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'Genuine excitement': Astrophysicist Richard Easther talks significance of Artemis mission
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (100+ words) Newstalk ZB Follow the podcast on The Artemis II crew have completed their mission to view the dark side of the moon and are now set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere tomorrow (NZT). Auckland University astrophysicist Richard Easther joined Matt and…...
Artemis II lunar geological reconnaissance: key ground data for geotechnical engineers
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (374+ words) NASA's Artemis II crew has completed a geology'focused lunar flyby, using high'resolution imaging and Li DAR to map candidate Artemis III landing zones across the South Pole'Aitken Basin and other polar regions. Astronauts conducted real'time visual stratigraphy logging of crater…...
Russians call exploration of Mars and Moon next breakthrough in space " pollster
12+ hour, 58+ min ago (178+ words) Intergalactic travel and a search for extraterrestrial life, including encounters with aliens, are among other major dreams, the pollster found out - Russian Politics & Diplomacy Russian Politics & Diplomacy Into section "- Business & Economy Business & Economy Into section " - Military & Defense Military & Defense Into…...
10, 000 times stronger: why NASA still relies on a 65-year-old giant in a Parkes paddock
10+ hour, 43+ min ago (1077+ words) Sixty-five years ago, a monument forged from steel mesh and ambition rose above a few sheep paddocks in the Central West. When it was built in 1961, the CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope - now known by its Wiradjuri name, Murriyang - was a…...
What Will Humanity Do With the Moon?
8+ hour, 27+ min ago (946+ words) This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic's archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. From the window of Orion, home looks like a pale-blue marble slipping under the dark felt of the universe. The…...
Space: Race to the moon enters a new phase
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (67+ words) Table. Briefings Space: Race to the moon enters a new phase With Artemis II, the United States has sent astronauts around the moon for the first time in 50 years. China, meanwhile, is pressing ahead with its own program. The gap…...
From curiosity to global acclaim in space imaging
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (109+ words) | Gulf Times'Gulf Times Yet those advantages come with their own set of challenges, he pointed out. Alkuwari noted that much of the year is marked by high temperatures and humidity, conditions that can make long hours outdoors physically demanding and…...
Shields Up! Cosmic Rays a Challenge for Deep Space Travel
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (421+ words) One of the big challenges with traveling to the Moon and beyond is protecting both human bodies and the electronics that support them in space against the onslaught of radiation from the sun and the rest of the universe." "NASA…...
What Artemis has done for the future of human life in space
12+ hour, 49+ min ago (918+ words) As the Artemis II crew close in on Earth after their historic lunar flyby took them further into space than any human before them, experts see the mission to the moon as only the beginning of the quest to make…...
Harrisburg University students design system to feed astronauts headed to Mars
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (22+ words) Yahoo Harrisburg University students design system to feed astronauts headed to Mars...