NASA has launched a satellite called Tanager-1 to measure greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. Photo courtesy of Planet Labs PBC/NASA Aug. 18 (UPI) – A state-of-the-art greenhouse gas tracking instrument has been launched into orbit and will measure methane and carbon dioxide emissions down to the level of individual facilities and equipment […]
The black hole at the center of a galaxy can heat the surrounding cold gas, preventing it from condensing and forming new stars, according to a study by Chinese and French researchers who examined 69 nearby galaxies. Their results show that the larger the black hole, the less cold gas there is in the galaxy. […]
Georgios Kostinas | Special to Cape Cod Times The return of the Starliner will take weeks, but NASA astronauts are not complaining NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams said they felt “comfortable” about staying in space for a few more weeks. She may not realize it, but astronaut Sunita Williams is on […]
Being told to “f*** off” isn’t ideal when you’re floating around the solar system in a heavy spacesuit trying to figure out what’s going wrong, but that’s exactly the card this Russian cosmonaut was dealt. I mean, I doubt that the Russian space agency Roscosmos used that Exactly Such a phrase to tell Oleg Kononenko […]
Due to ongoing problems aboard a Boeing Starliner spacecraft, the stay of two American astronauts aboard the International Space Station could be extended from eight days to eight months, NASA officials say. Astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have been on the space station for 70 days, well beyond their original 10-day mission […]
YYou wouldn’t board a plane if your chances of coming home alive were only 1 in 270. But that probability is what NASA considers an acceptable LOC, or crew loss, projection for a 210-day stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Beating that mortal bill was a major concern for NASA officials at an Aug. […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — NASA said Wednesday that it is still deciding whether two astronauts will remain on the International Space Station until early next year and whether their damaged Boeing capsule will be sent back empty. Instead of flying back to Earth on Boeing’s Starliner, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would fly on […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — NASA said Wednesday that it is still deciding whether two astronauts will remain on the International Space Station until early next year and whether their damaged Boeing capsule will be sent back empty. Instead of flying back to Earth on Boeing’s Starliner, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would fly on […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — NASA said Wednesday that it is still deciding whether two astronauts will remain on the International Space Station until early next year and whether their damaged Boeing capsule will be sent back empty. Instead of flying back to Earth on Boeing’s Starliner, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would fly on […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — NASA said Wednesday that it is still deciding whether two astronauts will remain on the International Space Station until early next year and whether their damaged Boeing capsule will be sent back empty. Instead of flying back to Earth on Boeing’s Starliner, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would fly on […]
