Tag: NASA

Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
“City-killer asteroid” zoomed past the Earth with little previous detection

A large asteroid barely known to science zoomed past the Earth on Thursday, speeding by within 73,000km of the planet. That might sound far but it's about a fifth of the distance to the Moon, scientists said, and a pretty close call.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 18:05 UTC
Buzz Aldrin, second human to walk on the moon, tells Trump he is disappointed with current lunar agenda

When President Donald Trump asked Buzz Aldrin, the second human ever to walk on the moon, what he thought about the United States' current ability to operate in space 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission, the ex-astronaut had a ready response.
Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 11:50 UTC
Solar eclipse Tuesday afternoon stretching from La Serena, Chile to Buenos Aires

Day will turn into night on Tuesday afternoon as the sun, moon and Earth align perfectly during the first total solar eclipse since 2017. The eclipse will only be visible across the southern Pacific Ocean and South America, but can be seen anywhere from around the world online through NASA TV.
Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Loss of Antarctica's sea ice cover, particularly since 2014, baffles scientists

After mysteriously expanding for decades, Antarctica's sea ice cover melted by an area four times greater than France in just a few years and now stands at a record low, according to a study published on Monday.
Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:38 UTC
NASA goes into space tourism: US$ 58m for a round trip and US$ 35.000 a night

NASA said on Friday it will open up the International Space Station to business ventures including space tourism as it seeks to financially disengage from the orbiting research lab. Price tag? Tens of millions of dollars for a round trip ticket and US$35,000 a night.
Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Seeing the unseeable: This is the very first picture of a black hole

A world-spanning network of telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope zoomed in on the super-massive monster in the galaxy M87 to create this first-ever picture of a black hole.
Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 07:14 UTC
Shame on NASA: Lack of proper sized spacesuit impedes the first all female spacewalk

What should have been a giant leap for womankind has turned into a stumble on the path to equality after U.S. space agency NASA canceled the first all-female spacewalk due to a lack of a spacesuit in the right size. Anne McClain and Christina Koch had been due to step into history books in a spacewalk Friday, during the final week of Women's History Month.
Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
US and Brazil reach space accord to be signed next week when Bolsonaro visits Washington

The United States and Brazil have negotiated an accord to safeguard U.S. space technology the South American nation hopes will be used in commercial rockets lifting off from its launch site near the equator, the Brazilian government said on Monday.
Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 10:11 UTC
Mars exploration NASA pioneer robot officially “dead” after 14 years

During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars, it advanced human knowledge by confirming that water once flowed on the red planet - but NASA's Opportunity rover has analyzed its last soil sample. The robot has been missing since the US space agency lost contact during a dust storm in June last year and was declared officially dead on Wednesday, ending one of the most fruitful missions in the history of space exploration.
Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:49 UTC
NASA pictures a rectangular iceberg floating in the Weddell Sea

Nasa has released a striking photo of a rectangular iceberg floating in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. The US space agency said the object's sharp angles and flat surface suggested it had recently broken away from an ice shelf. The edges are still pointed, and have not yet been worn down by the ocean waves.