Category: Science
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NASA to Livestream South America Total Solar Eclipse
NASA has partnered with the Exploratorium in San Francisco to bring live views to people across the world of a total solar eclipse, occurring Tuesday, July 2, over South America. The eclipse will only be visible directly to observers within the path of totality, which stretches across parts of Chile and Argentina. NASA will livestream…
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Small Asteroid Exploded in Our Atmosphere
On Saturday, the Earth’s atmosphere was impacted by a small meteor. This confirmed by scientist. The incident occurred on June 22, 2019 at 5:25 p.m. EDT. NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite along with others detected the flash over the Caribbean, about 170 miles from Puerto Rico. The object, designated Asteroid 2019 MO, was detected prior to…
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Coverage Set for NASA Test of Orion Abort System for Moon to Mars Missions
June 25, 2019… NASA Television will broadcast launch and prelaunch activities for the Ascent Abort-2 flight test of the launch abort system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft’s, which will help pave the way for Artemis missions with astronauts to the Moon and then Mars. The test’s four-hour launch window opens at 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July 2.…
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A.I. Breathes New Life into Apollo’s Moon Discoveries
50th Anniversary of Lunar Landing Celebrated by MagellanTV in Major 4K Documentary Film
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Testing Enters Final Phase
NASA’s Mars Helicopter flight demonstration project has passed a number of key tests with flying colors. In 2021, the small, autonomous helicopter will be the first vehicle in history to attempt to establish the viability of heavier-than-air vehicles flying on another planet. “Nobody’s built a Mars Helicopter before, so we are continuously entering new…
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Today’s Advanced Research Goes From Free-flying Robots to Anti-Gravity Pants
Robotics, combustion and human research were the primary focus of today’s science schedule aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 59 crewmembers also checked out U.S. spacesuits and specialized pants designed to counteract some of the effects of living in microgravity. Astrobee, a tiny cube-shaped free-flying robotic assistant, is being tested aboard the orbital lab…
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WATCH LIVE: RADARSAT CONSTELLATION MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 12 for launch of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The primary launch window opens at 7:17 a.m. PDT, or 14:17 UTC, and closes at 7:30 a.m. PDT, or 14:30 UTC. The satellites will begin deployment approximately 54 minutes…
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What is Cloud Iridescence?
Cloud iridescence or irisation is a colorful optical phenomenon that occurs in a cloud and appears in the general proximity of the Sun or Moon. The colors resemble those seen in soap bubbles and oil on a water surface. It is a type of photometeor. This fairly common phenomenon is most often observed in altocumulus, cirrocumulus, lenticular, and cirrus clouds. They sometimes appear as bands parallel to the edge of the clouds. Iridescence is…
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Watch NASA Build Its Next Mars Rover
A newly installed webcam offers the public a live, bird’s-eye view of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover as it takes shape at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. You can watch as JPL engineers and technicians assemble and test the rover before it embarks next year on one of the most technologically challenging interplanetary missions…
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NASA Opens International Space Station to New Commercial Opportunities, Private Astronauts
NASA is opening the International Space Station for commercial business so U.S. industry innovation and ingenuity can accelerate a thriving commercial economy in low-Earth orbit.