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NASA spacecraft collision may have created a meteor shower that will last for 100 years

Small, rocky debris created when NASA intentionally slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid could create a new meteor shower that may be visible from Earth or Mars.

Yahoo · 1d

No, NASA's DART asteroid impact probably won't spark meteor showers on Earth — but maybe on Mars

Slower moving particles blasted out by the DART impact on the asteroid Dimorphos could create meteor showers on Mars — but it's unlikely they'll cause meteor showers over Earth.

New York Post on MSN · 17h

Over 2 million pounds of space debris caused by NASA mission may create first human-made meteor shower

Rocky debris caused by a NASA mission could create the first human-made meteor shower. In Sept. 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroids Redirect Test (DART) intentionally collided with a tiny moonlet named Dimorphos,

webcenterfairbanks · 18h

Intentional NASA spacecraft collision may have caused meteor shower, study says

The NASA DART spacecraft intentionally slammed into an asteroid and it may have resulted in the first human-made meteor shower.

NASA, solar sail

Gizmodo · 1d

NASA’s Solar Sail Mission Is Finally Flying After Deployment Glitch

The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is now fully deployed after NASA succeeded in extending the mission’s experimental booms on Thursday at 1:33 p.m. ET, the space agency announced. NASA teams will begin testing the new form of space travel, initiating different maneuvers to see how well the sail fares in orbit.

Space on MSN · 1d

NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space

More than four months after launching to space, a solar-sailing spacecraft has successfully spread its wings above our planet. NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) caught a ride to space on April 24 on Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle and,

Phys.org on MSN · 1d

NASA's new solar sail extends its booms and sets sail

Solar sails are an exciting way to travel through the solar system because they get their propulsion from the sun. NASA has developed several solar sails, and their newest, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (or ACS3),

NASA, astronauts and Boeing Starliner

YAHOO!News · 1d

NASA makes call on which Crew-9 members get to fly making room for Starliner astronauts

A Russian and the first Space Force astronaut will get to fly up to the International Space Station on the SpaceX Crew-9 mission next month as NASA chose which two of four previously assigned crew will have to sit the flight out to make room for the two astronauts of Boeing’s Starliner who need a ride home.

FOX News on MSN · 1d

Boeing, NASA execs had heated arguments about bringing stranded astronauts home on Starliner: report

A new report claims meetings between Boeing and NASA executives in the days after announcing two astronauts were stranded decended into yelling and arguments.

Business Insider on MSN · 2d

NASA has finally given the go-ahead for the beleaguered Boeing Starliner to return to earth — without its crew

After months in space, the Starliner will return to New Mexico on September 7 without its crew, who will come back via a SpaceX aircraft in February.

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NASA's huge spacecraft will soon launch to alluring ocean world

"Beyond Earth, Europa is considered one of the most promising places where we might find currently habitable environments in ...

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UAH Researcher wins NASA FINESST scholarship

Silwal was chosen to receive the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science Technology (FINESST) scholarship to ...

NASA's IceNode Robots study Antarctica's melting ice to predict sea level rise

The IceNode project represents a major leap forward in our ability to measure ice melt in some of the hardest-to-reach places ...

NASA makes a very tough decision in setting final Crew-9 assignments

This represents a significant change from the original makeup of the Crew-9 manifest. NASA publicly named the original ...

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NASA's Perseverance Is Finally Leaving the Mars Crater It's Inhabited for Years

The plucky little Mars rover has spent the past 3.5 years collecting samples from the bottom of a crater, and it's ready to ...

NASA Discovers Hidden Atmospheric Force Driving Particles Into Space

Observations by a NASA suborbital rocket confirmed a 60-year-old hypothesis about a driver of the planet's polar wind.

NASA Discovers Third Global Energy Field – As Fundamental as Earth’s Gravity and Magnetic Fields

NASA's recent mission has unveiled Earth's ambipolar electric field, crucial for understanding atmospheric dynamics and ...

Rescue mission for NASA's stranded astronauts faces another major hit as race continues to save them

NASA has had a tough decision to make after their rescue mission to save their two stranded astronauts begins. Starliner test ...

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