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NASA's latest speed test logs its laser-based comms system at 25 Mbps—a connection speed usually...
PC Gamer· 4 days agoNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had previously figured out to use lasers to beam a video of...
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe equipment planned to help bring samples back from Mars. NASA/JPL A critical NASA mission in the...
Vandenberg to be site for NASA's next mission to Mars
Santa Maria Sun· 22 hours ago"Vandenberg was ultimately chosen because it had more availability during InSight's launch period," NASA said in a statement. NASA and JPL officials stated that InSight would ...
This week on "Sunday Morning" (May 5)
CBS News· 21 hours agoThe Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. In 2013 country singer Randy Travis suffered a...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Uncovers Signs of an Earth-Like Environment on Ancient Mars
SciTechDaily· 4 hours agoManganese-rich sandstones discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover indicate there were once habitable conditions in the Gale Crater on Mars. A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard ...
Don’t Miss: Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower, Red Giant Star Antares, and May Planets
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoMars and Saturn tussle with the Moon, Mercury makes a brief a.m. appearance, East Coasters can see...
Data From the Void: NASA Receives Laser Communications From 140+ Million Miles Away
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoNASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment also interfaced with the Psyche spacecraft’s...
NASA demonstrates space network speeds of up to 267 Mbps — Deep Space Optical Communications stretch...
Tom's Hardware via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis makes it seem that the current communications systems may need to be kept in place for certain...
China Launches Mission to Return First Samples From Moon's Elusive Far Side
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoA Chinese probe is on its way to the far side of the Moon to collect samples and drop them off at...
Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers
NASA· 3 days agoA novel approach to estimating river water storage and discharge also identifies regions marked by ‘fingerprints’ of intense water use.