Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mimics the moon’s gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight
Jeff Bezos' rocket company has given NASA a brief taste of the moon's gravity without straying too far from home.
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See the First Stunning Images Taken by the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander on Its 'Scenic Route' to the Moon
On its way to the moon, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has taken its first space pictures as it orbits Earth.
Donald Trump orders moon rock’s return to NASA – Find out why
A moon rock displayed in the Oval Office since President Joe Biden’s term has been removed after President Donald Trump took ...
NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures First Starfield Images From Deep Space
NASA’s Europa Clipper is well on its way to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, set to arrive in 2030. While its science instruments ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper snaps its 1st starry image en route to Jupiter's icy moon
This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...
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Two of the Moon’s Grand Canyons Were Formed in Just Ten Violent Minutes, New Study Suggests
Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that unleashed 130 times the amount of energy in Earth's global nuclear weapons i ...
NASA's Europa Clipper on its way to Jupiter's icy moon shares first images of stars from space
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, using star trackers to navigate and ensure a smooth journey to its 2030 destination.
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Space photo of the week: Dry ice 'geysers' erupt on Mars as spring hits the Red Planet
NASA shares an iconic image of carbon dioxide ice erupting in geysers when Martian winter turns to spring.
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NASA's Europa Clipper snaps its 1st starry image en route to Jupiter's icy moon
As such, onboard are a pair of small cameras called star trackers, which capture the images for the ultimate ... and characterizing the moon’s geology. — NASA's Europa Clipper probe deploys ...
How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...