The additively manufactured wheel at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was inspired by the existing lightweight wheels of the Volatile Research Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, a mobile robot that NASA plans to send in 2024 to map ice and other resources potentials at the South Pole of the…
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NASA plans retirement of the International Space Station
NASA has requested proposals from the space industry to build a craft to safely deorbit the International Space Station as part of its planned retirement.
The United States, Japan, Canada and the participating countries of the ESA…
NASA created interactive map to explore Mars
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) published an interactive map that allows you to explore the surface of Mars, under the name of Global CTX Mosaic.
Internet users can tour the red planet through 110,000 images…
NASA to launch Israel’s first space telescope
NASA will launch in early 2026 the first Israeli space telescope mission, the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT).
ULTRASAT, an ultraviolet observatory with a large field of view, will investigate the secrets of…
NASA selects Blue Origin to launch a mission to Mars
NASA has awarded Blue Origin the launch of its Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission to study Jupiter's magnetosphere.
ESCAPADE will launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket from Space Launch Complex-36…
A hurricane forces another postponement of Artemis I
NASA has decided to change the launch target of the Artemis I mission from November 14 to 16, pending safe conditions due to the expected evolution of Tropical Storm Nicole.
This first liftoff of the agency's new moon rocket, the SLS,…
The solar system reaches the Google search engine with 3D models of planets and satellites
NASA and Google Arts & Culture have announced their collaboration to bring more than 60 3D models of planets, satellites, and space artifacts to Google Search.
The solar system has always aroused the curiosity of human beings, who have…
First commercial space greenhouse to be launched in 2023
This week, Redwire Corporation (RDW.N) announced that the first commercial space greenhouse is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2023.
The company has taken accelerated steps towards the development of technologies with application in…
NASA telescope will scan the sky every six months
NASA's upcoming SPHEREx mission (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will be able to scan the entire sky every six months and map the cosmos like never before.
NASA space mission…
NASA will deepen studies on the Sun-Earth connection
NASA announced the launch of two scientific missions that will aim to study the dynamics of the Sun and the connection of the Earth with its stars and the constantly changing space environment. The Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and…
Astromobile with Spanish technology will search for life on Mars
The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch, next September, the Exomars mission, which is made up of a surface platform and a rover, called the Rosalind Franklin, in order to search for signs of present or past life in the subsurface…
Innovations that will transform the world in 2022
The pandemic has transformed the way people relate to their environment. At present, technology has a fundamental function, since advances, innovations and discoveries are faster every day. There is great expectation about how the lifestyle…