Jul 28, 2019
NASA’s Valkyrie robot could help build Mars base
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: robotics/AI, space
Jump to media player The semi-autonomous robot is able to use human tools and guide itself across difficult terrain.
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Jul 27, 2019
New Mexico chile plant selected to be grown in space
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (AP) — It’ll be one giant leap for chile-kind.
A hybrid version of a New Mexico chile plant has been selected to be grown in space as part of a NASA experiment.
The chile, from Española, New Mexico, is tentatively scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station for testing in March 2020, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
Jul 27, 2019
Undetected ‘city-killer’ asteroid nearly misses Earth, shocks scientists: reports
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
This is the video of the close encounter of Asteroid 2019 OK we have been Twitting all day with the Earth: https://watchers.news/2019/07/24/asteroid-2019-ok/?utm_sourc…um=twitter pic.twitter.com/3e4UyPcdPl — ASAS-SN (@SuperASASSN) July 25, 2019.
Jul 27, 2019
July’s ‘black supermoon’ will make the next two weekends 2019’s best for stargazing
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
A second New Moon in the same month, a rising Mi;lky Way and the onset of meteor showers makes this a great time to get outside and looking up.
Jul 26, 2019
Into the abyss: The diving suit that turns men into fish
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: education, space
Humans have proven themselves remarkably adept at learning to do what other animals can do naturally. We have taught ourselves to fly like birds, climb like monkeys and burrow like moles. But the one animal that has always proven beyond our reach is the fish.
The invention of scuba diving has allowed us to breathe underwater but only at very shallow depths.
Thanks to our inability to conquer the bends, diving below 70m still remains astonishingly dangerous to anyone but a handful of experts. Ultra-deep diving is so lethal that more people have walked on the moon than descended below 240m using scuba gear.
Jul 26, 2019
Radiation protection vest could take Israeli flag to Moon and beyond
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, space
NASA has vowed to “use all means necessary” to ensure the success of the mission, and that could include technology developed by StemRad, a Tel Aviv-based company behind the AstroRad radiation protection vest.
Developed in partnership with aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin, the AstroRad vest is personal protective equipment for astronauts to wear beyond Low Earth Orbit, mitigating space radiation exposure outside the Earth’s magnetosphere.
Boasting the Israeli flag, the AstroRad uses a proprietary smart shielding design to selectively protect organs and tissues which are most sensitive to radiation exposure. The company has developed an adapted suit for women, who are particularly vulnerable to space radiation.
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This week, we set sail on sunlight and made history. #LightSail2
Jul 24, 2019
Pictures from Curiosity Show the Bottom of an Ancient Lake on Mars, the Perfect Place to Search for Evidence of Past Life
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
According to scientists, the ancient lake bed at Gale Crater on Mars is the perfect place to look for ancient habitability.
Jul 24, 2019
NASA’s plan to save Earth from a giant asteroid
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
There are a lot of bad ways to wake up from a nap. Getting hit with a space rock is certainly one of them.
One afternoon in 1954, Ann Hodges was dozing on her living room couch. At 12:45 pm, a meteorite ripped through her living room ceiling and woke her up with a direct hit to the stomach.
