SpaceX delays launch of NASA TRACERS mission
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SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally dangerous "space weather" affecting satellites,
AS NASA moves towards looming budget cuts, the agency still lacks a permanent leader. Here's why the search for administrator is taking so long.
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Astronomy on MSNNASA’s TRACERS leads busy spaceflight scheduleNASA’s TRACERS mission will launch to study Earth’s magnetic cusp, alongside Gilmour Space, Starlink, and climate science missions.
What is space weather and how does it affect us on Earth? A new NASA mission plans to study our sun's activity and solar winds that cause phenomena like the Aurora Borealis.
Researchers will mine data from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will survey the same areas of the sky every few days, to identify kilonovae. Roman’s extensive data will help astronomers better identify how often these events occur,
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Space.com on MSNNASA's Roman Space Telescope could discover 100,000 new cosmic explosions: 'We're definitely expecting the unexpected'"Whether you want to explore dark energy, dying stars, galactic powerhouses, or probably even entirely new things we’ve never seen before, this survey will be a gold mine."
NASA officials remain eager for Starliner to begin these regular crew rotation flights, even as its sole destination, the ISS, enters its sunset years. NASA and its international partners plan to decommission and scuttle the space station in 2030 and 2031, more than 30 years after the launch of the lab's first module.
NASA astronaut captures rare phenomenon from 250 miles above Earth: See photo of 'sprite' As the space station drifted over Mexico and the US, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare ...