Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.
A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has managed to come within nine miles of the doomed spacecraft and even snap pictures
The conjoined spacecraft known as BepiColombo could enter orbit in November before splitting from each other in December to study the entire planet from different altitudes.
NASA has released before-and-after images showing the crater a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage carved into the lunar surface after slamming into the Moon at 5,400 mph, raising fresh concerns about space debris as crewed missions approach. The school-bus-sized upper stage hit the Moon on August 5, striking with the force of three tonnes […] The post NASA photos reveal 60-foot crater where SpaceX rocket stage struck the Moon appeared first on American Almanac .
NASA has released before-and-after images showing the crater a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage carved into the lunar surface after slamming into the Moon at 5,400 mph, raising fresh concerns about space debris as crewed missions approach. The school-bus-sized upper stage hit the Moon on August 5, striking with the force of three tonnes of TNT. One week later, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the aftermath from roughly 60 miles above the surface: a crater approximately 60 feet wide and less than 10 feet deep, ringed by dark and bright streaks fanning outward in a butterfly-wing pattern. NASA released the photos on Tuesday, offering the clearest look yet at what happens when human hardware collides with the Moon at high…Open
A rendering of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Image: NASA NASA is calling off an attempt to save a space observatory falling out of orbit, dooming it to a fiery death in Earth's atmosphere. Why it matters: The Swift Boost Mission was an ambitious effort to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and demonstrate the concept of grabbing onto and moving a satellite. Driving the news: NASA canceled the attempt after weeks of attitude control issues plagued LINK, a privately built spacecraft designed to rendezvous with Swift, grab on and push it to a higher, more stable orbit. - Swift had fallen into an unstable orbit earlier than expected and has no propulsion system of its own to raise its orbit. Yes, but: LINK will still try to…
A reworking of the spacecraft’s power systems could extend the nearly 50-year-old Voyagers’ exploration of interstellar space into the early 2030s.
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Scientists expect valuable data to emerge when part of a discarded SpaceX rocket slams into the moon later this week. The space junk comes from the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers back in 2025 before the spacecraft was abandoned. The rocket component, weighing thousands of pounds, will be traveling at 5,400 miles per hour at the time of impact. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national weekend morning newscast hosted by Anna Kooiman. Saturday and Sunday starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for citizen science," noted Gold, as the crash will happen on the side that faces Earth.