Later today, NASA is going to release a major update on the Artemis II program as they prepare for the first human beings to fly beyond Low Earth Orbit, the first step on the journey to return to Deep Space. According to NASA, they will announce an updated launch schedule as well as updated information…
Imagine having a podcast at the time of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 that marked a pivotal moment in space exploration, listening to what their first conversation sounded like. On 20 July, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins achieved the impossible, landing humans on the Moon for the first time. This triumph, amid…
Asteroids regularly pass through Earth’s cosmic neighbourhood, and most of them never attract public attention. Every so often, though, a newly discovered space rock sparks curiosity among scientists and space enthusiasts. That was the case with asteroid 2024 YR4, an object first detected in late 2024. Early calculations suggested it might pass unusually close to…
NASA seeks cost-effective solution for the Artemis Moon mission with Boeing-Lockheed component (Image source: Canva) NASA is thinking about using a rocket part made by Boeing and Lockheed Martin for its next Moon mission because the costs of the Artemis program keep going up. Costs are going up, so NASA is looking into other ways…
NASA to analyze fermented food samples from space (Image source: nasa.gov) NASA is running a new scientific study on the International Space Station (ISS) to understand how certain fermented foods and useful nutrients behave in space. This research is part of a larger effort to prepare for long missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond….
PC: New York Times and Space NASA is shaking up its Artemis programme. The agency had originally planned a simple sequence: Artemis II would fly around the Moon, then Artemis III would attempt a lunar landing in 2028. But it seems things aren’t so straightforward. Now Artemis III will stay closer to Earth first, with…
NASA’s Space Umbrella Project: Earth’s magnetic field vs. solar winds (Image source: NASA) There is a constant outward flow of charged particles from the Sun. This flow, known as the solar wind, moves across space and reaches Earth every day. When it arrives, it meets the planet’s magnetic field, an invisible region that bends and…
NASA captures ‘heart-shaped’ lake glowing pink in Argentina ( Image Source – NASA) In the heat of the austral summer, a shallow salt lake in southern Argentina turns a muted shade of pink. The site, known as Salinas Las Barrancas, sits near the port city of BahÃa Blanca. In January 2024, an astronaut aboard the…
Nasa on Wednesday announced that it has begun rolling its grounded Artemis II moon rocket and Orion spacecraft off the launch pad and back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center for additional repairs, following the emergence of a new technical problem.The 322‑foot (98‑metre) Space Launch System (SLS) rocket had remained at Launch…
It looks like a March launch is no longer in the cards for Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed trip to the moon’s vicinity since the final Apollo mission over 50 years ago. While preparations were underway at the Kennedy Space Center for a launch as soon as March 6, the space agency says it ran…