[ad_1] Since the Martian atmosphere only has about one percent the density of Earth’s, the researchers would’ve had to conduct their flight tests at an altitude of 100,000 feet if they did’t rely on the simulator. The 25-foot-wide vacuum cylinder was the much better choice, especially since the agency has been using it to test […]
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VP Pence wants US astronauts back on the Moon by 2024
[ad_1] Pence agreed that the timeline was short but maintained that it was possible, pointing to the Apollo 11 landing as an example of how quickly the US can move when it’s motivated. He suggested that it might require using private rockets if the Space Launch System isn’t ready in time. There’s one main problem […]
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An ill-fitting spacesuit cancels NASA’s first all-female spacewalk
[ad_1] A historic spacewalk was scheduled to occur this week, with only women operating outside the ISS for the first time ever. News of the event was revealed earlier this month when a flight controller tweeted about the schedule, but as NASA noted at the time “assignments and schedules could always change.” Now that has […]
NASA, ESA will study how artificial gravity can keep astronauts healthy
[ad_1] The scientists can tweak the intensity of the centrifugal force as well as decide whether to spin around a person’s head or chest, but it’s not clear just what will work. That’s partly what the experiment is for — they’ll have a better sense of what gravitational effects would be necessary to prevent muscles […]
‘Cannonball’ pulsar points to the supernova that formed it
[ad_1] Pulsars are superdense neutron stars that form out of massive supernovae. They can only be found when their electromagnetic beams points directly to Earth like a nuclear-powered lighthouse. Pulsars have been found to rotate as fast as 1.6 milliseconds, or 38,500 rpm. They pick up the angular momentum of the massive stars that formed […]
‘Farscape’ comes to Amazon Prime Video on March 19th
[ad_1] Many refer to Farscape, which won Saturn awards for best syndicated/cable television series over three consecutive years, as a classic of the genre. The space soap opera’s hero is NASA astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder), who gets sucked into a wormhole and comes out in the middle of an intergalactic conflict. Crichton joins a […]
NASA’s latest cubesat candidates include a solar sail test
[ad_1] The 16 chosen projects are: Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS) from Arizona State University. It will monitor the solar flares and activities of red dwarfs to assess the habitability of their planets. BeaverCube from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was designed so that high school students can learn to design CubeSats and study […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson will continue with ‘Cosmos’ after investigation
[ad_1] The investigation started in December 2018 after Katelyn Allers and Ashley Watson came forward with allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior, including groping (described as “creepy” rather than assault) and attempts at persuasion. It also resurfaced an allegation of rape from Tchiya Amet in 2014. DeGrasse Tyson said he remembered the two newly disclosed incidents […]
Japan’s moon rover will be made by Toyota
[ad_1] Toyota is going to the moon. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has teamed up with the carmaker to build a pressurized self-driving rover that will land on the lunar surface in 2029. The six-wheeled transporter will be able to carry two humans for a distance of 10,000 kilometers using solar power and Toyota‘s […]