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☆ An engineer who lived in NASA's Mars simulation for 378 days went through extreme isolation — but still said he'd go to the red planet for real if he could
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Not just anyone can live on MarsThe CHAPEA crew celebrates the birthday for Ross Brockwell, left, inside the habitat. Luckily for the CHAPEA crew, everyone got along well and became close even before they set foot in the habitat, Brockwell said, which helped reduce the sense of isolation. Homesickness is realThe 1,700-square-foot CHAPEA habitat contains individual living quarters for four volunteer crew members. But you might fall in love with itA CHAPEA crew member participates in a simulated "Marswalk" inside a 1,200-square-foot sandbox to mimic the Martian landscape. Despite the challenges he faced during the simulation, Brockwell would love to visit Mars for real someday.

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Editor’s Note: In this appeal to Congress, more than 35 artists, activists, scholars and others call for funding for Ukraine. On territory that Russia occupies, it tortures Ukrainian citizens, kidnaps Ukrainian children and murders Ukrainian leaders. By fighting Russia alone, they protect Europe. By fighting a conventional war against a nuclear power, they are making nuclear proliferation and nuclear war less likely. Together we call upon Congress to do the right thing – right now.

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In its 33-page report, an independent team commissioned by NASA cautioned that the negative perception surrounding UFOs poses an obstacle to collecting data. “We want to shift the conversation about UAPs from sensationalism to science," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said. Instead, the group relied on unclassified data in an attempt to better understand unexplained sightings in the sky. The government refers to unexplained sightings as UAPs versus UFOs. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.

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☆ Astronaut Frank Rubio sets US record for longest trip in space
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Astronaut Frank Rubio has now been in low-Earth orbit for more than 355 days, breaking the record for the longest space mission by a US astronaut. Rubio — who has been on the International Space Station since September 2022 — bested the previous record, held by retired NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, at 1:40 p.m. NASAIn the record booksIf all goes to plan, and Rubio departs on September 27, his 371-day stay will not be a world record for the longest space mission. She now serves as a private astronaut for Axiom Space, which so far has hosted two commercial trips to the space station that have allowed paying customers to experience a trip to the orbiting laboratory alongside a veteran professional astronaut. During his stay in space, Rubio has seen several crews of astronauts rotate through via SpaceX vehicles.

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☆ Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly describes his UFO experience. 'It turns out it was Bart Simpson, a balloon.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent over 8,100 consecutive hours in space. But his UFO experience actually happened on Earth while he was flying off Virginia Beach. But retired astronaut Scott Kelly is here to tell us that many UFO sightings are probably just our eyes playing tricks on us. Kelly was part of a panel that convened on Wednesday at NASA headquarters to discuss UFOs, what NASA now refers to as unidentified aerial phenomenon. Recalling the thousands of hours he spent in space, Kelly said on Wednesday, "Oftentimes, in space, I would see things and I was like, 'That's really not behaving like it should.'

Persons: Scott Kelly, —, Kelly, Bart Simpson, Mark Vande Hei, KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV, David Spergel Organizations: NASA, Service, Virginia Beach, Space, Getty Locations: Virginia, RIO

☆ NASA team to issue report on unidentified phenomena in July
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A team of 16 experts and scientists assembled by NASA aims to publish its first report on unidentified anomalous phenomena, also known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOS, by midsummer. “We’re trying to assess whether those phenomena pose any risks to safety and we’re doing it using science,” Evans added. Unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, “are events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena from a scientific perspective,” according to NASA. Instead, the team’s approach has been outlining how to evaluate and study unidentified anomalous phenomena using data and technology. But since being announced in June 2022, members of the independent study team have faced online harassment.

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☆ Elon Musk hit back at ex-NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, saying SpaceX's Starlink should not be used to help fight the war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's SpaceX banned Ukraine from using its Starlink internet service for military purposes. Musk has defended his decision, saying Starlink should not be used to fight the war. Kelly tagged Musk in a tweet on Saturday, asking him to "restore the full functionality" of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in Ukraine. But there have been reports of the Ukrainian military using Starlink on drones. The Times of London reported in March 2022 that a Ukrainian drone unit was using Starlink to help destroy Russian tanks and trucks at night.

