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Archive for December 9th, 2022

Here’s how the US Navy will fish NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft out of the sea after splashdown

December 9th, 2022 by

The U.S. Navy has been training for years to recover NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday (Dec. 11).

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Build your own Lego minifigures as flown to the moon on Artemis 1

December 9th, 2022 by

If NASA can send Lego minifigures to the moon, then you can assemble your own set at home. The agency and Lego Education launched a crew of four diminutive astronauts on its Artemis 1 mission.

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These Celestron beginner telescopes are over 30% off this holiday season

December 9th, 2022 by

Amazon has festive stargazing discounts as you can save over 30% on the Celestron 70mm Travel Scope and 76mm FirstScope.

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Confirmed! James Webb Space Telescope has bagged the oldest known galaxies

December 9th, 2022 by

Astronomers confirmed that four ancient galaxies detected by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early months of its operations are the oldest ever seen, nearly as old as the universe itself.

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China may enlarge its Tiangong space station

December 9th, 2022 by

China may end up enlarging its Tiangong space station and perhaps use it to evaluate technologies needed for possible human exploration of the moon.

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Naval Academy’s NASA-inspired uniforms extend Army-Navy Game’s space history

December 9th, 2022 by

A long-lasting rivalry that first reached into outer space almost 60 years ago is bringing NASA’s history onto the football field as part of this year’s Army-Navy Game.

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Star may have drawn scorching ‘hell planet’ into super-close orbit

December 9th, 2022 by

The super-Earth exoplanet Janssen is so close to its star, a year is only 18 hours long.

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NASA drawing on Apollo to design Artemis moonwalkers’ tools

December 9th, 2022 by

NASA has built a new rocket and spacecraft to get Artemis astronauts to the moon, and it’s developing a new toolkit for them to use on the lunar surface as well.

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