Perseverance already has gathered 11 samples with more rock drilling planned. The most recent sample, asedimentaryrock, holds the greatest chance of containing possible evidence of ancient Martian life, said Arizona State University's Meenak...
First off, the way to get there. To get people to the Moon NASA will be using theSpace Launch System(SLS) for a rocket, and theOrioncapsule for a spacecraft. Orion is already complete, and awaits to be paired with the SLS once the rocket clears the hot fire test later this fall, ...
The recent announcement for a position that NASA has had since the 1960s – Planetary Protection Officer – has generated a lot of excitement in the public, as well as comparisons to many sci-fi movie heroes. It also caught the attention of one self-proclaimed “Guardian of the Galaxy” -...
From the first crewless Viking mission in the 1970s to NASA's most recent Curiosity rover launched in 2011, engineers have used the same heat shield technology to get to Mars. But the classic technology is limiting. A hard aeroshell can only be as big as the diameter of a rocket's no...
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Monday, April 4, 2022.NASA/Joel Kowsky The most recent version of the test, in which the rocket is rolled out to the launch pad and is filled with liquid ...
Boeing and NASA in no rush to bring Starliner astronauts back from space station While the Starliner project has faced many technical issues and subsequent delays since 2019, the most recent target date for launch has been determined to a large extent by ISS operations, with the time around now...
Under the plan announced Wednesday, NASA’s Perseverance rover will do double duty and transport the cache to the rocket that will launch them off the red planet a decade from now. Perseverance already has gathered 11 samples with more rock drilling planned. The most recent sample, a...
"We are moving out very quickly on SLS," said Todd May, SpaceLaunch SystemProgram manager at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. "SLS will be the most powerful launch vehicle ever built, and it requires the most capable flight software in the history ofhuman spaceflight...
“We feel like it is a connection with all of you, to everybody. We hope that it brings a smile to your face and we hope that it provides something positive to your life,” Hopkins said about the “Resilience” name during a recentpress conference. ...
1. Bennu asteroid sample touches down on Earth One of NASA’s recent findings was theBennu asteroid sample. The sample was the result of a seven-year mission and was delivered to Earth via the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Sept. 24, 2023, in the Utah desert. ...