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• Andrew Stroup

  

  23 hours ago

  NASA's new innovation could help get humans to Mars by 2040

  Mashable - Mark Stetson

  A game-changing heat shield could be the key to getting us to Mars. Engineers have developed an inflatable heat shield called a Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, or HIAD, the technology could help NASA land astronauts and massive cargo loads on the Red Planet in the late 2030s. Now a …

• Andrew Stroup

  

  1 day ago

  Where will NASA set up its moon base?

  space.com - Leonard David

  Scientists and mission planners are searching for the best site. NASA aims to set up a crewed outpost near the moon's south pole, calling it "our …

• Andrew Stroup

  

  1 day ago

  Almost a quarter of the ocean floor is now mapped

  Engadget - Amrita Khalid

  Seabed 2030 aims to map the entire sea floor in less than eight years. Roughly 25 percent (23.4 percent to be exact) of the Earth’s sea floor has been mapped, thanks to an international initiative known as Seabed 2030. Relying largely on voluntary contributions of bathymetric data (or ocean …

• Andrew Stroup

  

  1 day ago

  NASA Launches Cubesat to Orbit the Moon

  smithsonianmag.com - Elizabeth Gamillo

  On June 28th, NASA successfully launched a CAPSTONE spacecraft to pave the way for astronauts heading back to the moon. The 55-pound, microwave …

• Andrew Stroup

  

  3 days ago

  NASA wants your help to solve an enduring Mars mystery

  Digital Trends - By Trevor Mogg

  If you have some spare time on your hands and you’re captivated by NASA’s extraordinary exploits on Mars, then how about getting involved yourself by …

• Andrew Stroup

  

  3 days ago

  NASA's Europa Clipper may crash into Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, at mission's end

  space.com - Stefanie Waldek

  The spacecraft's demise may even become an experiment in itself. Deep-space missions are usually one-way trips, and that's certainly true of NASA's …