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EXCLUSIVE : Paula Abdul is among an ensemble cast for a feature-length podcast from Steven Jay Rubin ( Bleacher Bums ), Billy Riback ( Home Improvement ) and stand-up comic Bruce Smirnoff. The American Idol star is starring in Spacemen From Planet Judy alongside Phil Hendrie ( Rick and Morty ), Hal Rudnick (Reno 911) , John Mariano ( The Offer ) and Eric Waddell ( Funny You Should Ask ). Inadvertently kidnapped, bumbling information technology specialists Mitch (Hendrie) and Lenny (Rudnick) find themselves on an exotic world of constant partying, mingling and cuddling, all run by the Golden Ram Man (Mariano), a mad tyrant who abhors insubordination and seeded grapes. Read more: See here

SpaceX later also scuttled launch attempts on both Thursday and Friday as well. The company stated on social media that “we will announce a new launch date once confirmed on the Range.” This will be the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1071 in the SpaceX fleet. It previously launched two SmallSat Transporter rideshare mission, a pair of missions for the National Reconnaissance Office and NASA's ocean-observing SWOT payload among others. Following liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), B1071 will land on the SpaceX droneship, 'Of Course I Still Love You,' a little more than eight minutes into flight. This will mark the 87th landing on OCISLY and the 289th booster landing to date. Read more: Visit website

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HOUSTON — Two former U.S. Navy test pilots, now NASA astronauts, can't wait to finally get their hands on a new spacecraft. Wilmore, who has 8,000 flight hours and two space missions under his belt, said Friday (March 22) he'll be comparing the handling and rolling qualities of Starliner to see if it matches up with the simulators he's been training on for numerous years. Differences "may or may not be a negative," he said in a sunny, glassed-in conference room at JSC's Building 2 and press center, "but it will be a difference that we will fix in our simulation, and go from there." Reference: Visit website

One of the missions, the EUTELSAT 36D, is scheduled to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 5:52 p.m. After stage separation, the booster will land on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 satellites plans to liftoff at 9:02 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A report from The Markup that was co-published with the local nonprofit newsrooms Documented and The City revealed numerous instances in which NYC's business chatbot responded with incorrect information about city policies. More details: Found here

Sourced from a 121.6-gram sample returned to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, a small speck of material from the asteroid Bennu sits on a prepared microscope slide in an exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Meteorites are messengers from the depths of primordial time—cast-off fragments of asteroids and comets that formed alongside our sun from raw materials predating our star itself. But their messages are often muddled by their final, fateful encounter with Earth—charred in their fiery plunge through our planet’s atmosphere and contaminated by our world’s ever-shifting environmental tumult. And unlike a typical piece of lost mail, they don’t come with a return address to reveal their provenance. Read more: Found here

The International Space Station provides researchers access to the unique features of low Earth orbit: long-duration microgravity, exposure to space, and a one-of-a-kind perspective of our planet. These special attributes enable scientists to conduct innovative experiments that can't be done anywhere else. Employees in the International Space Station Research Integration Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center help enable and execute the research opportunities only available on board the space station with a wide variety of researchers. They also look out for and coordinate new partnerships with international partners, academic organizations, commercial companies, and more. Reference: See here

NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ Many Tuscarawas Valley residents are looking forward with eager anticipation to April 8, when Ohio will be in the path of a total solar eclipse for the first time since 1808. Tuscarawas County is not in the direct path but will experience 99% totality. The peak viewing time will be at 3:15 p.m. in Dover and New Philadelphia. Daylight will give way to sudden darkness for a few brief minutes that day as the orbiting moon will appear as the same size as the sun, completely blocking its light. Many animals will fall silent while other nocturnal creatures will stir during the resulting totality, whereby observers can see the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere, known as the corona. Source: See here

A Massachusetts State Police robot dog was shot during a standoff on Cape Cod this month, officials said, calling it an example of how the technology can make police work safer in dangerous situations. It's both the first time a Massachusetts State Police robot dog was shot while working and the first time that one of Boston Dynamics' well-known Spot robots was shot while working, representatives told NBC10 Boston Wednesday. Moreira was barricaded inside a home on St. Francis Circle after a 911 call about a person holding someone else at knifepoint, police said at the time. The person escaped, but when officers arrived at the home, Moreira allegedly opened fire on a SWAT vehicle and periodically shot near the officers who'd circled the home. Reference: See here

