Tuesday, August 23, 2022

As NASA nears return to the moon with Artemis program, lunar scientists' excitement reaches fever pitch

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NASA's Orion spacecraft faces huge test for moon flights and deep space
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The Orion spacecraft will build upon over half a century of spaceflight science to carry humanity beyond the limits of the Earth's orbit, back to the moon, and to Mars.
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As NASA nears return to the moon with Artemis program, lunar scientists' excitement reaches fever pitch
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Plans to return astronauts to the surface of the moon and dozens of supporting robotic science missions promise to transform lunar science.
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The project recently made note of its first-year accomplishments and charted plans for the year ahead.
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The moon and Venus will make one last morning dance on Thursday (Aug. 25)
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Venus will have this one final morning fling with a hairline crescent moon early on Thursday morning.
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What makes Newton's laws work? Here's the simple trick.
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Here's how to edit James Webb Space Telescope images
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Citizen scientist Judy Schmidt explains the basics of how she transformed raw telescope data into a spectacular image of the Phantom Galaxy.
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Spaceflight
NASA's Artemis 1 SLS megarocket has had a long road to its moon launch pad
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It's been a long journey to the launch pad for the Space Launch System (SLS) the most powerful rocket ever built by humanity.
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No, NASA's massive Saturn V rocket didn't melt concrete with sound or set fires a mile away
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International Space Station will host a surgical robot in 2024
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Similar robots could one day conduct remote and autonomous surgery in deep space.
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A month on 'Mars': A Kinder, Gentler Mars
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Any discomfort we may be feeling here is absolute child's play compared to the harsh reality of other planets.
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