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☆ How an astronaut’s experience as a migrant worker helped him soar into space
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —More than a decade after he became the first former migrant worker to soar into space as a NASA astronaut, José Hernández reached another milestone this month. Hernández, an engineer, made history aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2009, the first shuttle mission sending two Latino astronauts into space. The film portrays Hernández’s perseverance as the space agency rejected Hernández’s astronaut applications 11 times before selecting him for the program in 2004. And it shows what a critical role Hernández’s family played supporting him along the way. Daniel Daza/PrimeIn a 2016 interview with CNN, Hernández described how important Adela was in his journey.

Persons: José Hernández, Michael Peña, ” Hernández, we’ve, Hernández, Daniel Daza, Salvador Hernández, “ I’d, they’d, ”, Julio César Cedillo, “, Alejandra Márquez Abella, bachelor’s, Rosa Salazar, Hernández’s, Adela, Obama, Reuters Hernández, Steve Ueckert, Alejandra, “ It’s, he’d, hadn’t, Nicole Stott, Christer Fuglesang, Jose Hernandez, Patrick Forrester, Kevin Ford, Joe Raedle, he’s, Eduardo Serralde, CNN’s Octavio Blanco Organizations: CNN, NASA, International Space, Amazon Prime, Space Shuttle Discovery, “, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Televisa, Mexican TV, Space Station, Reuters, Canada, United States, Español, Houston Chronicle, Stars, Discovery, Kennedy Space Center, KCRA Locations: California, “, Mexico, Mexican, Michoacán, North America, Canada, United States, United, Cape Canaveral , Florida, Luna

☆ NASA awarded $850,000 to a company that wants to pick up space trash the old-fashioned way — with bags
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

NASA awarded TransAstra an $850,000 contract for its concept of Flytrap capture bags. Flytrap bags could be built large enough to scoop up space trash the size of a house. He looked up and saw a piece of space junk embedded in the window of the shuttle. The European Space Agency estimates over 330 million pieces of space debris are circling the Earth. AdvertisementAdvertisementBarnhart, whose company aims to build space outposts, said recycling in space could be a reality within five to 10 years.

Persons: Joel C, Sercel, TransAstra, NASA TransAstra's, Dave Barnhart, Barnhart, NASA SBIR, it'll, that's, it's Organizations: NASA, Service, European Space Agency, Department of Astronautical Engineering, University of South, Arkisys Inc Locations: Wall, Silicon, University of South Carolina

☆ An amateur astronomer caught one of the brightest fireballs ever seen on Jupiter. Watch the rare video footage.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Maiya Focht | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

About 14 seconds into the video below, you can see a bright flash appear in Jupiter's southern hemisphere. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne of the brightest, biggest Jupiter fireballs ever recordedKo Arimatsu, an astronomer at Kyoto University, confirmed to The New York Times that there were six reports of this flash on August 28. AdvertisementAdvertisementA fragment of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impacts Jupiter’s night side in 1994. Jupiter is the 'vacuum cleaner of the solar system'As the largest planet in our solar system, by far, Jupiter has a powerful gravity that pulls in comets and asteroids. In fact, Jupiter's appetite for asteroids and comets has earned it the nickname "vacuum cleaner of the solar system," according to NASA.

Persons: Tadao Ohsugi, It's, Arimatsu, Shoemaker, Levy, Peter Vereš, NASA's OSIRIS, NASA's, Leigh Fletcher Organizations: Service, Kyoto University, The New York Times, TNT, NASA, ESA, Space Science Institute, Jupiter, JPL Arimatsu, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, NASA's Goddard Space Flight, University of Arizona, University of Leicester, Times Locations: Wall, Silicon, Japan, Boulder, Colo, Siberia

☆ NASA scientists plan to bake, slice, and fire lasers at the asteroid sample from OSIRIS-REx to understand the creation of our solar system
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to deliver a return capsule with asteroid dust on Sunday. Scientists hope to study the asteroid dust and dirt in every way possible. After nearly three years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to finally deliver the largest asteroid sample ever to the Utah desert at approximately 10:55 a.m. That's right, an asteroid sample is headed for Earth. A rotating mosaic of asteroid Bennu, composed of images captured by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft over a four-hour period.

