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Sols 4549-4552: Keeping Busy Over the Long Weekend

Written by Conor Hayes, Graduate Student at York University Earth planning date: Friday, May 23, 2025 In Wednesday's mission update, Alex mentioned that this past...

NASA Interns Conduct Aerospace Research in Microgravity

The NASA Science Activation program's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Summer Intern Program, hosted by the University...

TFINER – Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket

James BickfordCharles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The Thin-Film Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) is a novel space propulsion technology that enables aggressive space exploration for...

Oxygen Production

Alvaro Romero-CalvoGeorgia Tech Research Corporation The reliable and efficient operation of spacecraft life support systems is challenged in microgravity by the near absence of...

Career Spotlight: Mathematician (Ages 14-18)

Mathematicians use their expert knowledge of math to solve problems and gain new understanding about how our world works. They analyze data and...

Addressing Key Challenges To Mapping Sub-cm Orbital Debris in LEO via Plasma Soliton Detection

Christine HartzellUniversity of Maryland, College Park The proposed investigation will address key technological challenges associated with a previously funded NIAC Phase I award titled...

Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors

Peter CabauyCity Labs, Inc. The NIAC Phase I study confirmed the feasibility of nuclear-micropowered probes (NMPs) using tritium betavoltaic power technology for autonomous exploration...

The sun is killing off SpaceX’s Starlink satellites

Eruptions from the...

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