Sourced from a 121.6-gram sample returned to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, a small speck of material from the asteroid Bennu sits on a prepared microscope slide in an exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Meteorites are messengers from the depths of primordial time—cast-off fragments of asteroids and comets that formed alongside our sun from raw materials predating our star itself. But their messages are often muddled by their final, fateful encounter with Earth—charred in their fiery plunge through our planet’s atmosphere and contaminated by our world’s ever-shifting environmental tumult. And unlike a typical piece of lost mail, they don’t come with a return address to reveal their provenance. Source: See here

April 8th is all about the Moon stealing the show from the Sun during a total solar eclipse . However, the temporary daytime darkness also provides an excellent opportunity to observe some planets and even a colorful comet. In 2024, the eclipse will happen during the afternoon, and those along the path of totality will experience dusk-like darkness. According to NASA, during the eclipse, you will be able to see some planets and stars that are generally not visible during the night at this time of year. In the context of the eclipse, where everyone will be looking (with their solar glasses), here's where to look for the planets: Jupiter will be to the upper left of the Sun, and Venus , Saturn and Mars will be to the lower right.  Source: Found here

After trawling through 19 years data on reported UFO sightings, scientists have discovered the best locations in the U.S. to spot one. In general, you need to head west for the best chance. Nowadays, UFOs (unidentified flying objects) are known as UAPs (unexplained aerial phenomena). They include any object in the sky without a natural or known technological explanation. Researchers at the University of Utah wanted to explore if local environmental factors affected the number of sightings in an area. They scoured through all the sightings — a staggering 98,724 of them — that the public logged with the National UFO Reporting Center between 2001 and 2020. For each one, they assessed two variables: sky view potential, and the likelihood of objects in the sky. More details: Found here

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Called a "solar sail," the silvery sheet of fabric is 32 times thinner than a human hair and stretches the size of three basketball courts. Over a recent Zoom call, Johnson says the sheet of fabric works much like a sail used for boats—if a boat sail were designed for high-speed space travel. "Just as a sailboat uses the wind to push it through the water, solar sails use the pressure of sunlight to push them through space," Johnson says. This seemingly impossible feat is, in fact, not impossible at all. Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist and Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard University, says solar sails represent one of the most promising technologies for future space exploration. They offer a sustainable and efficient way to navigate the cosmos, with the potential to propel spacecraft to unprecedented speeds and distances. Reference: Found here

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For over two decades, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory — humanity's most powerful telescope of its kind — has provided astronomers with an unparalleled view, allowing them to better understand the structure and evolution of the universe. But a potential budget crunch could pose an existential threat to the observatory, Space.com reports . On March 11, NASA released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2025, introducing stringent spending caps that could force Chandra to go dark. The space agency suggested cutting spending on the observatory from $68.3 million in 2023 to just $41.1 million in 2025, and then just $26.6 million in 2026. The budget could drop to just $5 million by 2029. Reference: Found here

HELSINKI — China should intensify its asteroid research and focus on sample return mission plans, according to scientists. China’s future asteroid exploration should focus on "low-cost, high-frequency sample return missions, and emphasize strengthening coordination between missions," according to a paper published recently in the Chinese Journal of Space Sciences. Establishing scientific design teams can also help better serve China's future asteroid explorations. China is scheduled to launch its first asteroid sample return mission in 2025. The Tianwen-2 mission will target near-Earth object (NEO) 469219 Kamoʻoalewa, collecting samples and returning to Earth around 2.5 years after launch. The mission will notably harness both a touch-and-go technique used by both NASA's OSIRIS-REx and JAXA's Hayabusa2, and an anchor-and-attach system featuring drills at the tips of land...

