NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is setting out again to reach the asteroid Apophis, which will pass close to Earth in 2029
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James Webb Detects First Evidence of Carbon on Europa
James Webb Space Telescope has detected evidence that carbon is present in ice ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa
OSIRIS-REx Lands Samples of Asteroid Bennu on Earth
Samples of asteroid Bennu, collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, have arrived on Earth after a journey of billions of kilometers
NASA may have discovered and inadvertently killed the life on Mars
Scientist Schulze-Makuch speculates that NASA’s Viking missions may have found and accidentally then killed life on Mars
Issues with the James Webb Space Telescope
State-of-the-art space telescope, James Webb, is experiencing some issues with an instrument called MIRI
Mars Ascent Vehicle, first tests on rocket engines
First tests have begun on the engines that will equip the Mars Ascent Vehicle as part of the Mars Sample Return mission
NASA and DARPA will launch a nuclear vehicle in 2026
NASA and DARPA, in a joint statement, have announced the advancement of the launch of the DRACO vehicle, a nuclear-powered spacecraft
Heat shield mounted on Orion for Artemis 2 mission
NASA technicians at Kennedy Space Center have completed the assembly of the heat shield on Orion, which is part of the Artemis 2 mission
Light Bender robot will aid the Artemis missions
Company Maxar will produce robots, called Light Bender, to reflect sunlight in the dark areas of the Moon during the Artemis missions
SPIDER: Seismographs of Artemis Missions
Fleet Space is developing a network of seismographs, named SPIDER, to detect earthquakes on the Moon during the Artemis missions