Tag: Nasa
NASA will launch a mini-satellite to spy on this near-Earth asteroid
On March 12, the first mission of the Artemis lunar program will be launched. The rocket Space Launch System will carry a passenger unknown to the general public: the NEA…
Human on the Moon: several years will separate the first two manned missions of Artemis
NASA plans to return to the Moon in 2025 with a crew of two Americans, one man and one woman, landing during Artemis III. But it wasn’t until four or…
Saturn’s moon Mimas would also hide an ocean under its surface
Around Saturn there was already Enceladus and Titan. Among the moons of the ringed planet that hide a liquid ocean under their surface, it will now probably also be necessary…
The Perseverance rover has a pebble in its shoe: how will it remove it?
For more than a week, the Mars rover Perseverance has been experiencing a technical problem. During rock sampling, debris would have blocked the deposit of samples in the frame of…
Mimas, the other moon of Saturn which would hide an ocean
Around Saturn there was already Enceladus and Titan. Among the moons of the ringed planet that hide a liquid ocean under their surface, it will now probably also be necessary…
A carbon signature detected on Mars could be of biological origin
Carbon is at the heart of life. But not only… So when astronomers get their hands on a rather special form of carbon on Mars, they consider that it could…
Mars: does this carbon signal detected by Curiosity betray the presence of life?
Carbon is at the heart of life. But not only… So when astronomers get their hands on a rather special form of carbon than the planet Mars, they consider that…
NASA maps global lightning strikes over 25 years
A sensor installed on the ISS allows NASA to have a global map of lightning strikes across the globe from 1995 to 2020. It highlights the most struck areas in…
It will take people to the moon! NASA repairs the Orion spacecraft
NASA engineers plan that the Orion spacecraft will take humans to the Moon with the Artemis-3 mission. Engineers detected a malfunction in the integrated engine controls of the SLS, which…
The Webb Space Telescope Completed the Most Complex and Risky Maneuver Ever in Space
After deploying the heat shield and secondary mirror, teams from NASA and Northrop Grumman successfully opened the primary and segmented mirror of the Webb telescope. Steps performed automatically and deemed…