How NASA is revolutionizing our understanding of MarsRuchika Agarwal
NASA has been involved in the study of air quality for decades from space and with ground sensors, creating a time series of global data records critical to understanding the impacts and causes of air pollution and to helping design solutions. This article highlights a few of the many projects...
NASA telephoned each man they were going to choose; told him the plans and the 4 they might get in. They then asked him if he was willing to be trained as an astronaut. “How could any man 5such an exciting job?” One of them said, “Dangerous? Of course. It’s dangerous 6most...
Photo courtesy NASA Though much of the research conducted by NASA and other space agencies is important to the space programs, the impact of space farming has many real-life applications for Earth. The main benefit and purpose of learning how to farm in space is to enable long-term space ...
who has contributed to four NASA missions, including a flyby of an asteroid in the Kuiper Belt, a donut-shaped ring of debris at the edge of the solar system, and a series of journeys to asteroids near Jupiter, and has an asteroid named after him for his contributions to asteroid researc...
308) propose that LCS and PE “may work together in productive hybrid ways” to improve our understanding of human-environment interactions and potentially how places of consumption and production are intertwined. In 2013, these same authors [54] commended those who have taken up the call to ...
Without faster-than-light travel, any "Star Trek" (or "Star War," for that matter) would be impossible. If humanity is ever to reach the farthest — and constantly expanding — corners of our universe, it will be up to future physicists to boldly go where no one has gone before. ...
The X-15 contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs as well as the space shuttle program. It also contributed Neil Armstrong, who would go on to become the first human to walk on the moon. The program's final flight was Oct. 24, 1968. ...
Never in history has it been easier to access the news; simply check your smartphone or computer and you are bombarded with thousands of headlines from across the web. Yet as the news becomes more polarized each day, how can we filter out all of the rubbish so we are left with only wha...
It recently launched its Starliner spacecraft, designed to compete with SpaceX's Dragon for transporting NASA's astronauts to and from the ISS, though it has faced some setbacks.[8] What is SpaceX's valuation? Valuation History DateEstimated Valuation (in billion USD) Jun 2024 $210 Dec ...