☆ Elon Musk and astronaut Scott Kelly debate use of Starlink in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Comments by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell last week reignited the debate around how the company's Starlink hardware and service should be used in the Ukrainian conflict – leading CEO Elon Musk and high-profile former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly to weigh in. Kelly on Saturday called on Musk to "restore the full functionality of your Starlink satellites." In a roundtable conversation after her remarks, Shotwell said that Ukraine using Starlink as a communications system "for the military is fine." She specifically noted reports about Ukraine using Starlink "on drones." Ukrainian soldiers have described using Starlink to connect drones and identify and destroy enemy targets, the Times of London reported in March 2022.

☆ Astronaut Scott Kelly mocks George Santos for his committee assignments, calling the embattled congressman a 'former NASA astronaut and moon walker'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Astronaut Scott Kelly mocked congressman George Santos on Tuesday. In a tweet, Kelly called Santos a "former NASA astronaut and moon walker." Santos on Tuesday was tapped for positions on committees overseeing science and small businesses. "Awesome to have former NASA astronaut and moon walker, Representative George Santos @Santos4Congress on the House Science Space and Technology Committee," Kelly tweeted. Santos last week did express some interest in serving on the House panel on science, space, and technology.

☆ Astronauts explain why nobody has visited the moon in 50 years — and the reasons are depressing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Dave Mosher | Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

The last time a person visited the moon was in December 1972, during NASA's Apollo 17 mission. But those stays during the Apollo program didn't establish a lasting human presence on the moon. Researchers and entrepreneurs have long pushed for the creation of a crewed base on the moon — a lunar space station. But many astronauts and other experts suggest the biggest impediments to making new crewed moon missions a reality are banal and somewhat depressing. During NASA's Apollo program, 12 people landed on the moon.

What is it with Elon Musk and pronouns? The implication that respecting someone’s pronouns is somehow an imposition that could potentially result in ostracizing is also wildly off base. And if you can’t even accept something as basic as someone’s pronouns and identity, you’re making it pretty clear that you do not support their civil rights and liberties. The implication that respecting someone’s pronouns is somehow an imposition that could potentially result in ostracizing is also wildly off base. At the end of the day, it costs nothing to respect someone’s pronouns.

Elon Musk got into a Twitter spat with former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on Sunday after the billionaire entrepreneur appeared to take another high-profile swipe at the LGBTQ community's use of gender pronouns. "My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci," Musk, who took control of Twitter in October, wrote, referring to chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci. The retired astronaut, who is also the twin brother of Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., scolded Musk for his flippant remark. Musk, who in addition to being at the helm of Twitter is also the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, doubled down in his response Kelly. On Sunday evening, after his spat with Kelly, Musk was met with a mix of boos and applause when he made a surprise appearance during comedian Dave Chappelle’s show in San Francisco.

☆ Elon Musk hits back at former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who accused the billionaire of mocking the LGBTQ community by misusing gender pronouns
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk and former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly sparred over the use of gender pronouns. Kelly told Musk not to "promote hate" toward the LGBTQ community by mocking gender pronouns. Musk said "forcing" gender pronouns on others was "neither good nor kind to anyone." Scott Kelly, a former NASA astronaut, responded to the tweet, saying: "Elon, please don't mock and promote hate toward already marginalized and at-risk-of-violence members of the #LGBTQ+ community. Six months later, Musk shared a meme that mocked gender pronouns used in social media bios.

☆ Photos: See How NASA Trains Its Astronauts to Go to the Moon
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Since 1959, more than 350 people have become NASA astronauts. Since NASA announced its first class of astronauts in 1959, more than 350 people have become astronauts. An astronaut nurse takes a blood sample from NASA astronaut John Glenn in 1961. NASAEarly on, NASA used a large machine called a human centrifuge to test gravitational stress on astronauts training to go to the moon for the first time. As more humans ventured into space, NASA began to understand the mental burden of space travel.