Persons: NASA's, REx, Noah Petro, Petro, Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS, Lauretta, NASA's OSIRIS, University of Arizona Lauretta, Lori Glaze, they'll Organizations: Service, Empire, NASA's Goddard Space, NASA, Goddard, University of Arizona, Planetary Science, JPL, Caltech Locations: Utah, Wall, Silicon

☆ Earth's mysterious core is weirder than you think, and we're only just beginning to uncover its secrets
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Earth's core has baffled researchers for decades, and it still contains many secrets. AdvertisementAdvertisementA diagram shows the Earth's magnetic field deflecting waves of energy coming from the sun. The strength of Earth's magnetic field in 2020, as measured by the European Space Agency's SWARM satellites. The Earth's inner core may be spinning and might sometimes flip backwardThe core itself is not uniform. A graphic showing how iron crystals may be distributed and moved around the Earth's inner core.

Persons: Andrew Z, Colvin, Lutz Rastaetter, Christopher C, Finlay, al, Edward Garnero, Li, Lindsey Kenyon, Samantha Hansen, Insider's Morgan McFall, Johnsen, Chris Panella, John Vidale, UC Berkeley seismologist Daniel Frost, LiveScience Organizations: Service, NASA, Modeling, NASA Goddard Space, Wikimedia, German Research Center, Geosciences, European Space Agency, Arizona State University, Lindsey, University of Alabama, University of Southern, Washington Post, UC Berkeley Locations: South America, Antarctica, University of Southern California, Banda

☆ NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of hitting our planet on September 24, 2182, NASA said. It would release as much energy as about 24 nuclear bombs, so NASA is keeping a close eye on it. Dust grabbed from the asteroid by NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft is due to arrive on Earth on Sunday. NASA scientists are keeping a close eye on asteroid Bennu, a 1,610-foot-wide cosmic object that could smash into our planet. Bennu was photographed under all angles by NASA's Osiris-Rex mission.

Persons: NASA's Osiris, Tsar Bomba, NASA's, — it's, there's, Bennu, Rex Organizations: NASA, Service, Empire, Eiffel, NASA's Goddard Space Flight, University of Arizona NASA, NASA's Goddard Space Locations: Wall, Silicon, Bennu, Chelyabinsk, Russia, Utah

☆ Small moonquakes caused by Apollo lunar lander module, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A spacecraft left behind by US astronauts on the lunar surface could be causing small tremors known as moonquakes, according to a new study. The lunar surface is an extreme environment, oscillating between minus 208 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 133 degrees Celsius) in the dark and 250 degrees Fahrenheit (121 degrees Celsius) in direct sun, according to a news release about the study. Marusiak was not directly involved in the study, though she did have contact with the authors as a fellow expert in lunar seismology. “Every lunar morning when the sun hits the lander, it starts popping off,” said study coauthor Allen Husker, a research professor of geophysics at Caltech, in a statement. It’s important to note a key difference between the moon and Earth: On the lunar surface, there are no shifting tectonic plates that might cause catastrophic events.

Persons: Francesco Civilini, Artemis, Dr, Angela Marusiak, Marusiak, moonquakes Marusiak, “, —, ”, Allen Husker, I’m, seismometers, ” Marusiak, ” Husker Organizations: CNN, of Geophysical Research, California Institute of Technology, NASA Goddard Space Flight, NASA, University of Arizona’s, Laboratory, Caltech, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO Locations: California

☆ Mysterious tremors on the moon have been traced back to an unexpected source
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Data showed a mysterious quake happening every lunar morning, and scientists weren't sure why. A new study has found morning tremors are coming from the Apollo 17 lunar lander base. They discovered that some of the tremors were being produced by the descent stage of the Apollo 17 lunar module, left behind on the lunar surface 51 years ago. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut each morning, scientists also saw bizarre waves popping up every few minutes. By triangulating the signal, they were able to figure out the source of the mysterious tremors.

