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Lucy is NASA’s mission to find “fossils” in space.

20 October 2021 grant 0

NASA has launched a probe named Lucy, after the Australopithecus fossil that rewrote the story of human origins. This Lucy’s job is to check out asteroids for even more ancient traces,… Read the rest “Lucy is NASA’s mission to find “fossils” in space.”

China’s moon mission found something interesting.

12 October 2021 grant 0

Reuters reports that the Chinese moon mission brought back rock samples that were about a billion years younger than expected – meaning the molten early moon cooled much slower than… Read the rest “China’s moon mission found something interesting.”

Scientific illustration of NASA training equipment, a giant gyroscope not unlike the device in Lawnmower Man

Science Art: The MASTIF, or Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility.

10 October 2021 grant 0

Welcome to Cleveland, spaceman! This was a training device from what was the Lewis Research Center and is now the John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

It was located inside the… Read the rest “Science Art: The MASTIF, or Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility.”

Planning for a funeral on Mars.

6 October 2021 grant 0

Discover magazine discusses an unusual problem we haven’t had to face yet. How will Mars colonists handle their first funerals in an environment where human bodies don’t … Read the rest “Planning for a funeral on Mars.”

Scientific illustration of Libya and the International Space Station... by the ISS

Science Art: ISS031-E-59517 (Libya: PAN-TRIPOLITANIA, CYRENAICA, G. SIDRA, ISS)

15 August 2021 grant 0

This view of North Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, and the curvature of the Earth was taken by the ISS on May 19, 2012. The station was looking down from 218 nautical miles (404km) overhead.… Read the rest “Science Art: ISS031-E-59517 (Libya: PAN-TRIPOLITANIA, CYRENAICA, G. SIDRA, ISS)”

Scientific illustration of the Mars helicopter Ingenuity in flight.

Science Art: Black and White Image From Ingenuity‘s Third Flight, April 2021.

25 July 2021 grant 0

This is a photo taken by the Mars helicopter Ingenuity‘s navigational camera. Although it doesn’t say so in the NASA image gallery where I found the photo, I’m pretty… Read the rest “Science Art: Black and White Image From Ingenuity‘s Third Flight, April 2021.”

Satellite trains face a legal challenge.

23 June 2021 grant 0

Scientific American is looking up at the night sky and wondering if some new legal cases will keep the stars from being blotted out by brilliant chains of linked satellites:

The California-based

… Read the rest “Satellite trains face a legal challenge.”

A wooden satellite.

10 June 2021 grant 0

The European Space Agency is prepping payloads for a Finnish-built satellite made of wood with aluminum rails for launching and meatal “selfie stick” for a camera:

The mission

… Read the rest “A wooden satellite.”

Sending baby squid to the space station.

3 June 2021 grant 0

BBC reports on a NASA project that’s transporting cute little cephalopods into orbit, launching 128 baby bobtail squid and 5,000 tardigrades to the International Space Station… Read the rest “Sending baby squid to the space station.”

China ready to launch a big chunk of space station.

27 April 2021 grant 0

Scientific American prepares for the launch of a new place in space – the core module of the CSS (China Space Station), which, after 29 years of planning, should be in orbit at the end… Read the rest “China ready to launch a big chunk of space station.”

Scientific illustration of Jezero Crater and the Nili Planum on Mars, in the form of a detailed topographical map.

Science Art: Geologic Map of Jezero Crater and the Nili Planum Region, Mars (Scientific Investigations Map 3464), by Vivian Sun and Kathryn Stack.

11 April 2021 grant 0

Scientific illustration of Jezero Crater and the Nili Planum on Mars, in the form of a detailed topographical map.Click to embiggen
This is a colorful map (literally called a mosaic!) of the area where Perseverance landed, only from a little higher up. You can see the pink semicircle of the crater, and… Read the rest “Science Art: Geologic Map of Jezero Crater and the Nili Planum Region, Mars (Scientific Investigations Map 3464), by Vivian Sun and Kathryn Stack.”

SONG: Welcome to the Landing

24 March 2021 grant 0

SONG: “Welcome to the Landing”

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on NASA, 5 Mar 2021, Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing'”, as used in the Science Art post “Welcome… Read the rest “SONG: Welcome to the Landing”

Scientific illustration of the Perseverance rover landing site named for science fiction author Octavia Butler.

Science Art: Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’, NASA, 2021.

14 March 2021 grant 0

Scientific illustration of the Perseverance rover landing site named for science fiction author Octavia Butler.Click to embiggen

NASA named the landing site for the Mars rover mission after science fiction author Octavia E. Butler.

As they say on their Image Gallery site:

The landing location is marked

… Read the rest “Science Art: Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’, NASA, 2021.”

Mars rover sends “overwhelming” audio home. (And video and pics too.)

13 March 2021 grant 0

Science magazine celebrates an unusual media package – pictures, movies, and most of all sounds sent to Earth from the Mars Perseverance rover:

But perhaps even more thrilling,

… Read the rest “Mars rover sends “overwhelming” audio home. (And video and pics too.)”
Scientific illustration of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter, by NASA/JPL-Caltech

Science Art: Ingenuity Mars helicopter, by NASA/JPL-Caltech

14 February 2021 grant 0

Scientific illustration of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter, by NASA/JPL-Caltech

Next week, on February 18, this little chopper will touch down on Mars with the Perseverance rover. Then, a little while later, it’ll take off for a few seconds. Then a few more. Then… Read the rest “Science Art: Ingenuity Mars helicopter, by NASA/JPL-Caltech”

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