Science

Orbital launch of Boeing Starliner delayed indefinitely

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[ad_1] Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is on view at the United Launch Alliance’s vertical integration facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on August 9. Boeing Boeing and NASA have announced that they are canceling the planned test flight of the Starliner spacecraft, which is designed to transport astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station. … Read more

New data from asteroid Bennu still suggests possible threat to Earth

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[ad_1] US space agency NASA says new data from observations of the asteroid Bennu still suggests that the object might one day hit Earth. But, scientists studying the asteroid are predicting in a new study that Bennu is unlikely to hit Earth in centuries to come. Bennu and other asteroids are considered near-Earth objects (NEO). … Read more

Each rover, classified by distance traveled on the Moon and Mars

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[ad_1] Launching a rover into space and landing it safely on an alien surface is hard enough. Then you have to make the thing actually drive. Humans have put seven rovers on the Moon and six on Mars. Since the 1970s they have covered 137 miles. Four of them are still cruising: NASA’s Curiosity and … Read more

Boeing Starliner returns to factory after delayed launch

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[ad_1] Boeing returns the CST-100 Starliner to the Commercial Cargo and Crew Processing Facility (C3PF) so it can figure out what caused the spacecraft to miss the August 3 launch. Starliner was supposed to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, but Boeing said … Read more

Views of flyovers of Venus captured during two close encounters

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[ad_1] Venus has been a hotspot in the solar system this week, as two different missions captured footage of their flights over the planet. Solar Orbiter, a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), as well as BepiColombo, a joint project between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), both performed … Read more

The breakthrough of the 3D magnetic nanoarray could enable a new generation of 3D storage technologies

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[ad_1] Researchers at the University of Vienna have designed a new 3D magnetic nanorial, where magnetic monopoles emerge due to increasing magnetic frustration among nanoelements, and are stable at room temperature. Credit: © Sabri Koraltan University of Vienna Three-dimensional (3D) nano-arrays promise a new era in modern solid-state physics with many applications in photonics, biomedicine … Read more

NASA’s 3D printed Martian habitat where people will spend a year

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[ad_1] The structure, known as the Mars Dune Alpha, is a collaboration between Icon and the architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group. Mars Dune Alpha is taking shape. ICON Icon is a company that seamlessly constructs buildings on site without having to assemble individual units. The company’s 3D printer, known as the Vulcan, will produce layers … Read more