#NASA’s Mission Equity ripped as ‘critical space theory’

#NASA’s Mission Equity ripped as ‘critical space theory’

“#NASA’s Mission Equity ripped as ‘critical space theory’” NASA this week launched a new “equity” mission to recruit people from more diverse backgrounds — but it was quickly derided online as an unnecessary woke step toward “critical space theory.” The space agency launched its “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities in NASA Programs,…

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#Spacecraft buzzes Jupiter’s mega moon, 1st close-up in years

#Spacecraft buzzes Jupiter’s mega moon, 1st close-up in years

“#Spacecraft buzzes Jupiter’s mega moon, 1st close-up in years” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter’s largest moon in two decades. Juno zoomed past icy Ganymede on Monday, passing within 645 miles (1,038 kilometers). The last time a spacecraft came that close was in 2000 when NASA’s Galileo…

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#We’ll start investigating UFOs now

#We’ll start investigating UFOs now

“#We’ll start investigating UFOs now” NASA’s new chief isn’t satisfied with the Pentagon’s inconclusive UFO report. The newly installed NASA administrator Bill Nelson has said their probe into unidentified aerial phenomena is just beginning: His team intends to set up their own research effort into footage of high-speed flying objects spotted by Navy officers over…

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#NASA releases stunning image of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’

#NASA releases stunning image of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’

“#NASA releases stunning image of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’” The lights are much brighter in this “downtown.” NASA has released a stunning composite image of the Milky Way assembled by an astronomer who spent a year putting it together while stuck at home during the pandemic. Astronomer Daniel Wang of the University of Massachusetts Amherst told…

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#Ex-NASA astronaut takes plea deal in traffic death case

#Ex-NASA astronaut takes plea deal in traffic death case

“#Ex-NASA astronaut takes plea deal in traffic death case” A former astronaut pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the traffic deaths of two girls in 2016. James Halsell Jr., 64, an ex-NASA space shuttle commander, had been indicted on reckless murder charges in the Alabama crash that killed 11-year-old Niomi Deona James and 13-year-old…

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#NASA’s VIPER rover to look for water, resources on moon

#NASA’s VIPER rover to look for water, resources on moon

“#NASA’s VIPER rover to look for water, resources on moon” NASA’s ambitious lunar program Artemis will send the agency’s first mobile robot to the moon in late 2023.  The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, also known as VIPER, would search the planet for ice and other resources on and below its surface that could potentially be harvested for long-term exploration in the future.  Using…

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#GM, Lockheed Martin are developing a lunar rover for NASA

#GM, Lockheed Martin are developing a lunar rover for NASA

“#GM, Lockheed Martin are developing a lunar rover for NASA” General Motors and Lockheed Martin will develop a vehicle to drive NASA astronauts around on the moon’s surface, they said Wednesday, competing for a space project that could also promote their brands on Earth. GM and Lockheed said they would collaborate to make a battery-powered,…

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