From the search for habitable worlds beyond our solar system to Earth science missions closer to home, NASA shared its goals for the next decades of exploration at this year's Goddard Space Science Symposium, held March 20-22, 2024, at the University of Maryland in College Park. "We wanted to help bring focus to this long-term vision by gathering people from all areas of the industry to discuss the plan, the associated opportunities and challenges, and how we will all work together to succeed," said Jim Way, executive director at the American Astronautical Society (AAS), which co-hosted the symposium with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Source: Visit website

HELSINKI — China's Queqiao-2 communications relay satellite entered lunar orbit March 24, paving the way for a lunar far side sample return mission. Queqiao-2 began a 19-minute-long braking burn at 12:46 p.m. Eastern Sunday (1646 UTC), allowing the spacecraft to be captured by the moon's gravity, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced early March 25. The spacecraft is expected to have entered an initial 200 by 100,000-kilometer lunar orbit. Operators will further alter its orbit and inclination to bring Queqiao-2 into a 200 by 16,000-km, highly-elliptical "frozen" orbit. Source: See here

FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Looking like a toy helicopter, a small black drone rose up over a cluster of adobe buildings in a quiet desert village, emitting a faint buzz. The drone, an Anduril Industries' Ghost-X, paused and then rose higher, disappearing into the clouds. Another followed. All at once, an overwhelming group of air- and ground-based machine fighters burst onto the scene. An "octocopter" lumbered through the sky with precision munitions and other robots attached to its belly, dropping three 60mm mortar rounds on a roof and other small, hand-held, cylindrical "throwbots" on the ground. Source: See here

This month's episode of Physics World Stories features an interview with composer Amanda Lee Falkenberg with music from The Moons Symphony . Her creation takes listeners on an epic journey through the science and stories of the moons of our solar system. The seven-movement symphony dramatises the geophysical features of Io, Europa, Titan, Enceladus, Miranda, Ganymede, before turning to our own Moon for two-part finale. In creating the work, Australian born Amanda Lee Falkenberg immersed herself in the scientific research and consulted many scientists and astronauts. More details: Visit origin

(Gray News) - A total solar eclipse is coming on April 8 and along with seeing the eclipse, you may get a glimpse at some planets, too. Venus will be the brightest planet in the sky, just 15 degrees down to the right of the sun, according to Space.com . Jupiter will also be visible, but not as bright. It will be 30 degrees up to the left of the sun, according to Space.com . According to the Associated Press, North America will not experience totality again until 2033, but only in Alaska. In 2044, totality will be confined to Western Canada, Montana and North Dakota. There will not be another U.S. eclipse spanning coast to coast until 2045. Reference: See here

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ASU student team's design selected as finalist for 2024 NASA-sponsored BIG Idea Challenge | ASU News An artistic rendering of the student-designed AEGIS inflatable lunar landing system, which is capable of autonomously deploying to reduce dust and debris generated by landers. Image courtesy Luminosity Lab/ASU Arizona State University's Luminosity Lab student team was recently selected as a finalist in NASA's Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge . The group is one of six teams selected by NASA to present at the 2024 BIG Idea Challenge Forum, Nov. 5–7, at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The theme for the 2024 NASA-sponsored engineering competition, "Inflatable Systems for Lunar Operations," challenges student teams to research, design and demonstrate novel inflatable systems configured for future lunar operations that could help future Artemis missions and beyond. Read...

Planet-eating stars are more abundant in the universe than previously thought, an Australian-led study has found. The study, by the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in Three Dimensions (Astro 3D), looked at "co-natal" or twin stars, born from the same molecular cloud, where one had "eaten" a planet and the other had not. The researchers found one in 12 pairs of stars have absorbed entire planets or planetary material, changing their chemical make up. Astronomers assumed such an event was possible, but the first planet-eating star was only caught in the act last year, and the latest study shows the cosmic consumption is more common than previously thought and can happen with younger stars. Read more: See here

