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After the moon, people on Mars by 2033 … or maybe not even until the 2060s?
On Dec. 11, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a directive ordering NASA to prepare to return astronauts to the moon "followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations." The dates fixed by the space agency are 2024 for the moon and Mars in ...
Scientists on Wednesday said they could be a step closer to solving the riddle behind the moon's formation, unveiling the most detailed survey yet of the far side of Earth's satellite. In January, the Chinese spacecraft Chang'e-4 — named after the moon goddess in Chinese ...
The moon has become 'skinnier' over the past several hundred million years, study says
The moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) published Monday. A survey of more than 12,000 images revealed that lunar basin Mare Frigoris near the moon's north pole ...
Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos said Thursday he is going to send a spaceship to the moon, joining a resurgence of lunar interest half a century after people first set foot there. Bezos said his space company Blue Origin will land a robotic ship the size ...
U.S. FAA convenes multiagency board to review Boeing software fix
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it had convened a multiagency Technical Advisory Board to review Boeing's proposed software fix on the grounded 737 Max. The board consists of experts from the FAA, U.S. Air Force, NASA and Volpe National Transportation Systems Center that ...
Canadian astronaut makes 'cosmic catch' as SpaceX shipment reaches ISS after weekend launch
A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Monday with a "cosmic catch" by a pair of Canadians. The Dragon capsule delivered 5,500 pounds (2,500 kg) of equipment and experiments. Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques used the station's big robot arm — also made in ...
SpaceX confirms crew capsule destroyed in ground test, and site still inaccessible due to toxic fuel
SpaceX has confirmed its crew capsule was destroyed in ground testing two weeks ago. A company vice president told reporters Friday it's too soon to know what went wrong during the April 20 test or whether the capsule's March space flight contributed to the failure. ...
Aluminum fraud caused satellite failures that cost $700 million, NASA says
Faulty materials supplied by a unit of Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the world's top aluminum producers, led to more than $700 million of losses in two failed NASA satellite launch missions, according to an investigation by the space agency. NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission ...
Space rock left big crater on moon during January's full lunar eclipse
A space rock left a massive crater on the moon during January's total lunar eclipse. Spanish scientists reported Tuesday the meteoroid hit the moon at 38,000 mph (61,000 kph), carving out a crater nearly 50 miles across. It was the first impact flash ever observed ...
Scientists ponder, what if an asteroid was about to hit Earth?
Here's a hypothetical: A telescope detects an asteroid between 100 and 300 meters in diameter racing through our solar system at 14 kilometers per second, 57 million kilometers from Earth. Astronomers estimate a 1 percent risk the space rock will collide with our planet on ...
NASA's InSight probe detects likely 'marsquake' in interplanetary first
NASA's robotic probe InSight has detected and measured what scientists believe to be a "marsquake," marking the first time a likely seismological tremor has been recorded on another planet, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California reported on Tuesday. The breakthrough came nearly five months after ...
'Anomaly' incident on SpaceX pad could delay its first manned flight
A mysterious but apparently serious incident occurred Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Florida, involving the SpaceX capsule intended to carry American astronauts into space late this year, the private company and NASA announced. "Earlier today, SpaceX conducted a series of engine tests on a Crew Dragon ...
