#Why moon ice is a huge deal

#Why moon ice is a huge deal

“#Why moon ice is a huge deal” Mankind is officially “one small step” closer to sustaining life on the moon long-term. Science has found two sources of water on the moon outside of its frigid polar zones. SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, is a converted jet originally intended for star-tracking. It found water…

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#NASA’s Perseverance rover is halfway to Mars

#NASA’s Perseverance rover is halfway to Mars

“#NASA’s Perseverance rover is halfway to Mars” After launching on July 30 to head to the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover is halfway to Mars, the space agency announced. Late Tuesday, Julie Kangas, a navigator working on the Perseverance rover mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said the rover had logged 146.3 million miles as…

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#NASA astronaut Kate Rubins casts 2020 vote from space

#NASA astronaut Kate Rubins casts 2020 vote from space

“#NASA astronaut Kate Rubins casts 2020 vote from space” To infinity and the polls. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins cast her vote in the 2020 elections from space. Rubins voted via a secure electronic voting booth abroad the International Space Station and she posted a happy photo to Twitter this week after performing her civic duty….

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#Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft

#Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft

“#Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday. Scientists announced the news three days after the spacecraft named Osiris-Rex briefly touched asteroid…

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