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Tag: NASA

  • How does space affect the body?

    How does space affect the body?

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    From microgravity to radiation, space is an extreme environment. Kate Summerson examines the impact this can have on the human body. As we know, NASA plans to increase the length of space travel, making deep space more accessible than ever before. To achieve this, NASA has been increasing its efforts to understand how longer term…

  • NASA’s First Nigerien Scientist

    NASA’s First Nigerien Scientist

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    Fadij Maina (29)  has become the first scientist from Niger, as well as the first  African scientist, to work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Maina earned her PhD in Hydrology in 2016, and joined the US space agency at the end of last month. She will be using mathematical models and data…

  • NASA rover ‘Perseverance’ sets off in search of life on Mars

    NASA rover ‘Perseverance’ sets off in search of life on Mars

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    Launched on 30 July, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is sending the Mars rover ‘Perseverance’ to search for traces of ancient life and study samples of rock and soil in a crater that once held a lake nine times the size of Loch Ness. It was launched at 07:50 local time from Cape Canaveral Air Force…

  • ESA & NASA Solar Orbiter captures first pictures of ‘campfires’ on the Sun

    ESA & NASA Solar Orbiter captures first pictures of ‘campfires’ on the Sun

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    The first images taken by the spacecraft Solar Orbiter have been released, revealing many miniature solar flares near the surface of the Sun, which have been called ‘campfires’.  An international collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, Solar Orbiter was launched on 10 February 2020 and in mid-June completed its first close pass…

  • SpaceX’s first Commercial Spaceflight

    SpaceX’s first Commercial Spaceflight

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    On Saturday the 30th of May, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched at 3.22p.m. EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral. The mission took US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station (ISS). This mission, part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, marks the return of human spaceflight capabilities to the…

  • NASA x SpaceX Launch

    NASA x SpaceX Launch

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    After almost a decade, NASA is sending a crewed rocket into space from the US to the ISS (International Space Station). The Falcon-9 rocket has been designed by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. This is the first time NASA has used a private firm for a US crew launch. The mission is part of NASA’s Commercial…