Category: NASA
This is how wheat is growing in microgravity
On April 13, 2018 by LuciusThe International Space Station is the last place where you’d expect to find wheat growing, but NASA researchers have been doing it for months. This research sheds some light on the studies of space-based agriculture, but also gives us more insights regarding the conditions that plants prefer when growing, which can be used to improve
Trump’s NASA budget will say goodbye to the Space Station and send us back to the moon
On January 27, 2018 by LuciusIt should come as no shock that President Donald Trump wants NASA to send its astronauts to the moon. Trump revived the National Space Council with Vice President Mike Pence as its head in part to redirect NASA toward sending humans back to the moon for the first time in decades. But in order to
NASA’s Juno captures more stunning Jupiter photos
On December 20, 2017 by LuciusAs Juno continues its mission, NASA released new color-enhanced images, like this massive storm in the northern hemisphere. Via NASA: The storm is rotating counter-clockwise with a wide range of cloud altitudes. The darker clouds are expected to be deeper in the atmosphere than the brightest clouds. Within some of the bright “arms” of this
NASA honors ‘Hidden Figures’ inspiration with a new research facility
On September 24, 2017 by Lucius537 Shares Honored by the Academy and NASA.Image: Jim Smeal/REX/Shutterstock By Emma Hinchliffe2017-09-23 21:31:55 UTC More than 50 years after Katherine Johnson first helped send astronauts into space, the once “hidden figure” is hidden no more at NASA. The federal agency named a new research facility in Johnson’s honor this week. The Katherine G. Johnson
Trump’s nominee for NASA administrator is really into the moon
On September 2, 2017 by Lucius378 Shares U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine is ready to take NASA back to the moon.Image: Sue Ogrocki/AP/REX/Shutterstock By Sasha Lekach2017-09-02 01:59:39 UTC James Bridenstine is ready to take America back to the moon. With Donald Trump’s Friday announcement that he intends to nominate the Oklahoma representative as administrator of NASA, Bridenstine is one step closer
69th moon discovered orbiting Jupiter
On June 13, 2017 by LuciusJupiter has at least 69 natural moons, reports Scientific American, with the latest distant dots of joy uncovered via images taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Until recently the cataloged satellites totaled 67 in number. But only the innermost 15 of these orbit Jupiter in a prograde sense (in the direction of the planet’s spin). The
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