5516 Results From "nasa"

Meet “Ripley,” the Dummy SpaceX Is Sending to the Space Station
SpaceX

Meet “Ripley,” the Dummy SpaceX Is Sending to the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

If any humans are alive in 5 billion years, they'll see the dying Sun engulf the Earth. Space Engineer Matteo Ceriotti suggests some possible escape plans.
Off-World

Space Engineer: We Could Move Earth’s Orbit to Escape a Dying Sun

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX successfully launched its (uncrewed) Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 2:49 am EST this morning.
SpaceX

SpaceX Launches First U.S. Private Passenger Spacecraft to ISS

By Victor Tangermann

In an op-ed for The Washington Post, astronaut Buzz Aldrin urges America's leaders to chart a path to put humans on Mars — and not just a few of us.
Mars

Buzz Aldrin Calls For “Great Migration of Humankind to Mars”

By Kristin Houser

A Russian space expert argued on Russian TV that SpaceX's recent launch of its Crew Dragon spacecraft will pose a threat to Russia's space efforts.
SpaceX

Expert: SpaceX Just Made Russia’s Space Program “Null and Void”

By Victor Tangermann

Later this year, NASA might decide to fund a Johns Hopkins University mission that would send a drone to Saturn's largest moon Titan.
Moon

A Team of Scientists Want to Land a Drone on Saturn’s Largest Moon

By Victor Tangermann

A distant asteroid named 6478 Gault likely fell prey to the YORP effect — sunlight caused it to spin so fast that it's ripping apart.
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Astronomers Just Spotted an Asteroid Ripping Itself Apart

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Plan to 3D Print Muscular Tissue on the Space Station
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Scientists Plan to 3D Print Muscular Tissue on the Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

In 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis will fly past Earth close enough to look like a shooting star. NASA is planning ahead to learn as much as possible.
Off-World

When This Asteroid Zips by Earth, Scientists May Hitch a Ride

By Dan Robitzski

GermFalcon, a company specializing in airplane sanitizing tech, developed a kind of space Roomba that can blast sterilising UV rays at the walls of the ISS.
Sleep

This Space Roomba Could Clean the ISS While Astronauts Sleep

By Victor Tangermann

Actually, “It’s Colder than Mars” Could be True Year-Round
Science & Energy

Actually, “It’s Colder than Mars” Could be True Year-Round

By Sarah Marquart

New research shows that metallic asteroids may have once been home to volcanoes, as molten metal trapped beneath the surface erupted outward.
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Explosive Research: Some Asteroids May Have Had Volcanoes

By Dan Robitzski

Surveys of all the matter in the universe missed about a third of what was predicted by calculations. Scientists may have finally found the missing stash.
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Scientists May Have Finally Found the Universe’s Missing Matter

By Dan Robitzski

When India blew up a satellite, it introduced a lot of debris into orbit. Lockheed Martin's experimental Space Fence is keeping an eye on it.
Off-World

India Blew up a Satellite. Now A “Space Fence” Is Tracking Its Debris

By Dan Robitzski

The bombing isn't an act of space vandalism. The goal is to blow a 10-meter crater in asteroid in order to see what it looks like on the inside.
Science & Energy

Japan Lobs Bomb to Blow Hole in Asteroid… For Science

By Jon Christian

According to new NASA estimates, Elon Musk's SpaceX will be ready for a crewed test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft in April 2019.
NASA

SpaceX Will Be Ready to Transport Humans in April 2019, NASA Estimates

By Kristin Houser

NASA Announces The First Commercial Astronauts to Pilot The Next Generation of Spacecraft
NASA

NASA Announces The First Commercial Astronauts to Pilot The Next Generation of Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

A SpaceX Crew Dragon space craft sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket
Crew Dragon

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Goes Vertical for First Test Launch

By Jacob Banas

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover's last words weren't literally that "my battery is low line," the reporter behind the viral tweet clarified.
Mars

The Dead Mars Rover Didn’t Actually Say That “My Battery” Thing

By Jon Christian

Watch The Most Distant Object Ever Observed Tumble Through Space
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Watch The Most Distant Object Ever Observed Tumble Through Space

By Dan Robitzski

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.
Artificial Intelligence

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.
Artificial Intelligence

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo