The rover has seven instruments on board. One of which is theMars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA), a weather station that will be in charge of monitoring the Martian atmosphere. This was developed by Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA) in Spain. ...
What on Earth Is NASA Up To?Joel Achenbach
Earth Day 2025, marking its 55th anniversary, focuses on the theme "Our Power, Our Planet" calling for a global shift to renewable energy. EARTHDAY.ORG is calling for renewable energy generation, globally, to be tripled by 2030 and urges individuals, businesses, and governments to embrace sus...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) - the agency’s primary system for communicating with spacecraft beyond low Earth orbit - is not well positioned to meet the coming demands of the Vision for Exploration and future deep space science missions...
NASA, also known as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the U.S. government's civil space agency. NASA "explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery," according to the agency's website. The agency...
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You can see the Great Wall,"Lu says. “But it's less clear than a lot of other ob-jects. And you have to know where to look. "NASA has used space-based radar to map hidden parts of the ancient structure of theGreat Wall. Lu is trying to get a picture of it,too, with a ...
NASA is shooting for its first flight to the moon with astronauts in more than a half-century in 2024, with a lunar landing as early as 2025. This will be quite a challenge" with each day lasting as ...
In the 1960s, humans set out to discover what the red planet has to teach us. Now, NASA is hoping to land the first humans on Mars by the 2030s.
The basis of GNSS and its technologies is in using radio waves for communication and tracking a position. These efforts were applied to space when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into a low orbit in 1957. 1957 image of Sputnik 1 NASA/ASIF A. SIDDIQI Sputnik, Earth’s first artificial ...