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Spacewalking Astronauts Prep Station for New Solar Wings

February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS

Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year.

Science

NASA’s Newest Mars Rover Streams First Images and Audio of Desert World

February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR

Mars, NASA, Photography, planets, Research

The stunning burst of media — including the first-ever audio recording on the desert planet — captured by Perseverance provides a front-row view of the barren planet where scientists hope to uncover evidence of ancient life.

Science

NASA Discovers Earth Microbes That Can Survive on Mars

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 JASON SANDEFUR

Mars, NASA, space

NASA scientists sent microbes to Earth’s stratosphere to test their endurance and discovered they can survive the harsh conditions on Mars.

Technology

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Executes Long-Awaited Landing in Mars’ Jezero Crater

February 18, 2021February 19, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR

Mars, NASA, planets, Research, space

The landing culminates a seven-month, 293-million-mile journey across space to answer one of our species’ most pressing questions: Has life ever existed beyond our planet?

Science Technology

NASA Rover Streaks Toward a Landing on Mars

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASA, space

A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet.

National Science Technology

Spacewalkers Complete 4 Years of Power Upgrades for Station

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASA, space

A pair of spacewalking astronauts completed a four-year effort to modernize the International Space Station’s power grid on Monday, installing one last battery.

Science

NASA Gives Update on Quest to Find Evidence of Life on Mars

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021 MATTHEW RENDA

NASA, planets, space

NASA’s rover Perseverance is only weeks away from landing on Mars’ Jezero Crater, where it will carry out a suite of scientific experiments — foremost of which is the search for any record of ancient life on the red planet.

Science Technology

Spacewalking Astronauts Improve Station’s European Lab

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASA, space

Spacewalking astronauts installed a high-speed data link outside the International Space Station’s European lab on Wednesday and tackled other improvements.

Science Technology

European-US Sea Level Tracking Satellite Sends 1st Readings

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASA, satellite, space

A newly launched European-U.S. satellite designed to continue a decades-long record of tracking global sea levels has sent back its first measurements, NASA said Thursday.

Science Technology

Double Dragons: SpaceX Launches Space Station Supplies

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASA, space

SpaceX launched a newer, bigger version of its Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first time the company has two capsules in orbit at the same time.

Environment Science

Europe, US ‘Climate Guardian’ Satellite to Monitor Oceans

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS

Climate change, European Space Agency, NASA, Research, satellite

A satellite jointly developed by Europe and the United States being launched this weekend will greatly help scientists keep track of the rise in global sea levels, one of the most daunting effects of climate change, a senior official at the European Space Agency said Friday.

National Science Technology

SpaceX Launches 2nd Crew, Regular Station Crew Flights Begin

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS

Elon Musk, NASA, space

SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday on the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company.

Government Science

Moon Houses on the Horizon for NASA

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 CAMERON LANGFORD

construction, NASA, space

eExploring how to shelter its next generation of lunar pioneers, NASA is partnering with a design firm to 3D print a structure made of a moon-soil simulant.

Science

Stellar Flares Can Reduce Planet Habitability

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 JASON SANDEFUR

astronomy, NASA

(CN) — Learning more about stellar flares could be key to determining the habitability of exoplanets, researches said in a

Science

Findings From Sample-Collecting Mission Reveal Asteroid’s Complex History

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 NATHAN SOLIS

astronomy, NASA, space

Samples taken from an asteroid rotating like a child’s top across our solar system will be collected by a NASA spacecraft later this month and will arrive on Earth in 2023. The asteroid, cosmically speaking, may not be far behind, and could collide with our planet within 200 years.

Environment Government

Southern California Residents Blast NASA Plan to Clean Up Rocket Lab Site

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 NATHAN SOLIS

NASA, toxic waste

NASA announced plans Friday to clean up a Cold War-era rocket fuel testing site in Southern California — plans that have upset residents who say the space agency and the Trump administration have punted any responsibility for a full cleanup and will leave most of the area contaminated.

Science Technology

Potty Training: NASA Tests New $23M Titanium Space Toilet

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASA, space

NASA’s first new space potty in decades — a $23 million titanium toilet better suited for women — is getting a not-so-dry run at the International Space Station before eventually flying to the moon.

Science Technology

Bus-Size Asteroid to Zoom by Earth, Ducking Below Satellites

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASA, space

An asteroid the size of a school bus is headed our way, but NASA says the space rock will zoom safely past Earth on Thursday.

National Science Technology

NASA Plans for Return to Moon to Cost $28 Billion

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

NASA, Research, space

NASA on Monday revealed its latest plan to return astronauts to the moon in 2024, and estimated the cost of meeting that deadline at $28 billion, $16 billion of which would be spent on the lunar landing module.