Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Strange New Worlds” Season 2, episode 7 San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) may have suffered a little bit this year, mostly from factors way beyond its control, but at least Paramount put on a half-decent show, with a whole heap of announcements … and even a surprise showing of episode 7 of the second season of “Strange New Worlds.” And while that might not sound like much, this was The One Everyone Was Waiting For — the much anticipated crossover with “The Lower Decks.” This on its…
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Argentina signs NASA’s Artemis Accords for peaceful moon exploration
NASA’s fast-growing Artemis Accords now includes Argentina, in a bid to expand the agency’s influence in South America. Argentina became the 28th country to sign on to the Artemis Accords, NASA’s framework for peaceful exploration of space and the moon, on July 27. NASA administrator Bill Nelson participated in the signing ceremony in Buenos Aires, alongside Argentine president Alberto Fernández and other senior officials. “Along with our fellow Artemis Accords signatories, the United States and Argentina are setting a standard for 21st-century exploration and use of space. As we explore…
Read MoreWatch Lance Armstrong and Andy Richter take out the astronaut trash in ‘Stars on Mars’ (video)
For the nine remaining contestants on Fox’s “Survivor”-ish reality TV series, “Stars on Mars,” even the simplest of chores requires suiting up in a confining spacesuit to go outside and bury the habitat’s garbage sacks. But it also allows for a bit of interesting dumpster diving, emotional venting and competition strategizing between participants as the fun show marches forward each week with its “last person standing” format to name a final champion in this spacey Martian simulation in the Australian opal-mining town of Coober Pedy. “Stars on Mars” debuted back…
Read MoreNASA, Boeing to Provide Progress Update on Starliner Crew Flight Test
NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 7, to provide an update on the first astronaut flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner to and from the International Space Station.
Read MorePracticing for Orion’s Second Return
The Crew Module Test Article, a full-scale mockup of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean on July 26, 2023.
Read MoreNASA Airs Coverage of Space Station Research, Development Conference
NASA will highlight groundbreaking discoveries, benefits for humanity, and how the agency and its commercial and international partners are maximizing research and development aboard the International Space Station at the 12th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference.
Read MoreScience in Space: July 28, 2023 – Astronaut Vision
Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted a variety of scientific investigations during the week ending July 28, 2023, including conducting sessions for ISAFE, which measures changes in astronaut’s eyes, brain, and blood vessels during missions of varying lengths.
Read MoreNew satellite will able to see ‘X-ray rainbow’ from huge objects in space
We’ll soon get sharper vision on cosmic X-rays. A new satellite aims to study huge objects in the universe, using instruments able to measure the heat of a single X-ray photon. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM — pronounced “crism”) will analyze X-rays using the widest field-of-view instrument ever implemented in this kind of imaging probe. The instrument will be able to “pry apart high-energy light into the equivalent of an X-ray rainbow,” according to a NASA statement. XRISM is scheduled to launch from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center on Aug.…
Read MoreUK spaceport unearths a Bronze Age surprise ahead of 1st rocket launches this year
Space age, meet Bronze Age. Shiny quartz, giant granite stones and a possible cremation came to light during a dig at the new SaxaVord Spaceport readying for rocket launches on the United Kingdom’s northernmost island. Shetland’s SaxaVord plans to host its first space liftoff later this year, pending readiness of its license and the companies planning to send small rockets to space from Unst, in the far north of Scotland. “It’s definitely very exciting,” an official with SaxaVord (who asked not to be named) told Space.com of the dig. It…
Read MoreMoon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy
GOLDEN, Colorado – The pace is quickening for using Earth’s moon as a near-term, go-to location to land on, live and explore. As NASA’s Artemis Program moves forward, so too do long-term plans by small and large firms, academia, along with international space agencies. That was in evidence at the twenty-third meeting of the Space Resources Roundtable, held here last month at the Colorado School of Mines. A record attendance of some 250 participants spoke on lunar economic models, results of in-the-lab tests, and legal and policy issues. A number…
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