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Nasa images show extreme withering of Lake Mead over 22 years

The pictures from 2000, 2021 and 2022 offer a new view into its dramatically low water levels, now at just 27% capacity

The Guardian - US · Jul 21, 2022

Omega honours Moon hero

This week Omega commemorates the historic Moon landing in July 1969 with a new portrait of Buzz Aldrin wearing the Speedmaster Professional 321.

Bangkok Post · Jul 21, 2022

Dramatic NASA photos reveal Lake Mead water levels at lowest point since 1937

LOS ANGELES — Recent satellite images from NASA show the dramatic water loss that has occurred over the last 22 years at drought-stricken Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir and a lifeline for California, neighboring states and Mexico.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 21, 2022

A micrometeoroid damages James Webb

Astronomers anticipated that micrometeoroids would hit the telescope, but the damage caused so far was unexpected

Salon · Jul 20, 2022

How much did NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope cost?

The telescope’s development process cost $10 billion over 17 years.

USAFacts · Jul 20, 2022

NASA aiming for late August test flight of giant moon rocket

NASA is shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon rocket

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

The Artemis I Moon mission finally has a launch window — NASA

NASA has used the anniversary of the July 20, 1969 moonwalk to announce tentative launch dates for the first major stage of a mission designed to put human boots on the Moon again.

Inverse · Jul 20, 2022

Secret feuds and rifts that almost ruined the historic first Moon landing

Both Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin wanted to be the first man to set foot on the Moon, and they competed with each other for the accolade, as historian Jim Donovan wrote in his book Shoot For The Moon.

Daily Mirror · Jul 20, 2022

Scientists are growing billions of stem cells on the ISS to help humans travel to other planets

Scientists are shooting stem cells into space, hoping to make discoveries that help people on Earth

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Bacteria from US Soil to be Used in Space Agriculture Experiments

Researchers have taken a tiny piece of soil from the city of Prosser, in Washington state to dispatch it with some of its “inhabitants” to space, which actually happened last week. The soil and its inhabitants of bacteria blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 20, 2022