NASA’s Deep Space Communications to Get a Laser Boost
The agency is testing technologies in space and on the ground that could increase bandwidth to transmit more complex science data and even stream video...
Month : August 2023
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Again After Unscheduled Landing
The helicopter performed a short hop to help the team better understand why its previous flight was interrupted....
NASA Sets Coverage of Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station
NASA will provide live coverage beginning at 10:15 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 9, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space...
NASA InSight Study Finds Mars Is Spinning Faster
Data sent by the spacecraft before it retired last December has provided new details about how fast the planet rotates and how much it wobbles....
Huge Solar Arrays Permanently Installed on NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft
The Psyche mission is speeding toward its Oct. 5 launch date, preparing for the last of its launch-preparation milestones....
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Faces Its Toughest Climb Yet on Mars
Shortly before the rover’s 11th anniversary on the Red Planet, its team helped guide it up a steep, slippery slope to examine meteor craters....
NASA Selects Axiom Space for Another Private Space Mission in 2024
NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than...
NASA Helps Spot Wine Grape Disease From Skies Above California
In a case study, scientists detected the costly infection in cabernet sauvignon grapevines before they showed symptoms visible to the human eye....
Space Station Assignments Out for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission
Four crew members now are assigned to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station....
NASA’s Space-Based Quantum Science Lab Keeps Getting Better
The agency’s Cold Atom Lab is getting its second major upgrade and will be using it to explore the quantum realm....