The fourth human spaceflight — and third orbital human flight — of the year has successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz MS-25 was scheduled to fly on Thursday, March 21, at 13:21 UTC from Site 31/6 at the spaceport. Mission commander Oleg Novitsky, representing Roscosmos, NASA's Tracy Caldwell Dyson, and Belarusian Marina Vasilevskaya were on board. An automatic abort command was issued at the T-20 second mark, however. With a 10 minute window for this launch, the next opportunity was on Saturday, March 23 at 12:36 UTC. More details: Visit origin

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"Typically, it's a very popular application," April Jordan, NASA's astronaut selection manager, said. The odds that you will be chosen are slim. The last time NASA put out a call for applications, in 2020, more than 12,000 people applied. It took the agency a year and a half to go through the applications. NASA selected just 10 of the hopefuls, or 0.083 percent. That makes Harvard's 3.5 percent acceptance rate among high school applicants appear bountiful. Ms. Jordan is on a media tour to spread the word that " the right stuff " for being an astronaut in 2024 is not the same as what it was in the 1960s, when astronauts were all white men, almost all from the military. Read more: Visit website

The incredible power SpaceX's Starship megarocket can be visualized in a new video of the rocket's third test flight. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com. Samantha Mathewson joined Space.com as an intern in the summer of 2016. She received a B.A. in Journalism and Environmental Science at the University of New Haven, in Connecticut. Previously, her work has been published in Nature World News. When not writing or reading about science, Samantha enjoys traveling to new places and taking photos! You can follow her on Twitter @Sam_Ashley13. Source: Visit website

Now, however, scientists have shown that it seems DART didn't just give Dimorphos a push; it also hit Dimorphos with enough kinetic energy to reshape it. Originally, Dimorphos would have been an oblate spheroid, which is kind of like a squashed ball. The impact of DART at 5 kilometers per second (3 miles per second) sent shockwaves through the asteroid, resulting in it becoming more elongated and shifting its axis of rotation off-center. The new shape is inferred by astronomers from the light curve of the Didymos–Dimorphos system, which is aligned in such a way that we can see them transiting and eclipsing one another. Reference: Visit website

Extracting DNA from strawberries, building a lightsaber, making slime and battling robots were some of several STEM activities led by El Camino College students on Saturday, March 16 during the 36th Annual Onizuka Space Science Day. One of the attendees, Ian Gerszewski, listened to retired astronaut Rick Mastracchio talk about his career and what it takes to become an astronaut. Source: Visit origin

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Using observations made with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) a study led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) has confirmed that the asteroid 2023 FW14, discovered last year, is accompanying the red planet in its journey round the sun, ahead of Mars and in the same orbit. With this new member, the group of Trojans that accompany Mars has increased in number to 17. But it shows differences in its orbit and chemical composition which may indicate that it is a captured asteroid, of a primitive type. The results are published in Astronomy & Astrophysics . Reference: Found here ...

A foundation model is a type of AI system trained on massive amounts of data that's capable of being used for a wide variety of tasks from generating sentences to videos, images, and more. According to Nvidia, Project GR00T will help humanoid robots "understand natural language and emulate movements by observing human actions — quickly learning coordination, dexterity, and other skills in order to navigate, adapt, and interact with the real world." Nvidia also announced its Isaac Manipulator and Isaac Perceptor, part of the company's Isaac robotics platform. Isaac Manipulator is a series of foundation models designed for robotic arms, while Issac Perceptor is meant to offer "multi-camera, 3D surround-vision capabilities" for robots designed to take on manufacturing and fulfillment roles. More details: Visit website ...

At the ripe age of five, it is clear that the United States Space Force, while dominated by old thinking, still doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up, and is split among multiple different areas of focus. The challenge is that it has to grow up fast. It seems the Force’s leadership are of three minds: those who look down, focusing on ground operations, those who look around at orbital space and those who look up and out. Those who believe the Space Force should focus on what is happening on the ground refer to its support function for the joint force of all the current branches of the military. This ranges from communications, creating and protecting space-based command and control systems, observation and, in its most visionary (and ominous) form, operation of space-to-ground weapons. More details: Found here ...

