NASA
The biggest space telescope of all time has finally gotten off the ground
Posted in Hardware, Science on 27th Dec, 2021
by Alex Muller
As of now we wait for the telescope to finish its full deployment so that its scientific mission can begin.
NASA pushes back its plans for a crewed lunar landing to 2025
Posted in Science on 15th Nov, 2021
by Alex Muller
Where Apollo put humans on the Moon in only eight years after its starting from scratch with no more than some vague concepts, the current Artemis project has yet to repeat that event, despite beginning in 2012 and inheriting decades of knowledge and technological advances.
NASA scientists may have solved a vanishing methane mystery on Mars
Posted in Science on 3rd Jul, 2021
by Alex Muller
There is a hitherto unknown process at work in the Martian atmosphere that is destroying the methane quickly, before it can collect.
Astronauts successfully roll out and power up new solar arrays on ISS
Posted in Science on 3rd Jul, 2021
by Alex Muller
NASA and its partners are locked in a constant cycle of repair, refurbishment and replacement in order to keep the station in working order.
A Helicopter Flew on Mars for the First Time.
Posted in Science on 3rd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
Ingenuity is what we call a "technology demonstrator". Over the next few weeks, the helicopter will undertake three or four more flights, the most adventurous of which will involve taking off and travelling about 300m away from Perseverance Rover.