Friday, October 21, 2022

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity reaches intriguing salty site after treacherous journey

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October 21, 2022
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The Launchpad
Don't miss the Orionid meteor shower peak tonight (Oct. 21)
(Starry Night Software)
Bring a warm blanket, lie back and watch the remains of Halley's Comet burn up in our atmosphere.
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity reaches intriguing salty site after treacherous journey
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
After a treacherous journey, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has reached an area that is thought to have formed billions of years ago when the Red Planet's water disappeared.
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NASA orders 3 more Orion crew capsules for Artemis moon missions
(Lockheed Martin)
The price tag for the three spacecraft is $1.99 billion.
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Science & Astronomy
X-ray view of wreckage from a star-killing cosmic explosion reveals magnetic surprise
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Using NASA's IXPE space observatory astronomers have mapped polarized X-rays from Cassiopeia A the remains of a massive star that went supernova.
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Spaceflight
Mars rover Perseverance gearing up to cache samples for future return to Earth
(Perseverance)
Perseverance will likely drop half of its rock samples in a depot in November or December.
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NASA astronauts 'moonwalk' in the Arizona desert for our lunar future
(NASA/Bill Stafford)
Two NASA missions in Arizona are attempting to simulate exploration of the moon's south pole.
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Technology
How the space race started a technological revolution in agriculture (op-ed)
(NASA)
Today's agriculture embraces technology in transformative ways.
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Search for Life
Europe to ask for homegrown lander for troubled ExoMars rover
(ESA/ATG medialab)
Russia was supposed to provide the landing platform, but it's no longer part of the ExoMars program.
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NASA UFO study team includes former astronaut, scientists and more
(DoD/US Navy)
The 16-person team includes some big names, such as former astronaut Scott Kelly.
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