Category: Science
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Blue Origin Successfully Completes 21st Mission
Mission NS-21 is New Shepard’s Fifth Crewed Flight Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its fifth human spaceflight and the 21st flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish Harding, Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson, and Victor Vescovo. “It was an honor to fly this special crew of explorers…
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NASA to Highlight Climate Research on Cargo Launch, Sets TV Coverage
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:07 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, carrying the Dragon spacecraft on its journey to the International Space Station for SpaceX’s 24th commercial resupply services mission.Credits: NASA/Kevin Davis and Chris Colem NASA and SpaceX are…
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NASA Announces Winners of 2022 Student Launch Competition
For the second year in a row, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte won the launch division, while Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, won first place in the design division of NASA’s 2022 Student Launch rocketry competition. NASA announced the winners Thursday during a live virtual ceremony. Each year, NASA challenges middle school, high school,…
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NASA Funds Projects that Aim to Inspire Artemis Generation
NASA has selected a variety of projects that take innovative approaches to broadening student participation in science, technology, engineering, and math to receive awards
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NASA Selects New Instruments for Priority Artemis Science on Moon
Adding to the growing list of commercial deliveries slated to explore more of the Moon than ever before under Artemis, NASA has selected two new science instrument suites, including one that will study the mysterious Gruithuisen Domes for the first time. These payload suites mark the second selection through the agency’s Payloads and Research Investigations on…
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NASA Invites Media to Headquarters to Meet Commercial Crew Astronauts
NASA will host an in-person media opportunity at 8:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 7, at NASA Headquarters in Washington with the agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts to discuss their recent mission aboard the International Space Station to benefit life on Earth and further exploration. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA (European…
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NASA Administrator to Launch Artemis Learning Lunchbox Initiative
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is helping kick off a new initiative to deliver food and hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math kits, called Learning Lunchboxes, in Orlando at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 3. The lunchboxes are aimed at inspiring and educating youth and families about NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions, which includes landing the first woman…
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NASA Partners with Industry for New Spacewalking, Moonwalking Services
NASA has selected Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to advance spacewalking capabilities in low-Earth orbit and at the Moon, by buying services that provide astronauts with next generation spacesuit and spacewalk systems to work outside the International Space Station, explore the lunar surface on Artemis missions, and prepare for human missions to Mars. The awards leverage…
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Hybrid Vehicle Market – Growth Opportunities | Regional Analysis
Hybrid Vehicle Market by Degree of Hybridization (Full, Micro, and Mild), Propulsion (HEV, PHEV, and NGV), Component (Electric Motor, Battery), and Region NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES, May 31, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — A hybrid vehicle uses more than one type of power source. The most common types of hybrid cars use a combination of an internal…
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NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 67 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Russian Progress 81 is scheduled to launch at 5:32 a.m. EDT (2:32 p.m. Baikonur time) Friday, June 3, on…