BP has signed a deal with US space agency NASA which could see its technology used on Mars or the moon in future. Under the agreement, BP America and NASA will share digital technologies and technical expertise from “decades of experience operating in harsh environments”. This includes digital models and …
Read More »NASA Sets out to Solve the Universe’s Greatest Mystery: Dark Energy
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are teaming up to explore one of the biggest puzzles of the Universe: dark energy. A new space telescope, Euclid, which will explore the dark Universe, is launching in July on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. With an …
Read More »NASA, SpaceX Launch Roll-out Solar Arrays for International Space Station
NASA has launched its 28th commercial resupply mission with SpaceX, sending 7,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft propelled by a Falcon 9 rocket will bring several measurement instruments, as well as two roll-out solar arrays. The International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays …
Read More »US Plans to Test Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft by 2027
The United States plans to test a spacecraft engine powered by nuclear fission by 2027 as part of a long-term NASA effort to demonstrate more efficient methods of propelling astronauts to Mars in the future, the space agency’s chief said on Tuesday. NASA will partner with the US military’s research …
Read More »NASA Seeks Ideas for a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory to establish a sun-independent power source for missions to the moon by the end of the decade. The two, on Friday, put out a request for proposals for the fission surface power system. “Providing a reliable, high-power system …
Read More »NASA to Launch Lucy Probe to Investigate Jupiter Asteroids
NASA was set on Saturday to launch a spacecraft called Lucy on a 12-year mission to explore for the first time a group of rocky bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, gathering new insights into the solar system’s formation. The Atlas V rocket responsible for propelling the probe is …
Read More »NASA, European Space Agency Join Forces on Climate Change
NASA and the European Space Agency joined forces Tuesday (13 July) in the battle against climate change, a move they said paves the way to a global response to the problem. “To ensure that data from Earth-observing satellites are used to their best advantage, further science and, ultimately, bring the …
Read More »NASA Wants to Put a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy will seek proposals from industry to build a nuclear power plant on the moon and Mars to support its long-term exploration plans. The proposal is for a fission surface power system, and the goal is to have a flight system, lander and reactor …
Read More »NASA’s Next Great Leap
While it may seem like the whole world has come to a standstill, NASA is notably continuing to prep for one of the most important missions in recent memory, set to launch on the 27th of May, coinciding with the week of Memorial Day. Riding aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 …
Read More »Curiosity Detects Oxygen Behaving Strangely on Mars
Since it landed in Gale Crater in 2012. the Curiosity rover has been studying the Martian surface beneath its wheels to learn more about the planet'.s history.But Curiosity also stuck its nose in the air for a big sniff to understand the Martian atmospher.
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