NASA's Perseverance Mars rover readies to begin sampling process

air-and-space Perseverance air-and-space rover is preparing to collect its first-ever sample.  The agency’s Southern California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said that the rover was searching for a scientifically interesting planet-earth in Jezero Crater’s “Cratered Floor Fractured Rough.” The “Cratered Floor Fractured Rough” is one of the deepest, and potentially oldest, accessible geologic units in the…

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When to view July's full buck moon

The next air-and-space of 2021 will occur on Friday in the U.S. Called the buck moon and the thunder moon, Earth’s natural satellite will appear opposite the air-and-space in planet-earth” target=”_blank”>Earth-based< LUNAR ORBIT ‘WOBBLE’ COULD RESULT IN HIGH-TIDE FLOODING RISE IN THE 2030S: NASA RESEARCHERS In a blog post, the agency wrote that while most…

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover begins hunt for signs of past life

air-and-space Perseverance air-and-space rover has begun its hunt for evidence of ancient natural-science.  The air-and-space” target=”_blank”>spacecraft< in February, has tested an array of instruments on its 7-foot robotic arm.  NASA’S MARS PERSEVERANCE ROVER SNAPS SHOTS OF UNIQUE ROCK FORMATION IN ‘ANCIENT LAKEBED’ In a Monday release, NASA said that Perseverance had commenced its probe of…

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Hubble Space Telescope delivers first images since shutdown

air-and-space Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has delivered its first images since the telescope’s payload computer suddenly halted on June 13.  The pictures show a galaxy with what the agency calls air-and-space” target=”_blank”>”extended spiral arms”< The photos were taken by a program spearheaded by the University of Washington’s Julianne Dalcanton. Other potential targets for the program…

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How Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin crew trained for historic spaceflight

jeff-bezos” target=”_blank”>Jeff Bezos'< on Tuesday morning, taking the richest person in the world and three others to the edge of space. Accompanying the billionaire are Bezos’ brother, Mark, “Mercury 13” aerospace pioneer Wally Funk and Netherlands native and first commercial customer Oliver Daemen. RICHARD BRANSON SAYS CRITICS ARE ‘NOT FULLY EDUCATED’ ON BENEFITS OF SPACE…

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