☆ Home heating costs are on the rise but government assistance is running short
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Shannon-Pettypiece-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Shannon Pettypiece | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

But temperatures are already dropping and the number of households seeking assistance is already on the rise, according to interviews with more than a half dozen officials involved in programs that provide heating assistance. Kelly said the Salvation Army in Massachusetts has received twice as many applications as it did this time last year for its winter heating assistance program, which is aimed at those whose incomes are too high to qualify for federal assistance. The cost of heating oil has been a particular concern for the Biden administration, said the government official. Heating oil and diesel inventories are at their lowest levels on record for this time of year. The administration is also prepared to tap into the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, which has about 1 million barrels of heating oil, if necessary, the administration officials said.

☆ Former astronaut Scott Kelly says Russians have been 'brainwashed' over Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former astronaut Scott Kelly said Russians defending the war in Ukraine have been "brainwashed." The former astronaut became an online "troll" of Russia's former space chief earlier this year. Kelly has used his 5.3 million followers on Twitter to blast Russia's attack on Ukraine, and played a part in the departure of Russia's top space official. Trolling to oblivionKelly spent 340 days on the International Space Station with NASA as part of a program run in collaboration with Russia's space agency Roscosmos. But he also directed his anger at Russians more generally who endorse a message that Russia is defending itself from Ukrainian "Nazis".

☆ NASA's UFO panel convenes to study unclassified sightings
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 24 (Reuters) - A first-of-its-kind panel organized by NASA opened a study on Monday of what the government calls "unidentified aerial phenomena," commonly termed UFOs, bringing together experts from scientific fields ranging from physics to astrobiology. The 16-member panel, convened with little fanfare, will focus its inquiry entirely on unclassified sightings and other data collected from civilian government and commercial sectors, according to NASA. The team's inquiry is separate from a newly formalized Pentagon-based investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, reported by military aviators and analyzed by U.S. defense and intelligence officials. Announcing the formation of its panel in June, NASA said: "There is no evidence UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin." "Understanding the data we have surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena is critical to helping us draw scientific conclusions about what's happening in our skies," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate NASA administrator.

☆ Vladimir Putin fires Russia's space chief Dmitry Rogozin, who trolled Elon Musk and astronaut Scott Kelly
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-16 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Dmitry Rogozin has been fired as Russia's space chief, the Kremlin announced on Friday. Rogozin has had public spats with Elon Musk and astronaut Scott Kelly in recent months. The former space chief also said Elon Musk should be held accountable for sending Starlink satellites to help Ukraine in the early days of the invasion. Rogozin previously threatened to send the space station crashing into the US or Europe if Russia was hit by sanctions. Last week, NASA rebuked Roscosmos after Russian astronauts flew separatist flags on the ISS in support of Russia's invasion.

☆ Studiu: Inima astronauților se micșorează după un an petrecut în spațiu
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-30 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Inima unui astronaut care a stat un an pe Stația Spațială Internațională (SSI) și-a diminuat greutatea cu 27%, potrivit unu studiu publicat în revista Circulation și preluat de New York Times, scrie libertatea.ro. Scott Kelly, astronautul cu pricina, a stat în spațiu între 2015 și 2016. Inima acestuia s-a adaptat la gravitația redusă și nu a devenit disfuncțională, iar starea de sănătate a americanului a rămas rezonabilă. Astronautul avea 51 de ani când a stat pe SSI. Va apărea și stresul, iar astronauții trebuie să se lupte și cu plictiseala, fiind închiși într-un spațiu mic atât de mult timp.

Persons: Scott Kelly, Kelly, El Organizations: Stația Spațială Internațională, SSI, New York Times, NASA Locations: New York

That means astronauts on the International Space Station get to age just a tiny bit slower than people on Earth. And for astronauts on the International Space Station, that means they get to age just a tiny bit slower than people on Earth. That's why time passes slower for objects closer to the center of the Earth where the gravity is stronger. That means time should also slow down for the astronauts relative to people on the surface. You'd think that might even out, but actually their velocity time dilation has a bigger effect than their gravitational time dilation, so astronauts end up aging slower than people on Earth.

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