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NASA claims that SpaceX, and Elon Musk in particular, adheres to safety rules regarding alcohol and drugs in the workplace. This was reported by Bloomberg The agency said in a statement that it has no evidence that Musk does not comply with these requirements and insists that commercial partners must comply with all security requirements […]
NASA reported that thanks to the new tools, the lid of the container with samples of the asteroid Bennu was opened after 3.5 months of attempts and expectations. According to scientists, the study of these samples can give a better understanding of the early history of the solar system, because the Bennu astroid has existed […]
NASA is developing a new concept of a solar-powered aircraft capable of flying over the surface of Mars. This concept, known as the Mars Aerial and Ground Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE), was announced as part of the Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. MAGGIE is a compact, ultra-high performance solar-powered aircraft designed to fly in the Martian […]
At the end of 2023, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a “time-lapse” of a Martian day for 12 hours from one position, capturing its own shadow on the landscape. According to NASA, Curiosity was instructed to record the 12-hour sequence a few days before the start of the solar conjunction on Mars, a natural phenomenon that […]
In a year, on December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will try to “touch” the Sun, writes BBC. At a speed of 195 km/s, it will rush past the Sun only 6.1 million kilometers from its “surface.” This will be the closest teenager in history to a star. At perihelion, the point closest to the […]
The new image of NGC 2264, also known as the “Christmas Tree,” is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old in the Milky Way at a distance of about 2,500 light-years from Earth. This was reported by the NASA press service. The stars in NGC 2264 are both smaller and […]
NASA has sent a video of a cat to Earth using a laser from deep space, Space.com reports. In the ultra-high resolution video, you can see Tatters, a ginger cat, running after the dot of a laser pointer. The video was sent as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment. DSOC technology allows […]
NASA has transmitted ultra-high resolution video to Earth from a near-infrared laser transceiver as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications or DSOC experiment. In the future, the technology could be used to transmit data, images, and video faster from places as far away as Mars (when humans eventually reach it). The 15-second video was […]
NASA has shown a photo of two dwarf tomatoes that were lost 8 months ago on the International Space Station (ISS), Space.com reports. In the photo, you can see how the 17% humidity on board the ISS affected the food that was in a special Ziploc bag. Despite the fact that almost a year had […]
The growing activity of the Sun, which is already affecting radio communications on Earth, will cause the NEOWISE space telescope to burn up in the atmosphere of our planet. The reason for this is the heating and expansion of the atmosphere from solar activity, which leads to faster deceleration of objects in orbit. NEOWISE is […]