Persons: Allen Husker, —, seismometers, Harrison H, Schmitt It's, Husker, Francesco Civilini, Renee Weber, it's, It's Organizations: Service, NASA, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, NASA Marshall Space, CalTech Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ How NASA has prepared to scoop up an asteroid sample landing in the desert
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —An asteroid sample stowed inside a NASA spacecraft is about to reach Earth after traveling for nearly 2½ years across space. It’s NASA’s first time collecting and returning an asteroid sample from space. Teams have been rehearsing how to retrieve the sample, originally collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, when it drops down into the Utah desert on September 24. Keegan Barber/NASAThe mission’s original goal was to retrieve a pristine asteroid sample. The team has also prepared for different landing scenarios, such as a hard landing where the capsule containing the sample opens unexpectedly.

Persons: NASA’s, REx, ”, Nicola Fox, ” It’s, Keegan Barber, Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS, “, Rich Burns, ” Burns, Burns, Sandra Freund, Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Freund, Molly Wasser, Kevin Righter, curation, Christopher Snead, ” Snead, ” Lauretta Organizations: CNN, NASA, Goddard, University of Arizona, Department of Defense's Utah, Department of Defense’s Utah, Goddard Space Flight, Lockheed, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Space, Apollo, Space Center, Canadian Space Agency, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency Locations: Utah, Bennu, Tucson, Salt Lake City, Greenbelt , Maryland, Houston, Johnson

☆ India’s Chandrayaan lunar lander goes to seep
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed on the lunar surface on August 23. The Chandrayaan-3 lander is captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which is currently in orbit around the moon. The day after landing, the ISRO confirmed that the Chandryaan-3 lander had successfully deployed the six-wheeled lunar rover that had ridden to the surface tucked inside the spacecraft’s body. pic.twitter.com/1g5gQsgrjM — ISRO (@isro) August 26, 2023Together, the lander, which weighs about 1,700 kilograms (3,748 pounds), and the 26-kilogram (57.3-pound) rover are packed with nearly a dozen scientific instruments. Else, it will forever stay there as India’s lunar ambassador,” the ISRO posted on X.

Persons: Narendra Modi, NASA's, —, Luna, ove Organizations: CNN, Soviet Union, NASA's Goddard Space Flight, Arizona State University, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO Locations: India, United States, China, Chandryaan, Russia

☆ Japan launches X-ray satellite, ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A revolutionary satellite that will reveal celestial objects in a new light and the “Moon Sniper” lunar lander lifted off Wednesday night. The XRISM satellite (pronounced “crism”), also called the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, is a joint mission between JAXA and NASA, along with participation from the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency. NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterAlong for the ride is JAXA’s SLIM, or Smart Lander for Investigating Moon. Previously, Japanese company Ispace’s Hakuto-R lunar lander fell 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) before crashing into the moon during a landing attempt in April. If SLIM is successful, JAXA contends, it will transform missions from “landing where we can to landing where we want.”

Persons: Ray, SLIM, Smart Lander, ”, Richard Kelley, James Webb, XRISM, Taylor Mickal, ” Kelley, “, Xtend, Brian Williams, NASA’s, Goddard, Ispace’s Organizations: CNN, Japanese Space Agency, YouTube, Ray Imaging, JAXA, NASA, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, NASA Goddard Space Flight, Goddard Space Flight, Space Center, Soviet Locations: Japan, Greenbelt , Maryland, XRISM, United States, Soviet Union, China, India

☆ Russia dominated the first space race, but now it can't even land on the moon. Photos show the US and China are way ahead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

China, Russia, and the US (with its international allies) are all plotting huge new moonshots. Photos of the space efforts of the US, China, and Russia reveal how far behind the former space power has fallen. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe US and China are innovating, while Russia's space tech agesNASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Berger cited other underlying issues that are stifling Russia's space ambitions, like budget cuts, quality control, and corruption. Western sanctions have harmed Russia's space program in other ways, limiting its access to high-quality microchips, the AP reported.

