Search Results - Astronauts

NASA Uses “Holoportation” In Space For The First Time

Credit: Thomas Pesquet / ESA NASA has "holoported" somebody to the International Space Station for the first time, demonstrating a new method for astronauts and people on Earth to interact with one another. Holoportation 101 Holoportation is the creation of Microsoft research. While the name is one portmanteau of "hologram" and "teleportation," that does not quite explain...

Artemis I to Attempt Launch in Late September

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, after being rolled out to the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky After several setbacks, NASA is slowly scheduling its Artemis I mission's launch dates of September 23rd...

The U.S. is Banning Destructive Anti-Satellite Missile Tests to Avoid an Arms Race

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) GSAT-9 on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09), launches in Sriharikota in the state of Andhra Pradesh on May 5, 2017. Credit: c4isrnet. This month, the U.S. government announced that it will not perform destructive anti-satellite weapons experiments, which dispersed hazardous "space junk" in low-Earth orbit. The prohibition...

Riding a Laser to Mars

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...

Mathematical Model Anticipates Ideal Method to Build Muscle Mass

Scientists have established a mathematical model to anticipate the maximum exercise program for building muscular tissue. The scientists from the University of Cambridge utilized methods of theoretical biophysics to create the model, which can inform just how much a certain amount of physical effort will lead a muscle to grow and how much time it...

Spacecraft in Sun’s Backyard Unravels the Origins of Interplanetary Dust

https://vimeo.com/601024128 Researchers working with data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe set up the most complete photo yet of the internal structure and behavior of the big cloud of space dust, referred to as the zodiacal cloud, that swirls throughout the solar system. They identified three dust populations in the cloud. A lot of the grains...

Future Mars Housing May Be Built With Astronaut Blood and Urine

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...