Laser labs that detect ripples in space-time may have witnessed a new class of cosmic object.
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Testing the Mars Helicopter Delivery System on NASA’s Perseverance Rover
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is traveling to Mars attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover and must safely detach to begin the first attempt at powered flight on another planet. Tests done at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Space show the sequence of events that will bring the helicopter down to the Martian surface.
For more about the Mars helicopter, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/
Credit: nasa/jpl-caltech and lockheed martin space.
Astronomers see huge ‘mystery object’ in space
Massive object cannot be explained without changing our understanding of what we know about astrophysics, researchers say.
Hammer and Feather dropped on the Moon
Test What happen when it don’t have Atmosphere.
What happen when it don’t have Atmosphere.
Shares of Virgin Galactic surge after announcement that it will train astronauts for NASA
Shares of Virgin Galactic shares jumped Monday after it signed an agreement with NASA that will allow the space tourism venture to train astronauts for trips to the International Space Station on flights to the edge of space.
The company — which is publicly traded but largely owned by founder Richard Branson and chairman Chamath Palihapitiya — announced on Monday that it signed a “Space Act Agreement” with NASA’s Johnson Space Center, which leads the agency’s astronaut program in Houston.
Shares of Virgin Galactic rose as much as 14% in early trading from its previous close of $15 a share.
Horizons mission — Soyuz launch to orbit
Horizons mission — Soyuz(rocket) launch to orbit at 27000km/hr!! Astronauts launching for Space Station #MustWatch #SpaceExploration Info about mission: Soyuz MS-09 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 6 June 2018. It transported three members of the Expedition 56/57 crew to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and an American and a German flight engineer. The mission ended at 05:02 UTC on 20 December 2018.
Ocean Worlds May Be Common in Our Milky Way Galaxy
A team of U.S. astronomers has calculated internal heating rates for 53 terrestrial exoplanets and found that all of them are likely to have volcanic activity at their surfaces, and that at least 26% could be ocean worlds, with a majority similar in structure to the icy moons of our Solar System’s giant planets.