Tag: NASA
NASA ready to make infidelities to its iconic spacesuits
NASA announced on Wednesday that it has chosen two companies, Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace, to build its next-generation spacesuits, as those it has used until now celebrate their 40th…
NASA orders five more Crew Dragon flights for its astronauts
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist June 03, 2022 at 4:45 p.m. 2 Crew Dragon approaches the International Space Station © NASA To be able to ensure the rotations of its crews…
Have fun capturing galaxies and black holes in this NASA mini game
NASA takes us to space to hunt exoplanets, supernovae and black holes thanks to the new game Roman Space Observer ! The nostalgia for the 80s does not stop in…
NASA cheers: Mars helicopter lives – video shows Ingenuity’s record flight
Hans Christian Dirscherl Ingenuity is alive, NASA is back in touch with their Mars helicopter. A new video shows the longest and fastest flight of the Mars helicopter. Enlarge Ingenuity…
Mercury-Redstone: when NASA aimed for space rather than orbit
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist May 29, 2022 at 5:17 p.m. 2 The first American in space… On a Mercury Redstone rocket. NASA Credits NASA does not have the technical means,…
NASA imagines a solar sail to propel a mission to the Sun
Diffractive solar sails, depicted in this concept illustration, could enable missions in hard-to-reach places, such as orbits above the Sun’s poles. Credit: MacKenzi Martin. NASA wants to invest $2 million…
The Starliner capsule returns to Earth tonight, and NASA wants to ensure its future
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist May 25, 2022 at 4 p.m. 6 Starliner prepares for what everyone hopes will be an uneventful return trip © NASA There is still the return…
Voyager 1 interstellar probe sends ‘anomalous’ data, NASA says
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist May 20, 2022 at 5:10 p.m. 29 Artist’s impression of the Voyager 1 probe © NASA On mission for almost 45 years, the currently most distant…
If Artemis 1 can’t take off on D-Day, NASA has 157 fallback dates just in case
The Artemis 1 mission is supposed to lift off this summer. If things go wrong, NASA has scheduled dozens of fallback dates. Some are even listed in 2023. 2022 is…
Boeing and NASA are ready to retest the Starliner space capsule
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist May 17, 2022 at 2:40 p.m. 6 The Starliner capsule and its service module are attached to the Atlas V launcher. Credits: NASA Since its failed…
Virtual reality: NASA calls Epic Games at the bedside of the conquest of Mars
Virtual reality has become an excellent training tool for many enterprise applications. But what if your company is preparing to explore Mars? Creating a virtual reality simulator for Mars exploration…
Podcast “Learned something again”: How Russia is starving the world
Wheat thefts, blocked ships, mined fields: the world is being supplied with less grain as a result of the Russian attack on Ukraine. Because it used to be one of…