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Archive for March 14th, 2024

Trio of mini moon rovers pass key tests ahead of upcoming lunar launch (photos)

March 14th, 2024 by

The CADRE rovers, destined for the next Intuitive Machines mission to the moon, are able to work together thanks to cooperative software.

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NASA enlists citizen scientists to help solve solar mysteries during the total solar eclipse 2024

March 14th, 2024 by

The Eclipse Megamovie Project 2024 will enlist citizen scientists to photograph the total solar eclipse and solve the mystery of solar jets and plumes.

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NASA finds clue while solving Voyager 1’s communication breakdown case

March 14th, 2024 by

In 2023, humanity’s pioneering space mission, Voyager 1, stopped sending understandable data back to Earth. Now, NASA engineers may be closer to discovering the source of the issue.

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SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket into space on epic 3rd test flight (video)

March 14th, 2024 by

SpaceX’s next-generation Starship megarocket aced its third-ever test flight today (March 14), somewhat astonishingly completing all of its mission objectives.

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‘Like planning a giant wedding:’ How NASA astronaut Anil Menon helped SpaceX with 1st U.S. splashdown in 45 years (exclusive)

March 14th, 2024 by

In 2020, while COVID was at its height, two NASA astronauts splashed down in a SpaceX Crew Dragon for the first time ever. New agency astronaut Anil Menon was on the medical team.

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New Lego Technic Mars Crew Exploration Rover is sci-fi but built with NASA’s help

March 14th, 2024 by

Lego and NASA have a long history of collaborating, but the release of the Technic Mars Crew Exploration Rover launched the partnership in a new direction, both for the toy company and space agency.

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The moon visits the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades tonight

March 14th, 2024 by

The four-day-old waxing crescent moon will be positioned just below the Pleiades star cluster on Thursday, March 14.

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If there’s life on Europa, solar sails could help us find it

March 14th, 2024 by

Solar sails are well suited for life-hunting missions to icy, ocean-harboring moons like Europa and Enceladus, a new study suggests.

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