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NASA’s latest space launch: Stranded astronauts and messy politics
Geoff Brumfiel Later today, a SpaceX capsule is scheduled to carry four astronauts to the International Space Station. Their arrival will clear the way for two astronauts that have been labeled as “stranded” to finally return to Earth. The astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, were supposed to spend about a week on the space…
NASA’s Voyager Probes Lose One Instrument Each as Power Wanes
NASA’s Voyager Probes Lose One Instrument Each as Power Wanes NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the longest-running missions to send data home. But as their power supplies wane, scientists are saying goodbye to one instrument on each spacecraft By Meghan Bartels edited by Clara Moskowitz NASA’s most distant observers are losing…
NASA’s Latest Asteroid Sample Hints at Life’s Extraterrestrial Origins
Asteroid Bennu Is Packed with Life’s Building Blocks, New Studies Confirm Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life were astonishingly widespread in the early solar system By Mike Zeitz edited by Lee Billings A view of the OSIRIS-REx sample canister, containing material from…
Trump Asks SpaceX to Return NASA’s ‘Stranded’ Astronauts to Earth ASAP
Trump Asks SpaceX to Return NASA’s ‘Stranded’ Astronauts to Earth ASAP Despite a recent request from Trump, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were already scheduled to return to Earth on a Crew Dragon capsule this spring By Mike Wall & SPACE.com NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on the International Space Station. Join Our Community of Science Lovers! Well, this…
The Fate of NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program May Be Decided in 2026
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program Faces Stark Choices NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them until 2026 By Lee Billings edited by Dean Visser NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover appears in this selfie it snapped in January 2023 alongside several sample tubes…
Meet Pearl Young, Who ‘Raised Hell’ at NASA’s Predecessor
Meet Pearl Young, Who ‘Raised Hell’ at NASA’s Predecessor Pearl Young joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1922, working across departments before becoming a technical editor By Caitlin Milera & The Conversation US Pearl I. Young. The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.…