Tag: NASA
NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over...
Toshi Hirabayashi, Georgia Institute of Technology and Yaeji Kim, University of Maryland
The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud...
James Wray, Georgia Institute of Technology
The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so...
The Boeing Starliner has returned to Earth without its crew –...
Michael E. Fossum, Texas A&M University
Boeing’s crew transport space capsule, the Starliner, returned to Earth without its two-person...
Space travel comes with risk − and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can’t survive unprotected in a pure...
Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University
SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one....
SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this...
Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Johns Hopkins University
Elon Musk officially endorsed Donald Trump for president of the United States on July...
Japan is now the 5th country to land on the Moon...
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology
Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on...
From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several...
Ali M. Bramson, Purdue University
The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA’s...
EXPLORING NATURE
What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...
Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee
When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes...
