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Israel’s First Lunar Lander, Beresheet, Crash Site Images Released By NASA

Israel’s First Lunar Lander, Beresheet, Crash Site Images Released By NASA

NASA has unveiled a couple of black-and-white pictures depicting the crash site of Israel’s Beresheet lunar lander, which collided into the Moon’s surface on April 11 after a failure resulted in its descent engine to switch off ahead of its…

May 17, 2019 · by Anna McKay · 0

Chandrayaan-2 Lunar Mission Would Reach The Moon In September With NASA Experiments Aboard

Chandrayaan-2 Lunar Mission Would Reach The Moon In September With NASA Experiments Aboard

Chandrayaan-2 is a lunar spacecraft that consists of an orbiter, lander “Vikram,” and rover “Pragyan”. Once launched, it will transport a NASA’s “passive experimental instrument” to the Moon’s surface, as well as 13 other Indian payloads. The US will use…

May 17, 2019 · by Asheley Rice · 0

NASA Scolded by the Congress Because its Plan to Get to The Moon Isn’t Ready Yet

NASA Scolded by the Congress Because its Plan to Get to The Moon Isn’t Ready Yet

The American Congress questioned NASA regarding the strategy promised concerning the sending of astronauts to the Moon until 2028. The project had to be prepared until the middle of April, but NASA representatives say it would take a while until…

May 10, 2019 · by Joe Blair · 0

NASA is Working on Meteor Defense Features

NASA is Working on Meteor Defense Features

Meteors may be more dangerous than it was previously thought as NASA and its partners are working hard on new strategies which limit the potential threat. During a recent conference James Bridenstine, NASA administrator declared that ignoring meteors is not…

May 7, 2019 · by Joe Blair · 0

Life on Mars: The Red Planet Once Had Water And A Climate Similar To Earth

Life on Mars: The Red Planet Once Had Water And A Climate Similar To Earth

In recent years, NASA tried to track down signs of life on Mars. The researchers were unable to find signs of life as we know it, but it is now known that liquid water was present on the surface in…

May 2, 2019 · by Joe Blair · 0

Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2027, But NASA Has A Plan To Defend The Planet

Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2027, But NASA Has A Plan To Defend The Planet

Researchers estimate that there is a risk of one percent that a space rock will crush onto our planet on April 27, 2027. The asteroid is apparently traveling towards our solar system at 14 kilometers per second, has a diameter…

May 1, 2019 · by Joe Blair · 0

NASA to Focus on a Potential Future Asteroid Impact

NASA to Focus on a Potential Future Asteroid Impact

It may look like a Hollywood scenario or an apocalypse movie, but NASA and other scientists are preparing for a future problem that the Earth could confront. An exercise has been running this week at the 2019 Planetary Defense Conference…

May 1, 2019 · by Andy Beal · 0

Marsquake: InSight’s SEIS Probe Detected Seismic Tremor On Mars

Marsquake: InSight’s SEIS Probe Detected Seismic Tremor On Mars

The InSight lander has been hard at work since it arrived on the surface of the planet in November 2018. The spacecraft detected a phenomenon which appears to be a marsquake. A dedicated seismometer (known as SEIS) was activated in…

April 24, 2019 · by Joe Blair · 0

NASA Engineers Are Testing the Mars 2020 Rover

NASA Engineers Are Testing the Mars 2020 Rover

Mars has already received two rovers sent by NASA, and another one is expected to join them soon – Mars 2020 Rover. At the moment NASA is preparing the next Mars mission in California. The rover is being tested by…

April 23, 2019 · by Andy Beal · 0

SpaceX and NASA Are Joining Forces To Crash A Space Probe Into An Asteroid

SpaceX and NASA Are Joining Forces To Crash A Space Probe Into An Asteroid

Earth will have a new team of superheroes against an apocalyptic asteroid impact. NASA asked Elon Musk for help regarding the mission of deflecting an asteroid by crashing into it. So, NASA and SpaceX will be teaming up for DART,…

April 15, 2019 · by Joe Blair · 0