NASA's Lucy Mission prepares for launch to Trojan asteroids
September 29, 2021 7:46 ISTSouthwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, is the home institution of the principal investigator for the Lucy mission.
Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, is the home institution of the principal investigator for the Lucy mission.
According to court filings, NASA voluntarily agreed to temporarily suspend the contract until November 1, this year, while the US Court of Federal Claims adjudicated the case, the Verge reported on Friday.
The mission milestone to collect the first sample of Martian Rock will take off in the next two weeks.
After nearly five years in space, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the US space agency said.
With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror.
A NASA spacecraft successfully touched down on the rugged surface of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, collecting a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring back to Earth, the US space agency said.
Dragonfly, as the mission is called, will be capable of soaring across the skies of Titan and landing intermittently to take scientific measurements, studying the world’s mysterious atmosphere and topography while searching for hints of life on the only world other than Earth in our solar system with standing liquid on its surface.
Apollo 11 Space Mission: Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin was the crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC.
The spacecraft, called Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), will carry an optical navigation system to capture images that help the spacecraft reach its target.
Just days ahead of its New Year's 2019 close encounter, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has detected an anomaly related to its next flyby target - an icy world a billion kilometres past Pluto and more than 6.5 billion km from Earth.
Knowing the shape and size of coronal mass ejections (CME) is important because it can help better forecast when and how they will impact Earth. CMEs are one of the main sources for creating beautiful and intense auroras, like the Northern and Southern Lights.
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found the first gamma-ray binary – the brightest one ever spotted – in another galaxy. The dual-star system, dubbed LMC P3, contains a massive star and a crushed
Washington: The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has fully assembled the Orion spacecraft for a test flight on December 4.Orion is scheduled to be launched aboard a Delta IV heavy rocket
Washington: NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is set to enter the Mars orbit Sunday night, two days before India's first interplanetary spacecraft Mangalyaan is due to slip into the martian orbit Tuesday.MAVEN - the MARS Atmosphere and
Washington: US space agency NASA said on Wednesday its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft will enter orbit around the Red Planet this weekend.The spacecraft has completed a 10-month space journey spanning 442 million
Los Angeles, Dec 14: The moon is about to take another hit.Twin NASA spacecraft are preparing to crash into the lunar surface next week after a successful mission mapping the moon's gravity.Scientists say the crash
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