NASA's mission to a weird metal asteroid will blast off ... soon
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoStill, it’s well prepared. While the spacecraft itself is the size of a large car, its twin solar...
No, NASA’s Asteroid Visit Next Week Won’t Make Us All Billionaires
Forbes· 19 hours agoNot because it’s NASA’s first mission to launch atop a Space Falcon Heavy (partly) reusable rocket. On October 12, NASA will begin a six-year journey to 16 Psyche, a 140 mile (226 kilometers ...
Space Missions to Watch in October 2023: Amazon Kuiper, NASA Science Probe, SpaceX
The New York Observer· 3 hours agoStation missions, tourism spaceflights and government science probes, the space community is kicking off another action-packed season. In particular, October will be a busy month in
The BlueWalker 3 satellite is officially one of the brightest objects in the sky
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day ago"One such type of observation looks for near-Earth objects and provides an early warning to...
Clues to Psyche Asteroid’s Metallic Nature Found in SOFIA Data - NASA
NASA· 1 day agoIt could be part or all of the iron-rich interior of a planetesimal, an early planetary building...
Everything You Need to Know About NASA's "Asteroid Autumn"
Sci Fi Wire· 7 days agoIn Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City (streaming now on Peacock), a group of students and parents arrive...
SpaceX Falcon Heavy May Launch NASA Psyche Mission to Metal Asteroid Next Week
CNET· 5 days agoNASA has been planning and waiting for years to launch a new spacecraft to explore the bizarrely metal-rich asteroid Psyche. After a delay of a full year, a SpaceX Falcon ...
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns from record-setting mission in space
AccuWeather· 6 days agoRubio now holds the record for the longest US spaceflight. (CNN) — Record-breaking NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has finally returned to Earth, feeling the pull of the planet’s gravity for the first time in more than a year.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns to Earth after record 371 days in space
UPI· 6 days agoNASA astronaut Frank Rubio emerged from the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft Wednesday in Zhezkazgan,...
Flying Mars rocks to Earth could cost an astronomical $11 billion
Nature· 7 days agoNASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been working on a strategy to fly a set of Mars rocks, carefully collected by the Perseverance rover, back to Earth for study ...