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Jessica Watkins trying on her equipment before going into space. (Flickr/NASA Johnson)

Dream Achieved: NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins Boards The International Space Station

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The first Black female astronaut discusses the rigors of living in space and the importance of her research.
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A close-up of the wreckage photographed by an unmanned helicopter on Mars. (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

NASA Helicopter Discovers ‘Alien’ Wreckage On Mars

May 3, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

The debris is from a U.S. spacecraft — and the find will help scientists plan more landings on the Red Planet.
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Mars' largest moon, Phobos, is about 157 times smaller than Earth's moon. (NASA)

Picture Perfect: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Martian Solar Eclipse

April 27, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Scientists call dramatic footage of the Red Planet’s moons “amazing.”
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An artist's concept shows a simulated view from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. The planet Jupiter looms over the horizon. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Eureka! Scientists Believe Jupiter Moon Europa Could Sustain Life

April 25, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

The large, saltwater ocean detected beneath its icy surface holds promise for life in space.
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MIRI is inspected in the giant clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in 2012. (NASA,Chris Gunn/Zenger)

Telescope Hopes To Be Able To See Back To Birth Of First Galaxies By Super Cooling Equipment

April 18, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

MIRI was developed through a 50-50 partnership between NASA and the ESA.
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In this handout provided by NASA, a close-up image of a region near Pluto's equator shows a range of mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft as it passed within 7,800 feet of the dwarf planet on July 14, 2015. The probe was launched Jan. 19, 2006, aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (NASA/APL/SwRI via Getty Images)

Astronomers Discover ‘Geological Wonderland’ On Pluto

April 1, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Cryovolcanoes — or ice volcanoes — can tower up to 4.5 miles tall.
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A research vessel in Antarctica on June 3, 2017, the first day researchers saw the sun rise above the horizon after weeks of polar darkness. New research shows that solar radiation drives the relatively fast annual retreat of sea ice around Antarctica. (Ben Adkison/Zenger)

Rapid Retreat Of Sea Ice In Antarctica Explained By ‘Simple Physics Of Sun’s Melting Powers’

March 29, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Scientists are now trying to determine why the Arctic region does not show similar patterns.
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Genetically modified lettuce may one day be grown on spacecraft, producing a bone-stimulating hormone to address astronauts' bone loss during lengthy missions. (Kevin Yates)

Out Of This World: Lettuce Grown In Space Might Resist Astronauts’ Bone Loss

March 24, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

A transgenic lettuce may address bone loss not only for space travelers but also patients on Earth.
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While the purpose of this image was to focus on the bright star at the center for alignment evaluation, Webb's optics and the Near Infrared Camera are so sensitive that the galaxies and stars seen in the background show up. This image of the star, which is called 2MASS J17554042+6551277, uses a red filter to optimize visual contrast. (NASA/STScI)

New NASA Telescope’s First Photo Is Stunning Image From Deep Space

March 18, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

At this distance, light that was emitted by the star 2,000 years ago is just now reaching Earth
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Californian company Venturi Astrolab, Inc. recently tested a full-scale, fully-functional terrestrial prototype of the FLEX rover in the desert near Death Valley. Retired NASA and Canadian Space Agency astronaut, engineer and author Chris Hadfield participated in the five-day field test. (Zenger)

New Car For Moon And Mars Unveiled — And Test Driven By Retired Astronaut Chris Hadfield

March 15, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

The FLEX rover aims to be the transport of choice when there is a sustained human presence on the moon and Mars.
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