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NASA Needs To Solve One Critical Problem Before Humans Can Travel To Mars

Traveling to space poses risks to the human body. Scientists need to find solutions for these hazards before any manned missions to the red planet.

Inverse

What will ‘cosmic detective’ OSIRIS-Rex bring back on September 24? | Explained

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission will drop a capsule of pristine asteroid material in the Utah desert on September 24. The astro-material may provide insights into how planets formed, what materials were present in the early Solar System, and how life on the earth began. OSIRIS-Rex had to precisely choreograph a celestial…

The Hindu

A source of carbon — a building block of life — is found on Jupiter's moon Europa

"The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa," according to the Webb Space Telescope's website.

WEKU

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Will Drop An Asteroid Sample Sunday — Here’s How To Track It

But like a college kid dropping off their laundry, the spaceship is just passing through on its way to another adventure.

Inverse

UK researchers to study sample of asteroid Bennu as part of Nasa mission

The sample, which was collected as part of Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission, will return to Earth on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission: asteroid sample plummets towards Earth

Capsule will contain some of oldest materials formed in solar system

The Guardian - UK

Inside NASA’s Historic OSIRIS-REx Mission To Bring A Chunk of An Asteroid Back To Earth

On Sunday, NASA will finally witness the descent of its first asteroid sample retrieval mission.

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NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash

NASA's first effort to retrieve samples from an asteroid will send a capsule that contains extraterrestrial pebbles and dust plunging towards a Utah desert on Sunday.

WEKU

What is Nasa’s Osiris-Rex capsule and when will it land on Earth?

The capsule collected a dust sample from a distant asteroid three years ago and scientists are about to get their first chance to look at it

Evening Standard

A Nasa spacecraft is on course to deliver material from an asteroid to Earth – here's what we could learn

Around 15 years ago, I was on a European Space Agency (Esa) committee, looking at Esa’s strategy for proposed forthcoming space missions. Under consideration was a mission to an asteroid. Over dinner, one of the committee members, an astrophysicist, quizzed me on why we needed to visit one of these…

The Conversation

Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon

Discovery adds weight to view that Europa’s ocean could be most promising place in solar system to look for alien life

The Guardian - UK

NASA's Mars rovers could inspire a more ethical future for AI

Since ChatGPT’s release in late 2022, many news outlets have reported on the ethical threats posed by artificial intelligence. Tech pundits have issued warnings of killer robots bent on human extinction, while the World Economic Forum predicted that machines will take away jobs.

The Conversation

NASA shifts UFO debate from sensationalism to science | Data

Mexican Congress hears testimony on extraterrestrials; NASA panel recommends increased efforts to gather info on UAPs; U.S. govt. has done U-turn on public info on UAPs; AARO has classified UFO/UAP sightings; 800+ sightings collected, only a few unidentified.

The Hindu

How space can harm the human body

But scientists are working to mitigate these risks before sending people to Mars

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NASA set to deliver biggest asteroid sample yet: What you need to know

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is expected to drop 250g of pebbles and dust from asteroid Bennu after seven-year quest.

The Independent UK

NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid

Planet Earth is about to receive the biggest sample yet from an asteroid

Reason

Congress Is Still Using 'Emergency Spending' on Non-Emergencies

Since Congress won't cut spending, an independent commission may be the only way to rein in the debt.

Evening Standard

Tom Hanks has written and narrated this Apollo Missions experience opening in London in December

The 50-minute spectacle will tell the incredible stories of the NASA moon missions

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A NASA astronaut approaches a year in space, the longest time for any American

Frank Rubio's first mission broke the record for longest U.S. spaceflight last week. The medical doctor is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and served as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot.

The Conversation

Chariots of the gods, ships in the sky: how unidentified aerial phenomena left their mark in ancient cultures

For thousands of years, people have been describing unexplainable gleaming objects in the sky.

The Conversation

UFOs: how Nasa plans to get to the bottom of unexplained sightings

As reports continue flying in about what were traditionally called UFOs (unidentified flying objects), Nasa is taking the topic very seriously. In fact, following the publication of a report from an independent committee of experts in fields including astronomy and aviation safety, the agency has even appointed a new director…

The Conversation

Spending time in space can harm the human body − but scientists are working to mitigate these risks before sending people to Mars

When 17 people were in orbit around the Earth all at the same time on May 30, 2023, it set a record. With NASA and other federal space agencies planning more manned missions and commercial companies bringing people to space, opportunities for human space travel are rapidly expanding.

Inverse

NASA’s Sun-Kissing Mission Stuns Yet Again With Incredible New Footage

A recording-setting NASA mission has taken footage of a special interaction between the Sun and space dust.

Salon

NASA: No evidence UFOs are aliens, sorry

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he wanted to shift the UAP conversation from sensationalism to one of science

Zenger

Moon Sculpture Installed In Refugee Camp To Show Palestine Support

“The moon has great significance in Arabic cultures as a symbol of love and beauty.

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