Persons: Artemis, Russia isn't, hasn't, Russia's Luna, Bill Nelson, Luna, NASA’s, —, Tingshu Wang, Sergei Markov, Russia's, Steve Seipel, Yuri Borisov, Borisov, Bill Ingalls, Eric Berger, Vladimir Putin's, Berger, Xue Lei, landers, Roscosmos, Victoria Samson Organizations: Service, NASA, AP, Soviet Union, Operation, Space Corporation, Politico, New York Times, China National Space Administration, Vostochny, Luna, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight, Arizona State University NASA, Orion, NASA NASA, SpaceX, National Museum, Reuters, Kremlin, Kennedy Space Center, CNN, Russian Soyuz, Baikonur, Future Publishing, Getty, European Space Agency, ESA, Secure, Foundation Locations: Wall, Silicon, China, Russia, Soviet, Soviet Union, China National Space Administration Russia, Russia's Far, India, Russian, Beijing, Ukraine, Florida, Kazakhstan, Washington

☆ Elon Musk has unprecedented influence that spans multiple industries — and our fate is in his hands
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Peter Csathy | Fearless Media | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Fearless Media is a newsletter about the future of entertainment, media, and tech by Creative Media chairman Peter Csathy . Elon Musk's wields immense influence that spans technology, space, communications, and transporation. And I'm not just talking about global communications and Twitter/X's strategic importance to the worlds of media and entertainment, not to mention global leaders themselves. Musk, in many ways, rules our lives, yet few of us — apparently including governments like our own — fully appreciate that. Musk also controls nearly 5,000 satellites with StarlinkMany forget that Musk also controls the skies well above us all around the globe.

Persons: Peter Csathy, Elon Musk's, transporation, Elon Musk, I've, Musk, we're, Tesla, Let's, Steve Jobs Organizations: Creative Media, Morning, Fearless Media, Elon, Libertarian, SpaceX, NASA, Ford, General Motors, Company, FDA, PayPal, Twitter, Creativie Media Locations: Ukraine, Russia, China

☆ NASA orbiter spies likely lunar crater from Russia’s Luna 25 crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A new crater has appeared on the moon, and it was likely created when Russia’s uncrewed Luna 25 mission crashed into the lunar surface. Images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and released by the agency on Thursday reveal the fresh crater. The Luna 25 spacecraft, Russia’s first lunar lander in 47 years, launched on August 10 and was expected to land near the lunar south pole a couple of weeks later. But communication with the spacecraft was disrupted and Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, reported an “emergency situation” occurred while Luna 25 tried to enter a pre-landing lunar orbit on August 19. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter previously imaged the site in June 2022.

Persons: Russia’s uncrewed Luna, Luna, NASA's, India’s Organizations: CNN, Reconnaissance Orbiter, Roscosmos, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Reconnaissance, NASA's Goddard Space Flight, Arizona State University, NASA

☆ NASA discovered a new crater on the moon as wide as a 3-story building, and it's probably Russia's Luna-25 gravesite
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The crater was likely caused by Russia's Luna-25 lander crashing into the moon last month, NASA said. Had Luna-25 not crashed, it would've been the first craft to explore the lunar south pole region. It could be the crash site of Russia's Luna-25 moon lander, NASA said in a statement Thursday. "During its descent" on August 19, "Luna 25 experienced an anomaly that caused it to impact the surface of the Moon," NASA said in the statement. The country had previously tried to land a craft near the lunar south pole, but it failed the first time.

Persons: Russia's Luna, would've, Luna, Robert Braun Organizations: NASA, Service, Reconnaissance, Luna, Goddard Space Flight, Arizona State University, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Locations: Wall, Silicon, India, Russia

☆ Japan’s X-ray satellite, ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander are ready to launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A revolutionary satellite that will reveal celestial objects in a new light and the “Moon Sniper” lunar lander are expected to lift off Sunday night. The XRISM satellite (pronounced “crism”), also called the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, is a joint mission between JAXA and NASA, along with participation from the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency. Along for the ride is JAXA’s SLIM, or Smart Lander for Investigating Moon. Previously, Japanese company Ispace’s Hakuto-R lunar lander fell 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) before crashing into the moon during a landing attempt in April. If SLIM is successful, JAXA contends, it will transform missions from “landing where we can to landing where we want.”

