sized explorer is methodically drilling into the Red Planet's surface and pulling out cores of bedrock that it's storing in sturdy titanium tubes. Scientists hope to one day return the tubes to Earth and analyze their contents for traces of embedded microbial life. Fixing space-physics mistake enhances satellite safety
Correcting 50-year-old errors in the math used to understand how electromagnetic waves scatter electrons trapped in Earth's magnetic fields will lead to better protection for technology in space.
NASA tests the new Starship docking system
New study addresses how lunar missions will kick up moondust
Before the end of this decade, NASA plans to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. But this time, through the Artemis Program, it won't be a "footprints and flags" affair.
With other space agencies and commercial partners, the long-term aim is to create the infrastructure that will allow for a "sustained program of lunar exploration and development.
Webb unlocks secrets of primeval galaxy
Looking deep into space and time, two teams using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy GN-z11, which existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old Universe was only about 430 million years old.
Four new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay
Four astronauts headed to the International Space Station on Sunday where they will oversee the arrivals of two new rocketships during their half-year stint.
SpaceX's Falcon rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA's Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russia's Alexander Grebenkin.
The astronauts should reach the orbiting lab on Tuesday.
SDGSAT-1 aids in identifying urban light pollution sources
In a groundbreaking study, Chinese scientists have harnessed the capabilities of the science satellite SDGSAT-1 to address the challenges posed by modern illumination sources in urban environments. This research, spearheaded by the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, represents a significant step forward in the management of urban light pollution.
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