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US Election: NASA Astronaut Votes Early From Space Station

This will not be the first or last time Americans will be casting vote from outside this world. Rubins shared her voting selfie from orbit after stating befor...

Zeta close to hurricane strength; track confidence improves

EDT Monday, Zeta boasted winds near 130 km/h and was roughly 170 kilometres southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Zeta is moving toward the northwest near 10 miles pe...

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins casts 2020 vote from space

Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi are returning after 115 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 48 and 49 crews onboard the International Spa...

On the moon, water everywhere but not a drop to drink yet

Their flights found that each kilogram of lunar soil along two narrow swaths of the Moon's surface contains between 100 milligrams and 400 milligrams of water, ...

SpaceX Just Landed Three Huge NASA Contracts for Starship Moon Missions

The White House wants to send the next man and the first woman to the Moon in 2024, to be followed by other missions. Blue Origin , the space outfit own...

NASA probe Osiris-Rex 'boops' asteroid Bennu in historic mission

Once positioned on the asteroid , OSIRIS-REx discharged a pressurized nitrogen canister to move and lift the surface material and allow for on-board collection...

Asteroid samples escaping from NASA spacecraft, scientists say

The requirement for the mission was to bring back a minimum of 2 ounces (60 grams). The team suspected that they collected abundant sample particles from Ben...

Epsilon now a category 2 hurricane, Bermuda braced for bad weather

A turn toward the north-northwest is expected later today, followed by a northward motion tonight through Friday night, and an acceleration toward the northeast...

NASA spacecraft grabs sample of rocks from asteroid

All spacecraft telemetry data indicates the sample collection event , known as "Touch-And-Go" (TAG), executed as expected. The spacecraft was travelling at 1...

UArizona touches an asteroid to bring some of it to Earth

It was America's first attempt to gather samples from an asteroid, something already accomplished by Japan - twice. The more scientists know about the paths and...

Flying squirrels taken from Florida and illegally shipped to Asia, authorities allege

The animals were then allegedly laundered through the licensed business of this dealer, who claimed they were captive bred, not wildlife. One suspect remains ...

Fall's best meteor shower to peak on Tuesday night

Although just under two dozen meteors per hour are likely, there is a chance that this year's showing of the Orionids could outperform expectations. PHOENIX- ...

Nasa picks Nokia to build cellular tower on the moon - News - GCR

The US subsidiary of the brand was given a $14.1 million contract to develop the network which would be described as "ultra-compact, low-power, space-hardened"....

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Boops Asteroid Bennu

Otherwise, they will prepare for another attempt in January 2021. "This fantastic first for NASA demonstrates how an incredible team from across the country c...

Asteroid to make close call with Earth before Election Day

A Twitter user disagreed with Neil, saying, "Technically everything is the fault of the Universe, Neil". Tyson goes on to say that it's not big enough to ...

Tropical Storm Epsilon forms in the central Atlantic

Spaghetti models are in general agreement that Hurricane Epsilon will slowly move in a west-northwesterly then northwesterly direction. Maximum sustained wi...

SpaceX Makes Another Internet Satellite Launch

Launched on board the reusable, two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, the lift-off took place from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX h...

Nokia awarded contract to build 4G network on the moon

The contracts are geared toward NASA's Tipping Point program , which funds technologies that, if proved successful, are likely to be adopted by private industr...

Asteroid May Hit Earth One Day Before US Election — NASA Warning

To be clear, that's less than half a percent chance. Paul Chodas, a director at CNEOS , said: " It's really cool to see a small asteroid come by this close, ...

What To Know About NASA's Historic OSIRIS-REx Mission This Week

The drama unfolds Tuesday as the USA takes its first crack at collecting asteroid samples for return to Earth, a feat accomplished so far only by Japan. This mo...

Air supply issues on ISS: Russian Orbital Segment reports failure

Expedition 1 crew, made up of an American and two Russians - William Shepard, Yuri Luncakov and Sergey Krikaliv - began their stay on November 2, 2000. The Pirs...

NOAA's Winter Outlook favors a warmer than average season across Mid

More modest probabilities for warmer temperatures are forecast from California to the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast. How much precipitation New England ...

Nokia To Roll Out 4G Network On Moon

Moreover, this won't be the company's first attempt to introduce 4G LTE on the lunar surface . NASA has picked 14 U.S. companies, including several small b...

Japan to release treated Fukushima water into sea

But local fishers and residents have always voiced strong objection of releasing the water into the sea due to fears consumers would shun seafood caught nearby,...

Two Space Objects Are on Track for a Possible Collision, Experts Say

So, in case you're unaware, there are a whole load of man-made objects floating about in orbit of our planet that simply have no use anymore. Like, thousa...

Nations sign on to NASA's Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration

NASA made its intention to draft the agreements in May after working with the US State Department and the National Space Council to explore the Moon. The proje...

Explained: Why Mars is the brightest this month

Mars will rise in the east as the sun sets, and will peak in the night sky at midnight, when it is high above the southern horizon. That means the distance bet...

One American, two Russians blast off to International Space Station

This isn't the first time, though, that this ultrafast method has been successful. "With the capture of their space capsule confirmed at 4:48 am ET, @NASA_Ast...

Postponing the first trip with Crew Dragon from NASA

NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission will launch three NASA astronauts, Michael Hopkins , Victor Glover and Shannon Walker , along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Age...

Look up, Mars is visible in night sky during a 'close approach'

It will appear much brighter than usual tonight and under clear-sky forecast, will be quite visible, even to the naked eye. NASA describes opposition as "effe...

Great Barrier Reef Loses Over Half Its Corals In 25 Years

Marine scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies in Queensland are in charge of the study. Coral bleaching is triggered by rising ...

Luxembourg becomes 1 of 8 Artemis Accords signatories

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said he expects more countries to join the effort to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024. "With today's signing, we ar...

Climate change driving huge surge in natural disasters, United Nations finds

A new report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ( UNDRR ) says that climate change has nearly doubled the number of major natural d...

SpaceX, NASA Delay Astronaut Mission Launch

NASA said that upcoming missions would rely on Falcon 9 launches. NASA and SpaceX's Crew-1 has been delayed due to "off-nominal" behavior from the Falcon 9. "...

Next Crew Dragon launch slips into November

The incident it refers to took place on October 3, as SpaceX prepared to launch a satellite into space for the US Airforce using its Falcon 9 rocket. While the ...