Persons: Ray, SLIM, Smart Lander, ”, Richard Kelley, James Webb, XRISM, Taylor Mickal, ” Kelley, “, Xtend, Brian Williams, NASA’s, Goddard, Ispace’s Organizations: CNN, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, YouTube, Ray Imaging, JAXA, NASA, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, Goddard Space Flight, NASA Goddard Space Flight, Space Center, Soviet Locations: Japan, Greenbelt , Maryland, United States, Soviet Union, China, India

☆ Japan prepares to launch X-ray satellite, ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A revolutionary satellite that will reveal celestial objects in a new light and the “Moon Sniper” lunar lander are preparing for launch. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, is expected to launch its XRISM mission, pronounced “crism,” from Japan on Sunday evening. Along for the ride is JAXA’s SLIM, or Smart Lander for Investigating Moon. Moon Sniper sets its sights on a craterMeanwhile, SLIM will use its own propulsion system to head toward the moon. Previously, Japanese company Ispace’s Hakuto-R lunar lander fell 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) before crashing into the moon during a landing attempt in April.

Persons: Ray, SLIM, Smart Lander, ”, Richard Kelley, James Webb, Taylor Mickal, XRISM, Ispace’s Organizations: CNN, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Ray Imaging, NASA, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, YouTube, Goddard Space Flight, Center, Soviet Locations: ”, Japan, Greenbelt , Maryland, United States, Soviet Union, China, India

☆ Chandrayaan-3 punches home India's lead in budget space flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] People watch a live stream of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's landing on the moon, inside an auditorium of Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad, India, August 23, 2023. Although India's government allocated the equivalent of $1.66 billion for the department of space for the fiscal year ending in March, it spent around 25% less. By contrast, NASA has a $25 billion budget for the current year. Put another way, the annual increase in NASA's budget - $1.3 billion - was more than what ISRO spent in total. It used Indian suppliers for vehicle assembly, transportation and electronics to keep costs low.

Persons: Amit Dave, Chandrayaan's, Russia's Luna, Somak Raychaudhury, Amit Sharma, Somanath, Narendra Modi's, Ankit Patel, Patel, Nivedita, Aditi Shah, Aftab Ahmed, Kevin Krolicki, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Indian Space Research, NASA, ISRO, Somanath, Ashoka University, Tata Consulting Engineers, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad, India, Chandrayaan, Russia, Bengaluru, New

People in Mumbai celebrate the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of the Moon on August 23. Chandrayaan-3’s journeyAs Chandrayaan-3 approached the moon, its cameras captured photographs, including one taken on August 20 that India’s space agency shared Tuesday. India’s lunar lander consists of three parts: a lander, rover and propulsion module, which provided the spacecraft all the thrust required to traverse the 384,400-kilometer (238,855-mile) void between the moon and Earth. The lander, called Vikram, completed the precision maneuvers required to make a soft touchdown on the lunar surface after it was ejected from the propulsion module. A view of the moon as viewed by the Chandrayaan-3 lander during Lunar Orbit Insertion on August 5, 2023.

Persons: Vikram, India’s, ”, Somanath, Abhishek Chinnappa, “, Ashish Kumar Verma, Charvi Katare, Shah Rukh Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, “ Humble, Ursula von der Leyen, Narendra Modi, Russia’s Luna, Indranil Mukherjee, Modi, Jaishankar, Sergey Lavrov, ” Lavrov, Somnath, Bill Nelson Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Wednesday, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation, of Scientific, Industrial Research, Twitter, European Union, Russia –, Soviet Union, Workers, Getty Images, ” India’s, NASA Locations: New Delhi, India, Sikh, Mumbai, ”, Russia, United States, China, Washington, assertiveness, Ukraine, Delhi, Moscow, South Africa, Johannesburg

☆ Racing to Land, or Crash, on the Moon
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Jonathan Corum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission will attempt to land on the moon on Wednesday, and other missions will follow in coming months. Moon imagery from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera via NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flew over the area ten days later but was unable to locate the lander, known as Vikram. Vikram’s impact site 100 METERS Vikram’s impact site 100 METERS Vikram’s impact site 100 METERS Vikram’s impact site 100 METERS A composite image highlighting recent changes on the lunar surface. Hakuto-R’s impact site 50 METERS Hakuto-R’s impact site 50 METERS Hakuto-R’s impact site 50 METERS Hakuto-R’s impact site 50 METERS A composite image highlighting recent changes on the lunar surface.

