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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The Government Accountability Office has provided more details on its decision to reject protests filed by two companies for NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) award to SpaceX. GAO released a 76-page decision on August 10 denying protests filed in April by Blue Origin and Dynetics against NASA’s decision to award a single … Read more

[ad_1] Credit: Pixabay / CC0 public domain Scientists have created a new type of catalyst that will lead to new, sustainable ways of making and using molecules and protecting the supply of precious metals. A research team from the University of Nottingham has designed a new type of catalyst that combines characteristics that were previously … Read more

[ad_1] NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity made its 12th flight to the Red Planet on Monday, August 16, in which the small helicopter served as eyes in the sky for its larger companion, the Perseverance rover. The flight was designed to serve as reconnaissance for the rover’s continued explorations in an area dubbed South Séítah, according … Read more

[ad_1] Onlookers will be in for a treat this week as they look up to the sky for a blue moon and a bright Saturn and Jupiter. According to NASA, the next full moon of the summer will be on Sunday when the “blue moon” rises in the night sky. The space agency said the … Read more

[ad_1] Vera Rubin did not “discover” dark matter, but put it on the map. Dark matter is a wild concept. It’s the idea that a mind-boggling percentage of all matter in the universe can be invisible, and totally different from the matter that makes up the Earth. Rubin is celebrated because she forced much of … Read more

[ad_1] Want to try living on Mars, but not sure you want to experience the nine month flight time to get there? NASA is looking for candidates to serve as crew members for a one-year analog mission to a habitat to simulate life on the Red Planet, starting in the fall of 2022. All you … Read more

[ad_1] What’s in a gas giant? Not really. The interiors of Jupiter and Saturn are actually quite difficult to fathom. But Saturn’s unique and glorious ring system is proving to be a great tool for determining densities deep beneath its thick cloud layers, right down to the core. This nucleus, according to a new analysis … Read more

[ad_1] Yunhai 1-02’s damage is not self-inflicted. In March, the 18th US Space Force Space Control Squadron (18SPCS) reported breaking Yunhai 1-02, a Chinese military satellite launched in September 2019. It was not known at the time whether the spacecraft suffered some kind of failure – an explosion in its propulsion system, perhaps – or … Read more

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