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NASA drops ‘insensitive’ nicknames including ‘Eskimo Nebula’

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Lisa Miller |

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has declared that they will quit utilizing nicknames of heavenly bodies that are culturally insensitive. In an announcement released on Wednesday, Aug. 5, NASA said that it had become evident that specific cosmic…

Two Canadian ice caps have totally evaporated from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Chris Thomas |

On cold Ellesmere Island, where Arctic Canada runs into the northwestern edge of Greenland, two once-tremendous ice tops have totally disappeared, new NASA imagery shows. It’s no riddle where the tops, known as the St. Patrick Bay ice tops, went.…

US astronauts get together for uncommon splashdown return in SpaceX capsule

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Brian Williams |

Two U.S. astronauts going to make the first splashdown return in quite a while said Friday they’ll have seasick bags prepared to utilize if necessary. SpaceX and NASA intend to bring Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken back Sunday evening in…

NASA declares astronauts for second SpaceX Crew Dragon trip to International Space Station

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Brian Williams |

NASA declared on Tuesday the astronauts who will fly on board the SpaceX Crew-2 mission the International Space Station next spring. Two of the astronauts are American: Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur. Akihiko Hoshide is from Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency,…

NASA relegates four astronauts to SpaceX mission planned for 2021

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Lisa Miller |

NASA and its international partners named four astronauts to team a SpaceX mission to the International Space Station in spring 2021 — augmenting staffing on board the orbiting laboratory. The group, all veterans of past ISS missions, will incorporate Akihiko…

Indian students find asteroid pushing toward Earth

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Robert Stewart |

Two Indian students have found an asteroid which is gradually moving its orbit and pushing toward Earth. Radhika Lakhani and Vaidehi Vekariya, both concentrating in tenth grade, were working on a school project when they found the asteroid, which they…

NASA intends to send a telescope into the stratosphere on a stadium-sized balloon to study the universe

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Brian Williams |

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is equipping to send a 2.5 meter (8.4 foot) telescope into the stratosphere on board a balloon of the size of a football stadium. The Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations…

NASA’s Mars wanderer stacked up with nuclear power in front of the next week’s launch

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Robert Stewart |

NASA’s Perseverance wanderer destined for Mars one week from now has finished another progression in anticipation of launch – installation, and actuation of its nuclear power source. “The #MarsPerseverance MMRTG [multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator] is installed and doing well. This…

NASA postpones the launch of its next strong space observatory, the James Webb, by seven months

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Lisa Miller |

NASA has indeed deferred the launch of its new ground-breaking space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, generally because of interruptions originating from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most as of late scheduled to fly in March of 2021, the monstrous telescope…