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Want to do NASA research? 24 new US projects backed by $23 million will let citizen scientists hunt comets, study space weather and explore Earth data — all you need to knowNASA has selected 24 organizations to partake in a new Science Activation portfolio aimed at public engagement. This initiative will provid...
SpaceX launches Crew-13 to ISS in record US transit, with first Black woman to lead orbital crewOn Thursday, four astronauts launched by SpaceX successfully reached the International Space Station after an eight-hour journey. The missi...
NASA is preparing the Moon for humans: Three new missions will search for underground shelter, water ice and hidden hazardsNASA is planning three investigations on the Moon to gather essential information for a future lunar outpost. These investigations will mon...
By 2014, 16,000 volunteers had traced solar eruptions across spacecraft images; 38,000 hand-drawn tracks helped scientists catalog 144 coronal mass ejectionsSolar Stormwatch involved over 16,000 volunteers who tracked solar eruptions using images from NASA's STEREO spacecraft. Participants marke...
Could astronauts on the Moon manufacture their own tools? NASA tests lunar dust material that could reduce supplies from EarthNASA researchers are developing a composite material that combines lunar regolith with a biodegradable plastic called poly(3-hydroxybutyrat...
Jeff Bezos' space firm Blue Origin says raising outside funds, a firstBlue Origin CEO Dave Limp said Tuesday that the US-based space company will no longer be solely backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and is ...
Why NASA is studying 1.2-billion-year-old Scottish rocks for clues to ancient life on Mars and the Red Planet’s watery pastAncient rocks found in Scotland's Stoer Formation are being studied by NASA to understand potential signs of life. These rocks formed 1.2 b...
Meet Chinyere Ukeje, the 25-year-old Philadelphia computer scientist who won $300,000 NASA prize for Mars food systemChinyere Ukeje, an innovative computer scientist hailing from Philadelphia, has emerged victorious in NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge with...
Boeing’s Starliner is getting another chance and NASA is not risking astronauts yetNASA is approaching Starliner-1 as an engineering test. Flight controllers will put the spacecraft’s propulsion system through a series of ...
NASA lays out phased plan to return Starliner to serviceNASA and Boeing are preparing for the Starliner-1 uncrewed mission aimed at validating spacecraft improvements. This mission is scheduled f...
In 1989, the first space mission to understand positions, distances, motions, brightness and colors of stars was launched. Four years later, ESA's Hipparcos achieved its goals and ceased operationsIn 1989, European Space Agency's Hipparcos mission looked to understand positions, distances, motions, brightness and colors of stars for t...
NASA’s $1.2 billion plan to explore the history and evolution of the universe enters Phase BNASA has progressed the PRIMA mission into Phase B, concentrating on the creation of essential technologies and designs. This innovative sp...
Legendary US spy plane vanishes from California base amid mystery over new NASA aircraftA historic Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird has gone missing from NASA’s Neil Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, igniting speculation...
NASA is building a mysterious X plane that may fly at extreme speedNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has teased a mysterious X-plane concept resembling the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, hinting at a renewed pu...
In 2016, 10,000 volunteers searched images of Mars for strange spider-like patterns; they found the formations in places where scientists hadn't seen them beforeIn 2016, nearly 10,000 volunteers worked together to analyze images of Mars, identifying intriguing spider-like formations. Collaborating w...
NASA sent seeds into space for nearly 6 years; after they returned, 132,000 experiment kits reached 3.3 million students in 30 countriesIn April 1984, NASA launched a satellite carrying 12.5 million tomato seeds into orbit to test how space radiation affects biological life....
In 2021, NASA sent 11 types of crop seeds outside the space station for 8 months; after their return, scientists tested whether they could still growThe 2021 NASA seed experiment ultimately demonstrates why some of the most important space discoveries can begin with objects that appear r...
NASA launched an empty spacecraft away from the ISS and set materials inside on fire; scientists used the experiment to study how flames spread in spaceNASA conducted experiments to study fire behavior in microgravity. Uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft were used after departing the International S...
In 2020, NASA put seeds from 11 crops aboard an experimental spaceplane; after months in orbit, scientists brought them back to test whether they could still growIn 2020, NASA put seeds from 11 crops aboard an experimental spaceplane; after months in orbit, scientists brought them back to test whethe...
In 2017, a fully automated facility for plant bioscience research was launched to the International Space Station: What NASA studied in space?In 2017, a fully automated facility for plant bioscience research was launched to the International Space Station. The Advanced Plant Habit...