Persons: Russia’s Luna, Luna, India’s, Vikram, Curtius Manzinus Moretus, Curtius Manzinus Chandrayaan, Japan’s Ispace, Artemis, Eugene A Organizations: ISRO, Soviet Union, European Space Agency, Lunar, Reconnaissance Orbiter, New York Times, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Arizona State Univ, Goddard Space Flight, Future Missions Japan, JAXA, Univ, Apollo Locations: Soviet, United States, Japan, India, China, Israel, Arizona, Indian, Hakuto

☆ New photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colors of Earendel, the farthest star ever detected
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Earendel was first discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope last year. Webb is 100 times more powerful than Hubble, though, and it captured previously unseen colors of the distant star. Those colors reveal that being the farthest star we've ever detected does not make Earendel lonely — scientists believe it has a companion star beside it. Stars as massive as Earendel do typically have companions, but Hubble was unable to detect one for Earendel. Thanks to the Webb Telescope's powerful infrared vision, though, scientists believe they can see, for the first time, a "cooler, redder companion star" beside Earendel.

Persons: James Webb, Earendel, Coe, Welch, NASA’s, Webb, Hubble, Webb's Organizations: Service, James Webb Space, Hubble, NASA, ESA, CSA, Johns Hopkins University, Space Flight, University of Maryland, College Locations: Wall, Silicon, Earendel

☆ Earth just had its hottest July 'by a long shot,' NASA and NOAA say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Denise Chow | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

NASA and NOAA together found that last month's average global surface temperature was 2.02 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average. Last month was also the fourth consecutive month that global ocean surface temperatures hit a record high, the scientists said. This trend in ocean warming carries far-reaching consequences, he said. Changes in ocean temperatures can also have enormous impacts on marine species and their broader ecosystems, he said. This phenomenon is characterized by warm ocean surface temperatures in parts of the Pacific Ocean and tends to boost global temperatures and influence weather conditions around the world.

Persons: Sarah Kapnick, Carlos Del Castillo, Del Castillo, El, Gavin Schmidt, El Niño, Kapnick Organizations: NASA, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Ecology Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight, Northern, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 533rd, El Locations: Greenbelt , Maryland, New York, El

☆ Virgin Galactic launches civilian tourists into space
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jeff Morganteen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailVirgin Galactic launches civilian tourists into spaceVirgin Galactic just launched its second commercial space flight. Onboard the flight are three civilian passengers, Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff and Anastasia Mayers. The mission is part of Virgin Galactic's larger commercial effort to bring tourism to the cosmos.

Persons: Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff, Anastasia Mayers Organizations: Virgin Galactic, Virgin

☆ NASA’s new telescope could spot thousands of exoplanets and hundreds of Earth-size rogue planets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When NASA’s next-generation space observatory launches in a few years, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will expand the search for exoplanets as well as rogue planets, or worlds that travel through space without orbiting stars. Understanding these rogue planets could shed more light on the formation, evolution and disruption of planetary systems. This illustration shows what the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will look like in orbit. But rogue planets are likely much smaller. Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope have enabled astronomers to observe large, glowing gas giant exoplanets called hot Jupiters.

Persons: NASA’s, Nancy Grace, Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's, —, ”, David Bennett, Microlensing, Takahiro Sumi, “, Naoki Koshimoto, ” Sumi, Hubble, Vanessa Bailey, Roman’s, James Webb, Bailey, coronagraph, “ It’s, ” Bailey Organizations: CNN, Hubble, NASA's Goddard Space, Mount John University Observatory, Goddard Space Flight, Osaka University, Engineers, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Locations: New, Greenbelt , Maryland, Pasadena , California, Webb

☆ Lockheed gets US defense contract to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 26 (Reuters) - Weapons maker Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) has been awarded a contract by a U.S. Department of Defense agency to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft for the purposes of exploration and national defense, the company said on Wednesday. Lockheed Martin said the project is an advancement in propulsion technology – from chemical propulsion engines to nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) engines. "These more powerful and efficient nuclear thermal propulsion systems can provide faster transit times between destinations. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded the contract to Lockheed under a project called Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO). The in-space flight demonstration of a nuclear thermal rocket engine vehicle will take place no later than 2027, Lockheed said.

Persons: Lockheed Martin, Jeff Bezos, Kirk Shireman, Kannaki, Shailesh Organizations: Lockheed, U.S . Department of Defense, Origin, Elon, SpaceX, Lunar, Lockheed Martin Space, Research Projects Agency, DARPA, Agile Cislunar, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

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