Just last week, one team announced it may have some updates on the dynamics of gas giant formation, thanks to the JWST. More specifically, the researchers say they've started making headway in answering the question of how long gas giants likely have to form around their host stars before all the gas around those stars fades away. The team used the JWST to probe what's (a little confusingly) known as the "disk wind." This doesn't really refer to a wind like you may imagine. Rather, it refers to the process of gas leaving a disk around a star. This "disk" would be one filled with different types of material with the potential to give rise to planets. It's thus otherwise known as a "protoplanetary disk." Reference: Found here

Several thousand self-professed awakening individuals made their way to the Zenith Limoges Metropole building in a field off one of the main highways. The silver, saucer-shaped building is a fitting setting for the three-day conference which features a cosmic line-up of galactic speakers who will be discussing mind-bending moments and "encounters with celestials in altered states of consciousness". Symposium Exovision is expected to draw 2,200 attendees who have paid between 150 to 190 euros to attend. The event, organised by a group called Alliances Célestes, or Celestial Alliances, claims to want to prepare and train humanity for the arrival of extraterrestrials or "new-style encounters". More details: Visit website

Michigan-based Orbion Space Technology builds Aurora, a new type of propulsion system that employs what are known as Hall-effect thrusters, which accelerate propellant using an electric field. Companies that send satellites into space on a rocket can use Orbion’s thrusters to maneuver them precisely to their final destination. At the end of the satellite’s mission, the thruster helps the satellite come down in a safe, controlled way, burning up in the atmosphere without leaving debris behind. The company began shipping the system to customers in 2023. More details: Found here

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Over billions of years, the surface of the Moon has been bombarded by solar wind, carrying high-energy particles that include a highly coveted resource, helium-3. Although the element is scarce on Earth, it has recently become in demand by several industries, including those working on quantum computing and nuclear fusion reactors. "There is growing demand for Helium-3 across burgeoning and potentially massive industries," Alexis Ohanian, one of the main investors in Interlune's latest round of funding, said in a statement. "We invested in Interlune because access to the ample cache of Helium-3 and other precious natural resources on the Moon and beyond will unlock or accelerate technological advancements currently hindered by lack of supply." Source: See here

NASA Asks U.S. Public To Look At Clouds During April 8's Total Solar Eclipse People view the solar eclipse from the beach at Palm Cove in Australia's Tropical North Queensland ... [+] on November 14, 2012. (Murray Anderson-Clemence/AFP via Getty Images) However, April 8's solar eclipse—which will take place from inside a narrow path across North America—brings a unique opportunity for massive citizen science projects. However, participants are being asked to record cloud conditions at varying times during the day in the days before and after the eclipse—starting now through April 15. The goal is that on April 8, people will measure temperature every five to 10 minutes and clouds every 15 to 30 minutes or whenever they see a change, creating a record of what happens before, during and after the eclipse. Read more: See here ...

NASA Artemis Mission Progresses with SpaceX Starship Test Flight - NASA As part of NASA's Artemis campaign to return humans to the Moon for the benefit of all, the agency is working with SpaceX to develop the company's Starship human landing system (HLS), which will land astronauts near the Moon's South Pole during the Artemis III and Artemis IV missions. On March 14, SpaceX launched the third integrated flight test of its Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage, an important milestone toward providing NASA with a Starship HLS for its Artemis missions. "With each flight test, SpaceX attempts increasingly ambitious objectives for Starship to learn as much as possible for future mission systems development. The ability to test key systems and processes in flight scenarios like these integrated tests allows both NASA and SpaceX to gather crucial data needed for the continued deve...

Some extraordinary asteroids have "activity"—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust. NASA's Active Asteroids project announced the discovery of activity on fifteen asteroids, challenging conventional wisdom about the solar system. To find these fifteen rare objects, more than 8000 volunteers combed through 430,000 images from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Victor M. Blanco telescope in Chile. A paper about the results , now published in the Astronomical Journal, includes nine volunteers among the co-authors. "For an amateur astronomer like me it's a dream come true." said volunteer Virgilio Gonano from Udine, Italy. "Congratulations to all the staff and the friends that also check the images!" Reference: Visit origin

