by rmil2k | May 5, 2024 | News
The first Hispanic woman to launch into space is now the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States’ highest honor.Ellen Ochoa, who later directed NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, was bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom...
by rmil2k | May 5, 2024 | News
An meteorite in the Antarctic. Credit: University of Manchester. Antarctica has long been loved by astronomers for hosting rocks from outer space — more than 48,000 meteorites cataloged were found here, and about 1,000 new ones are recovered each year, thanks to their...
by rmil2k | May 5, 2024 | News
Last November, NASA’s Lucy mission conducted a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinish, one of the Main Belt asteroids it will investigate as it makes its way to Jupiter. In the process, the spacecraft spotted a small moonlet orbiting the larger asteroid, now named Selam...
by rmil2k | May 5, 2024 | News
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by rmil2k | May 4, 2024 | News
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — May the rocket’s Force be with you!An Atlas V rocket rolled out to its launch pad on Saturday (May 4), also Star Wars Day, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station days before its historic first mission with astronauts. Atop the United...
