It is the first NASA rocket to launch from Australia since 1995. Sydney: NASA’s first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia’s Outback late Sunday, in a “historic” moment for the country’s space industry. In the first of three planned launches from the Arnhem Space Center, the rocket, …
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) often hits headlines for its unique social media uploads. A photo of astronaut Bruce McCandless II taken almost four decades ago, in February 1984, has caught everyone’s attention. In the now-viral photo, Bruce McCandless II can be seen floating completely untethered in space away from the safety of …
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InSight’s Final Selfie: NASA’s InSight Mars lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander is covered with far more dust than it was in its first selfie, taken in December 2018, not long after landing – or in its second selfie, composed of …
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(Newser) Earthlings have officially littered on another planet, and it’s spreading in unexpected ways. Per the Guardian, the Mars rover Perseverance captured an image of a shiny, foil-like object stuck between two rocks. It’s certainly a sign of life, but not the type Perseverance is hoping to find on its mission. On its Twitter …
Without having ever landed a person on the surface of the red planet, humanity has found a way to pollute it. On Wednesday, NASA reported that its rover Perseverance had spotted “something unexpected” —human garbage on Mars. A tweet shared by the rover team showed a small, silvery piece of foil wedged between two rocks …
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