It has been a long time since humans last visited the moon, but NASA's Artemis Program aims to change that by returning humans to the lunar surface and landing the first woman and the first person of color there. The program will collaborate with commercial and international partners to est...
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The distance between the two planets affects how long it would take to travel between the two. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Light travels at approximately 186,282 miles per second (299,792 km per second). Therefore, a light shining from the surface of Mars would take the following ...
Eventually, we could create new human societies on other planets. In addition, any advances we make in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and health will benefit people here on Earth. Not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a smart idea. Many say it’s too expensive. ...
题目 Asteroids(小行星) are believed to have formed early in our solar system's history-about 4.5 billion years ago-when a cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula(太阳星云) collapsed and formed our sun and the planets.By visiting these near Earth objects to study ...
A NASA Mars rover has a giant hole in one of its wheels Yes, the ‘8-day’ Starliner mission is now in its seventh week A mission can come to an end in several ways. If a spacecraft is reliant on solar power, as many are, then it may peter out as its panels lose efficacy. Th...
NASA began design, cost and engineering studies on a space shuttle and many aerospace companies also explored the concepts. In 1972, President Nixon announced that NASA would develop a reusable space shuttle or space transportation system (STS). NASA decided that the shuttle would consist of an ...
The Sun's influence extends well beyond the orbit of its planets, so we launched spacecraft like the Voyager 1 and 2 probes and NASA's various solar orbiters to study the Sun's effects on the rest of the solar system. Voyagers 1 and 2 are on a one-way trip, sent forth to study ...
Fire sensors were developed from technology NASA uses to enhance photos of distant planets. Learn more about cool NASA innovations in this interactive animation from Discovery Channel. Ionization Detectors: Ionizing Radiation Ionization smoke detectors use an ionization chamber and a source of ionizing ...
The PayPal Mafia describes a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since become involved with other tech companies. While most know SpaceX founderElon Musk’s association with PayPal, the company also has links with YouTube, LinkedIn, and Yelp, among many others. In addition ...