In this image, a NASA Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket was launched to study a very fundamental problem in space plasmas.
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Crowds surge on Afghanistan airport in satellite photos
Crowds converge at Kabul’s international airport Monday (Aug. 16) after the Taliban took over the Afghan city. (Image credit: Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies) Crowds surging on an Afghanistan airport were so massive that they showed up in satellite photos taken from space. Maxar Technologies collected the satellite photos Monday (Aug. 16) at 10:36 a.m. local time (1:36 a.m. EDT; 0536 GMT) at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, during attempted mass evacuations from the city. At least seven people were killed as United States troops tried to take control of…
Read MoreMultiple supernovas may have implanted our solar system with the seeds of planets
A wave of exploding stars may have provided the conditions required to build the solar system. New research probing a nearby star-forming region examines conditions that may have been similar to those found in the early solar system to try to solve the outstanding mystery of how radioactive elements essential to planet formation arrived in the environment around the sun. The new finding concludes that such particles are common in star-forming regions, suggesting that the processes that formed the solar system are readily available throughout the galaxy. Scientists used the…
Read MoreIn photos: The astronauts of Expedition 65 to the International Space Station
Image 1 of 23 (Image credit: NASA Johnson) A big crew The full 11-member Expedition 65 crew poses for a photo aboard the International Space Station on April 24, 2021. On the back row (from left) are NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, who arrived in the Soyuz MS-18. In the center, wearing the black shirts, are the SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts (from left) JAXA’s Akihiko Hoshide, NASA’s Shane Kimbrough, ESA’s Thomas Pesquet and NASA’s Megan McArthur. On the…
Read MoreNASA Awards Contract for Translation and Logistics Services
NASA has awarded a contract to TechTrans International (TTI) Inc. of Houston to provide translation, interpretation, language training, and logistics services for the agency’s International Space Station Program, with the option to support additional programs and NASA centers, if required.
Read MoreNASA Selects Lifecycle Mission Support Services Contractor
NASA has selected Leidos Inc. of Reston, Virginia, to provide program, science, engineering, operations, and project management support at the agency’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California.
Read MoreArkansas, Florida Students to Hear from Space Station Astronauts
Students in Arkansas and Florida will have opportunities this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Read MoreGale Crater on Mars: An Ancient Lake or Just Puddles?
A new study suggests that wind, not water, created the rock layers in Gale Crater, where the Curiosity rover roams. The post Gale Crater on Mars: An Ancient Lake or Just Puddles? appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreAstrophotography: How Long Can You Go?
While many astrophotographers follow the “rule of 500” (or 300), some experimentation can help find the right exposure time for your setup. The post Astrophotography: How Long Can You Go? appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read More23rd SpaceX Commercial Resupply Mission Launches Bone, Plant, and Materials Studies to International Space Station
SpaceX’s 23rd cargo resupply services mission carrying scientific research and technology demonstrations to the International Space Station is targeted to launch in late August from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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