Once in a while, you might look up and marvel at magnificent views of our moon, its surface dramatically lit by our sun’s light. But have you ever paused to wonder what other moons might look like from the surfaces of other planets in our solar system? NASA’s Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since […]
With its hills and distant mountains, the landscape seems somehow familiar yet at the same time eerily alien. The striking image was captured just recently by NASA’s Curiosity rover as it continues its years-long exploration of Mars. “Some perspective: These hills have been here for billions of years, and the tracks I leave will fade […]
Offering incredibly high temperatures, crushing pressure, and a thick mix of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, the atmosphere on Venus is deadly to human beings, several times over – but China has plans to penetrate this hostile environment and bring samples back.
Scientists Have a Radical Plan to Grab a Sample of Venus’s Toxic Atmosphere comes via ChinaTechNews.com.
Space fans are in for a treat after NASA launched a FAST (Free Ad-Supported Television) channel on Prime Video for its NASA+ coverage. This means you can now watch live rocket launches, behind-the-scenes mission coverage, documentaries, and high-definition space imagery directly through Prime Video, even without a Prime subscription or ads. NASA’s new FAST channel, NASA+, […]
In a world first, Chinese scientists have been able to find a satellite using an infrared laser during the daytime. The approach was able to find the Tiandu-1 satellite at a distance of about 130,000 kilometers (81,000 miles) from Earth, well beyond where most satellites are located.
China’s New Space Laser Can Find A Satellite 130,000 Kilometers Away – Even During The Day comes via ChinaTechNews.com.
A new month has just started and so NASA has returned with some tips on the exciting stuff to look out for over the coming weeks. Eta Aquarid meteor shower First up is the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which originates from Comet Halley. “Eta Aquarids are fast moving, and a lot of them produce persistent […]
Open this photo in gallery: The Canadarm 2 reaches out to capture the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and prepare it to be pulled into its port on the International Space Station on April 17, 2015.The Canadian Press
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WASHINGTON — The White House is proposing major changes to NASA in its fiscal year 2026 budget request, seeking to phase out the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft as well as reduce operations of the International Space Station as part of one of the largest proposed cuts in agency history.
White House budget proposal would phase out SLS and Orion, scale back ISS operations comes via ChinaTechNews.com.