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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is about to make its closest approach to the sun. The spacecraft will fly within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface. The spacecraft is collecting essential data that ...
NASA had expected to use a newly built Crew Dragon capsule to launch Crew-10 as soon as February, but in December the space agency revealed that mission teams needed additional “time to complete ...
"Nasa truly is a crown jewel, and we aren't doing what we should be doing on behalf of the American people," argued former deputy head of Nasa Lori Garver during the Space News webinar. "That is ...
During the mission, an uncrewed Orion capsule spent 10 days in a distant retrograde 60,000 kilometers (37,000 mi) orbit around the Moon before returning to Earth. [10] Artemis II , the first crewed mission of the program, will launch four astronauts in 2025 [ 11 ] on a free-return flyby of the Moon at a distance of 8,900 kilometers (5,500 mi).
The image, captured and shared on the same day of the launch, shows the top deck of the lander, along with its antenna and NASA's X-ray imager intended for use on the lunar surface.
These devices are modified to use the station's 28V DC power system and with additional ventilation since heat generated by the devices can stagnate in the weightless environment. NASA prefers to keep a high commonality between laptops and spare parts are kept on the station so astronauts can repair laptops when needed. [231]
A few days after landing, Perseverance released the first audio recorded on the surface of Mars, capturing the sound of Martian wind. [88] [89] During its travels on Mars, NASA scientists had observed around Sol 341 (February 4, 2022) that a small rock had dropped into one of its wheels while the rover was studying the Máaz rock formation.
NASA announced that the next Artemis mission, which will send astronauts around the moon, is delayed until 2026. The program is years behind schedule and billions over budget.