NASA’s Perseverance Rover Bringing 3D-Printed Metal Parts to Mars
This video clip shows a 3D printing technique where a printer head scans over each layer of a part, blowing metal powder which is melted…
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“Incredible Feat” – NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched…
Planning for the Worst: Meet NASA Engineer Overseeing First Asteroid Return Mission
Name: Estelle Church Title: Systems Engineer and OSIRIS-REx Deputy TAG Phase Lead at Lockheed Martin Education: B.A. Physics and Astrophysics at University of Colorado Boulder…
Moon Photobombs NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s View of the Sun
On October 16, 2020, the Moon photobombed NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s view of the Sun. This apparent crossing in space, called a lunar transit, lasted…
NASA Building New State-of-the-Art Labs to Study New Asteroid Samples, Cosmic Mysteries
When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touches asteroid Bennu, it will capture NASA’s first sample from an asteroid and provide rare specimens for research that scientists hope…
International Space Station Air Leak Sealed – At Least Temporarily
Two veteran International Space Station residents will have a Change of Command ceremony on Tuesday before the Expedition 63 crew returns to Earth the following…
Live Landing Coverage of the Return to Earth for Space Station Crew
NASA will provide live coverage of the return to Earth for agency astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts Wednesday, October 21, after six months…
NASA’s Daring Asteroid Heist: The Challenges of OSIRIS-REx TAG [Video]
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid Bennu on October 20, 2020 – touch its surface and…
Spectacular! Hubble Captures a Galactic Waterspout
In this spectacular image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 2799 (on the left) is seemingly being pulled into the center…
NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Land Water-Measuring Payload PRIME-1 on the Moon
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston approximately $47 million to deliver a drill combined with a mass spectrometer to the Moon by December 2022…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Is About to TAG an Asteroid: 10 Things to Know About Bennu
NASA’s first mission to return a sample from an ancient asteroid arrived at its target, the asteroid Bennu, on December 3, 2018. This mission, the…
Space Science Picking Up Before Trio Departs ISS for Earth
Science is doubling up on the International Space Station with the addition of three new space residents. However, they will split up on October 21…
At Last! NASA InSight’s “Mole” Is Out of Sight, Below the Surface of Mars
Now that the heat probe is just below the Martian surface, InSight’s arm will scoop some additional soil on top to help it keep digging…
New Residents Adjust to Life on International Space Station
Six International Space Station residents will spend a week working together in low-Earth orbit before splitting up on October 21. As the new Expedition 64…
Universe Simulations Show Webb Telescope Can Reveal Distant Galaxies Hidden in Quasars’ Glare
Webb observations will seek dusty galaxies from the first billion years of the universe. The brightest objects in the distant, young universe are quasars. These…
Moon Shielding Was Critical to Earth’s Ability to Maintain Its Atmosphere
Earth and Moon Once Shared a Magnetic Shield, Protecting Their Atmospheres Four-and-a-half billion years ago, Earth’s surface was a menacing, hot mess. Long before the…
How Dodging Class Led to a Rendezvous With an Asteroid
Name: Olivia Billett Title: Systems Engineer and Lockheed Martin Science Phase Lead for ORISIS-REx. Education: B.S Physics and Astronomy from Yale. Master’s in Aerospace from…
NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection – How to Watch Live Broadcast
NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission attempts to collect a…