#NASA’s Perseverance rover attached to Atlas V rocket

“#NASA’s Perseverance rover attached to Atlas V rocket” The nose cone containing the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover sits atop a motorized payload transporter at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020. Credit: NASA/KSC NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been attached to the top of the rocket that will send it toward…

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#A trio of Mars missions in the starting blocks

“#A trio of Mars missions in the starting blocks” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain “We have lift-off, we have lift-off!” The summer race to land a space probe on Mars is off to a hot start. Three countries—The Hope Probe (United Arab Emirates), Tianwen-1 (China) and Mars 2020 (United States)—have all taken their positions, hoping to…

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#Image: New European rack delivered to ISS

“#Image: New European rack delivered to ISS” Credit: ESA/NASA After a successful launch aboard the Japanese HTV9 cargo vehicle, a new experiment facility was recently installed in the European laboratory Columbus as part of a comprehensive upgrade of Europe’s International Space Station module. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley (imaged above) manoeuvred the fridge-sized…

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#Languages will change significantly on interstellar flights

“#Languages will change significantly on interstellar flights” Artist’s impression of a cylindrical spacecraft’s interior. Credit: Rick Guidice/NASA It’s a captivating idea: build an interstellar ark, fill it with people, flora, and fauna of every kind, and set your course for a distant star. The concept is not only science fiction gold, it’s been the subject…

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#New comet NEOWISE graces the skies

“#New comet NEOWISE graces the skies” Comet NEOWISE captured on July 6, 2020 above the northeast horizon just before sunrise in Tucson. Viewers in the region can find the comet in the northeastern sky near the horizon between 4 and 4:30 a.m. until July 11, after which it will be visible in the northwestern sky…

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#NASA adds more safety fixes for Boeing’s crew capsule

“#NASA adds more safety fixes for Boeing’s crew capsule” In this Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 photo made available by NASA, Boeing, NASA, and U.S. Army personnel work around the Boeing Starliner spacecraft shortly after it landed in White Sands, N.M. On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, NASA officials said they have identified 80 corrective actions for…

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