Space Stations Get Pretty Moldy. How Can We Prevent it?
Ask any property inspector, and they’ll tell you one of the maxims of their profession – where there’s moisture, there’s mold. That relationship also holds true for the International Space…
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station
The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024,…
NASA’s Voyager 1 probe swaps thrusters in tricky fix as it flies through interstellar space
NASA’s most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to overcome extreme cold and dwindling power.
NASA’s Juno probe spots massive new volcano on Jupiter moon Io
Researchers have spotted a huge new active volcano on Jupiter’s moon Io by comparing images taken by two NASA missions more than a quarter of a century apart.
NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS aboard Russian Soyuz capsule (video)
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft delivered NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonauts to the International Space Station today (Sept. 11), just three hours after lifting off.
NASA to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter. The mission is targeting an Oct. 10, 2024, launch. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will host a news conference at 11…
NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This bar graph shows GISTEMP summer global temperature anomalies for 2023 (shown in yellow) and 2024 (shown in red).…
Hot ‘Salsa:’ European satellite burns up in landmark controlled reentry (photo)
The European Space Agency’s Salsa satellite safely deorbited on Sunday (Sept. 8) over a hand-picked region of the South Pacific Ocean.
Chile Flowers Bloom in Space
Chile pepper plants growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat aboard the International Space Station bore fruit in the late summer and fall of 2021. Overcoming the challenges of growing fruit…
Projecting what Earth will Look Like 1000 years from now Could Assist in the Search for Advanced Civilizations
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is regularly plagued by the fact that humanity has a very limited perspective on civilization and the nature of intelligence itself. When it comes…