Data from NASA’s recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically active? …read more Source:: Science
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NASA astronauts safely splash down after first commercial crew flight to space station
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•Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space …read more Source:: Science
Solar Orbiter’s first images reveal ‘campfires’ on the Sun
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•The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed ‘campfires’, near the surface of our closest star. …read more Source:: Science
From Earth to orbit with Linux and SpaceX
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•SpaceX’s workhouse Falcon 9 rocket, which flew NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station, is powered by liquid oxygen, rocket-grade kerosene, and Linux. …read more Source:: Linux
NASA astronauts launch from America in historic test flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon
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•For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. …read more Source:: Science
NASA space laser missions map 16 years of ice sheet loss
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•Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made precise, detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets …read more Source:: Science
NASA missions help reveal the power of shock waves in a nova explosion
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•Unparalleled observations of a nova outburst in 2018 by a trio of satellites, including two NASA missions, have captured the first direct evidence that shock waves powered most of the …read more Source:: Science
NASA planet hunter finds Earth-size habitable-zone world
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•NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star’s habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s treasure map for water ice on Mars
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•Where should the first people on Mars land? A new paper provides a map of water ice believed to be as little as an inch (2.5 centimeters) below the surface …read more Source:: Science
Supernova observation first of its kind using NASA satellite
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•Researchers have published findings about a supernova observed using TESS, adding new insights to long-held theories about the elements left behind after a white dwarf star explodes into a supernova. …read more Source:: Science