Laser-thermal propelled spacecraft in Earth orbit awaiting its departure. Credit: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Could a laser send a spacecraft to Mars? That is a proposed mission from a group at McGill University, made to fulfill a solicitation from NASA. The laser, a 10-meter vast array in the world, would certainly heat up...
Lebanon Meteorite: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover discovered this huge meteorite, called “Lebanon” on July 15th, 2014. A small piece of the meteorite, called “Lebanon B”, is allowed to be seen in the foreground. The cavities on the surface of the meteorite may have been cavities, once filled with olivine crystals, or, they may be...
An international group of scientists made a tiny chemistry lab for a rover that will drill below the Martian surface, searching for previous or existing life signs. For ExoMars Reconnaissance is a joint venture involving the European Space Agency and the Russian aerospace company Roscosmos. NASA made a significant contribution to MOMA, the laboratory...
Perseverance's Mars rock samples may even hide salt crystal time pills. Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has started its perfect rock collection. The rover, which was created to search for indications of ancient life on Mars and package up product for a future sample-return mission, made its first two effective tasting maneuvers on...
The process might additionally "solve a serious emergency comparable to the Apollo 13 calamity." A brand-new type of inexpensive real estate has been suggested for future Mars colonists. All the astronauts are required to do is pay in blood. Scientists from the College of Manchester proposed-- we guarantee this is not the story of a 90s...
The new spacesuit design (illustrated) that collects urine and recycles it into drinking water weighs around 8 kilograms and can purify half a liter of water in five minutes.FREMAN SPACE TEAM (ILLUSTRATION), NASA Drawing inspiration from the desert-dwelling Fremen in the science fiction series Dune, who recycle their body's moisture with special suits called stillsuits,...
Credit: NASA What began as a weeklong mission for U.S. astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore has stretched into a months-long stay on the International Space Station (ISS). Their eight-day mission, which started on June 5, has already lasted over two months and may continue even longer. Delayed Return Due to Spacecraft Issues Williams and Wilmore launched...
A rendering of a wall-building robot constructing a blast shield ring on the MoonPhoto credit to NASA, processing/scanning credit to Kipp Teague and NASA Johnson (image AS17-141–21610), edited Living on the Moon means that rockets will be your sole mode of transportation to Earth or Mars. However, each launch will create a storm of debris....
The Micro-Reactor can be used for nuclear space propulsionRolls-Royce Rolls-Royce has received an additional £4.8 million (US$6.2 million) from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to develop critical technology for a nuclear micro-reactor, potentially powering lunar bases and spacecraft propulsion in the future. In the 1969 science fiction film Doppelganger (also known as Journey to the Far...
Saturn has a minimum of 146 moons, making it the planet with the most moons in the solar system. Credit: dottedhippo via Getty Images When observing the night sky, the moon is typically the brightest and largest object visible without a telescope, making it the only natural satellite most people can see with the naked...