8 Must-Have NASA Resources for Science Teachers in 2024 Growing Beyond Earth® (GBE) is a classroom-based citizen science project for middle and high school students about growing plants in space. Curricular materials and resources help you introduce your students to space plant biology and prepare them to participate in the program, through which students have the opportunity to present their findings to NASA Researchers. Materials in English and Spanish . Data Stories are interactives for high school students that showcase new science imagery and data for a variety of out of this world topics. Ideas for exploration and scientific highlights are included with every story through accompanying video and text. Reference: Visit website

WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital announced plans to produce a new line of small satellite buses designed to operate in geostationary Earth orbit. The company said it will compete in the so-called small GEO satellite market with a new bus named SmallSat GEO for satellites above 500 kg. Small GEO satellites are an emerging class of spacecraft designed for geostationary orbit 22,236 miles above Earth’s surface. This orbital perch has traditionally been the territory of large, heavyweight communications satellites that beam data to permanently pointed antennas on the ground. Source: See here

Human masseuses, beware! AI massage robots are here — and they have untiring arms and hands that no human can compete with. Due to scarring from several surgeries early this year, I'm admittedly insecure about stripping down to my birthday suit for massages. I know human masseuses are professional and will still do their job — scars or no scars. However, I can't help but feel as if I'm being silently judged. Aescape's robot masseuse works best when you're clothed; I'd imagine the friction of robo hands on bare skin wouldn't feel very nice. In addition to wearing the set, you'll be asked to wear your hair up, ensuring it doesn't get in the way of the massage process. Reference: Visit origin

Scratching your head over all the solar installers available in Texas? Here's how to find the best fit for you. If you're thinking about putting solar panels on the roof of your home in Dallas, you're not alone: Plenty of your neighbors in Texas have done exactly the same thing. But how do you decide which solar company is right for you, and how do you sort through the noise? We've got you covered. Here's what you need to know when going solar in Dallas. Interested in understanding the impact solar can have on your home? Enter some basic information below, and we’ll instantly provide a free estimate of your energy savings. Reference: Visit website

What is pi? If you recall from mathematics class back in grade school, it's approximately 3.14159 and can be used to figure out the circumference of a circle of the volume of a square. There are nearly four dozen different questions you can figure out, so try a few or do them all to "cook up" a unique way to get space-y and celebrate Pi Day 2024! Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com. Source: Found here

After a year of eyebrow-raising headlines about government whistleblowers alleging that the military was running secret programs focused on alien spaceships and a months-long study and dogged investigative work through the shadows of classified Pentagon programs, the United States Defense Department announced Friday that it found no evidence that the government is covering up contact with extraterrestrials. In fact, while the report's conclusion surprised almost no one except the most ardent of believers—people who might not be all that inclined to believe the Pentagon's disavowal anyway—the report in its own way raises as many new questions as it answers, questions that could, with time, prove revolutionary to technology and science. Reference: Visit website

NASA selected the first winners of the agency's Space Tech Catalyst prize to expand engagement with underrepresented and diverse individuals in the space technology sector as part of the agency's broader commitment to inclusivity and collaboration. The winners are receiving $25,000 each to create more inclusive space technology ecosystems. "As NASA continues to explore the unknown, making the impossible possible, we are committed to engaging talents from all backgrounds to advance exploration," said Shahra Lambert, NASA senior advisor for engagement. "By providing funding to this space technology community, NASA is ensuring the Artemis Generation will have the necessary tools to expand humanity's reach." Reference: Visit website

Mars: New volcano 'hiding in plain sight' on red planet - BBC Newsround Scientists have discovered the volcano near the planet's equator in the eastern part of Mars' Tharsis volcanic province. It's still waiting for its official name, but for the moment it's being called Noctis volcano, and measures 280 miles in width. That's about the same distance as between London and Cornwall and it's a bit taller than the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. The volcano can be found in a region called Tharsis which is home to three other giant volcanoes: Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons. Read more: Found here

With Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket now at its spaceport in French Guiana , the passengers it will launch to space are getting ready to be added to the top of the tall new rocket. Ariane 6 will launch several satellites, deployers and experiments from space agencies, companies, research institutes, universities and young professionals on its first flight. "Ariane 6 is designed to be versatile, offering space actors bespoke launch options all while keeping costs down," says Michel Bonnet, head of Ariane 6 missions and system engineering and ESA's lead for the Ariane 6 inaugural flight. "The varied missions launching on the first flight, from nine countries and dozens of organisations, are a perfect demonstration of the team spirit behind this rocket and the design ethos that underpins it." Source: Visit origin ...

