Astrophysics
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Assigned to First Space Station Mission
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Assigned to First Space Station Mission NASA astronaut Christopher Williams poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Chris Williams will embark on his first mission to the International Space Station, serving as a flight engineer and Expedition 74 crew member. Williams will […]
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NASA’s SPHEREx Takes First Images, Preps to Study Millions of Galaxies
NASA’s SPHEREx Takes First Images, Preps to Study Millions of Galaxies 5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s SPHEREx, which will map millions of galaxies across the entire sky, captured one of its first exposures March 27. The observatory’s six detectors each captured one of these uncalibrated images, to which […]
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Understanding Cosmic Explosions: StarBurst Arrives at NASA for Testing
Understanding Cosmic Explosions: StarBurst Arrives at NASA for Testing From left to right, NASA Marshall engineers Carlos Diaz and John Luke Bili, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory mechanical engineer contractor Eloise Stump, and Marshall engineers Tomasz Liz, David Banks, and Elise Doan observe StarBurst in the cleanroom environment before it’s unboxed from its shipping container. The […]
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Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system. NASA via AP Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the Sun’s light can feel on Earth. Spacecraft near the Earth […]
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