HELSINKI — NASA-funded researchers have been granted permission to apply for access to China’s Chang’e-5 lunar samples in an exception to a prohibition on bilateral activities. An internal email sent Nov. 29 informed NASA researchers that they would be able to apply to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) for […]
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Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes and hold fascinating secrets and clues about the origins of the Universe. The majority of the space rocks come from our Solar System’s main asteroid belt, situated between Mars and Jupiter. Around a million of these asteroids make up the belt and orbit […]
Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, has died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday. NASA did not give a cause of death. “I’m sad we’ve lost trail blazer […]
WASHINGTON — Citing budget uncertainty, NASA is pushing back the launch of the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan by a year and postponing a key milestone in its development. In a presentation at a Nov. 28 meeting of NASA’s Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG), Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s […]
Hitchin-born Dr Nicola Fox, 54, is only the second woman to hold the post since the space agency was founded in 1958. She told Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs her father Eric, an engineer at Vauxhall, had followed all the NASA astronaut programmes. She added: “It was important for him […]
NASA has successfully beamed a message over 10 million miles in the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The technology will one day allow NASA to beam back discoveries from deeper into space and help uncover the secrets of the universe. Launched in mid-October, the space agency’s Psyche is currently […]
A NASA astronaut’s feet cosplayed as a turkey in space. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara received new turkey socks for U.S. Thanksgiving on the International Space Station (ISS). She then spent a part of her day off in orbit on Thursday (Nov. 23) showing off the turkey feet at various points […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could one day […]