Schmitt, now 88, has teamed up with former Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson and former Chief Architect Gary Lai to co-found a company to harvest the isotope from the lunar surface and bring it back to Earth. Their startup, Interlune, aims to collect small bottles of the rare gas and sell it to emerging technology industries that prize the stuff, including developers of quantum computers and nuclear fusion reactors. "Helium-3 is the only element in the universe that's expensive enough to warrant going to the Moon and bringing it back to Earth," says Meyerson, who is the company's CEO. Reference: Found here

NASA restructures Earth System Observatory to reduce costs - SpaceNews WASHINGTON — NASA is revamping a major series of Earth science missions, delaying some and relying more on international partners for others to reduce costs. As part of NASA's fiscal year 2025 budget proposal released March 11 , the agency said it was restructuring the Earth System Observatory line of missions. Those missions are intended to collect data on "designated observables" identified by the Earth science decadal survey in 2018 . As recently as December, NASA said it was moving ahead with four of the missions : Atmosphere Observing System (AOS)-Storm, AOS-Sky, Surface Biology and Geology, and Mass Change, now called GRACE-C. A fifth mission, Surface Deformation and Change, was in an extended study phase. Source: Found here

SpaceX Starship: FAA approves company's plans for third test flight | CNN SpaceX is once again set to fly its gargantuan Starship rocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed — after federal regulators approved the company's plans for a third test flight. The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, gave SpaceX the final green light for the mission on Wednesday afternoon. This test flight comes after two attempts to get the massive Starship vehicle to orbital speeds in 2023 ended in explosions, with the spacecraft and booster erupting into flames before reaching their intended landing sites. Source: See here

Space Mining's Best Prospect Is VC Money, Not Asteroid Gold - The Tech Edvocate As the 21st century unfolds, the prospects of space mining continue to capture the imagination of entrepreneurs and investors alike. The allure of tapping into seemingly boundless off-world resources is a narrative straight out of a science fiction novel. However, even as technological advancements make these prospects less fictional, it is venture capital money that may be the actual treasure trove rather than the precious metals waiting in asteroids. The romantic notion of space miners targeting asteroids for their gold, platinum, and other valuable elements is no doubt captivating. The theoretical value of these celestial bodies is often touted in billions or even trillions of dollars, setting a scene where the first successful space mining operation could turn into the next gold rush, but with an interstellar backdr...

The team performed the microgravity experiment on board the Zero Gravity Corporation's modified Boeing 727 parabolic aircraft. This vehicle goes up and down, providing free fall for a short amount of time. That's when the simulation took place. "With the lack of gravitational influence, surface tension and cohesion of blood droplets are amplified. What this means is that blood in space has a higher tendency to stick to surfaces until a greater force causes detachment. Within the application of bloodstain formation, it means that blood drops exhibit a slower spread rate and, therefore, have shapes and sizes that would not be reflective on Earth," co-author Professor Graham Williams, from the University of Hull, said in a statement . Source: Visit origin

WATCH: Starlink Satellites spotted orbiting over the Tri-State A video shared by a viewer in Darmstadt shows the satellites in orbit. You can watch it in the video player above. More details: See here

By combining camera and sensory data with the enormous amounts of text used to train chatbots like ChatGPT, Covariant has built A.I. technology that gives its robots a much broader understanding of the world around it. Credit... Cade Metz spent two days at Covariant's headquarters in Emeryville, Calif., to report this article. Companies like OpenAI and Midjourney build chatbots , image generators and other artificial intelligence tools that operate in the digital world. Now, a start-up founded by three former OpenAI researchers is using the technology development methods behind chatbots to build A.I. technology that can navigate the physical world. More details: Visit website