Tag: Nasa
Perseverance rolls over igneous rocks and discovered organic matter
Astronomers believed them to be sedimentary, but new data returned to Earth by the NASA Perseverance rover shows that the rocks it has been rolling on since arriving on Mars…
Webb, the largest space telescope ever built, told by the French scientists who made it
A few days before the launch of the James-Webb, the most powerful space telescope ever built will finally fly aboard an Ariane 5 and continue the work of its predecessor,…
Gravitational assistance: what is it?
Gravitational assistance is a technique using the attraction of planets to give extra speed to an interplanetary probe. We also speak of the gravitational sling effect. This technique is now…
Seis seismometer: what is it?
Seis is the name of on-board seismometer aboard Nasa’s Lander InSight, the first mission dedicated to the internal study of Mars. InSight landed on Mars on November 26, 2018, and…
A first in history! NASA’s spacecraft Parker Solar Probe ‘touched’ the Sun
According to the news on NASA’s website, a spacecraft has come so close to the Sun for the first time in history, with the Parker Solar Probe flying through the…
Who are the 10 new astronauts recruited by NASA?
NASA has just presented a selection of ten candidate astronauts. Ten “Members of the Artemis generation”, the program that should bring men back to the moon in the current decade.…
Here are the 3 NASA projects for the future American space station
While the dismantling of the international space station could begin as early as 2025, NASA has selected three projects to succeed the ISS. Private partnerships that allow Americans to maintain…
Who are the 10 new astronauts recruited by NASA?
NASA has just presented a selection of ten candidate astronauts. Ten “Members of the Artemis generation”, the program that should bring men back to the moon in the current decade.…
The protective bubble of the Solar System, the heliosphere, would be shaped by the Universe
The heliosphere is that kind of bubble that protects our entire Solar System from cosmic radiation. And for a long time, astronomers have sought to characterize it. Today, they show…
NASA will test the laser fiber in space!
NASA is preparing to test and demonstrate from geostationary orbit state-of-the-art laser optics technology to communicate in space. The goal is to succeed in transmitting over very long distances large…