Washington, Oct 25 (Ians) NASA has kicked off a study to help scientists learn more about unidentified aerial phenomena (Uap) or UFOs (unidentified flying objects).
Over the course of nine months, the independent study team with 16 members will lay the groundwork for future study on the nature of UAPs for NASA and other organisations, the space agency said in a statement.
The team includes leading scientists, data and AI practitioners, aerospace safety experts, and other experts in their respective fields.
The study will focus solely on unclassified data. A full report containing the team’s findings will be released to the public in mid-2023.
“Exploring the unknown in space and the atmosphere is at the heart of who we are at NASA,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.
“Understanding the data we have surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena is critical to helping...
Over the course of nine months, the independent study team with 16 members will lay the groundwork for future study on the nature of UAPs for NASA and other organisations, the space agency said in a statement.
The team includes leading scientists, data and AI practitioners, aerospace safety experts, and other experts in their respective fields.
The study will focus solely on unclassified data. A full report containing the team’s findings will be released to the public in mid-2023.
“Exploring the unknown in space and the atmosphere is at the heart of who we are at NASA,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.
“Understanding the data we have surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena is critical to helping...
- 10/25/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Washington, Sep 30 (Ians) NASA and Elon Musk-run SpaceX on Friday signed a pact to study the feasibility of a joint programme to boost Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit with the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, at no cost to the government.
Hubble has been operating since 1990, about 540 kms above Earth in an orbit that is slowly decaying over time.
Reboosting Hubble into a higher, more stable orbit could add multiple years of operations to its life, according to the US space agency.
SpaceX, in partnership with the Polaris Programme, proposed a study to better understand the technical challenges associated with servicing missions.
“This study is an exciting example of the innovative approaches NASA is exploring through private-public partnerships,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
While Hubble and Dragon will serve as test models for this study, portions of the mission...
Hubble has been operating since 1990, about 540 kms above Earth in an orbit that is slowly decaying over time.
Reboosting Hubble into a higher, more stable orbit could add multiple years of operations to its life, according to the US space agency.
SpaceX, in partnership with the Polaris Programme, proposed a study to better understand the technical challenges associated with servicing missions.
“This study is an exciting example of the innovative approaches NASA is exploring through private-public partnerships,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
While Hubble and Dragon will serve as test models for this study, portions of the mission...
- 9/30/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Aloha, Spooky Nerds!
It’s been another couple of strange days in which the paranormal has punctuated the news. But why are the topics of ghosts, monsters, aliens, “meat rain” (more on that below), and other phenomena that could be flippantly dismissed as tabloid site fodder given a home on Den of Geek, an entertainment news outlet? Why, for instance, would we dedicate our energy to the weekly paranormal pop culture Talking Strange podcast and video series hosted by yours truly, and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube?
On one hand, belief in the unexplained is on the rise as religious affiliation decreases, The New York Times reported last October. Meanwhile, anthropologist Jack Hunter recently said in a virtual talk at Harvard that there is academic value in exploring complex “supernormal” experiences. From my perspective as a journalist, I have always found that paranormal stories, and the discussion of what’s “out there,...
It’s been another couple of strange days in which the paranormal has punctuated the news. But why are the topics of ghosts, monsters, aliens, “meat rain” (more on that below), and other phenomena that could be flippantly dismissed as tabloid site fodder given a home on Den of Geek, an entertainment news outlet? Why, for instance, would we dedicate our energy to the weekly paranormal pop culture Talking Strange podcast and video series hosted by yours truly, and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube?
On one hand, belief in the unexplained is on the rise as religious affiliation decreases, The New York Times reported last October. Meanwhile, anthropologist Jack Hunter recently said in a virtual talk at Harvard that there is academic value in exploring complex “supernormal” experiences. From my perspective as a journalist, I have always found that paranormal stories, and the discussion of what’s “out there,...
- 6/10/2022
- by Aaron Sagers
- Den of Geek
China has joined the United States in safely sending an unmanned lander to Mars.
The state news agency for China said a rover safely landed on a large plain on Mars early Saturday morning (approximately 7:18 Pm Et/4:18 Pt Friday). It now joins the United States as the only nations to have visited the red planet.
China has been ramping up its space activities. In February, it announced it was orbiting Mars. Next month, the country’s space program plans to send three astronauts back to space. That follows the collection of moon rocks and the launch of a key space statin component late last year.
The Global Times, a state newspaper controlled by the Communist Party, said that the mission had “spectacularly conquered a new major milestone” with its landing.
The landing raises the stakes for the United States space program, which has had Mars and the moon practically to itself.
The state news agency for China said a rover safely landed on a large plain on Mars early Saturday morning (approximately 7:18 Pm Et/4:18 Pt Friday). It now joins the United States as the only nations to have visited the red planet.
China has been ramping up its space activities. In February, it announced it was orbiting Mars. Next month, the country’s space program plans to send three astronauts back to space. That follows the collection of moon rocks and the launch of a key space statin component late last year.
The Global Times, a state newspaper controlled by the Communist Party, said that the mission had “spectacularly conquered a new major milestone” with its landing.
The landing raises the stakes for the United States space program, which has had Mars and the moon practically to itself.
- 5/15/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington, March 11 (Ians) The Mars rover from NASA has sent first-ever audio readings like the mesmerising sound of Martian wind, captured from its SuperCam instrument, back home.
The instrument delivered audio data to the French Space Agency's operations center in Toulouse that includes the first audio of laser zaps on another planet.
"It is amazing to see SuperCam working so well on Mars. When we first dreamed up this instrument eight years ago, we worried that we were being way too ambitious. Now, it is up there working like a charm," Roger Wiens, principal investigator for Perseverance's SuperCam instrument, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Obtained only about 18 hours after landing, when the mast remained stowed on the rover deck, the first file captures the faint sounds of Martian wind.
The wind is more audible, especially around the 20-second mark, in the second sound file, recorded on the rover's fourth Martian day,...
The instrument delivered audio data to the French Space Agency's operations center in Toulouse that includes the first audio of laser zaps on another planet.
"It is amazing to see SuperCam working so well on Mars. When we first dreamed up this instrument eight years ago, we worried that we were being way too ambitious. Now, it is up there working like a charm," Roger Wiens, principal investigator for Perseverance's SuperCam instrument, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Obtained only about 18 hours after landing, when the mast remained stowed on the rover deck, the first file captures the faint sounds of Martian wind.
The wind is more audible, especially around the 20-second mark, in the second sound file, recorded on the rover's fourth Martian day,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Washington, Feb 18 (Ians) NASA will delay the launch of a mission which seeks to test and validate a method to protect Earth in case of an asteroid impact threat.
The launch of the mission, called Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), has been moved from the primary launch window of July 21 to August 24 of this year to the secondary launch window of November 24 to February 15, 2022, NASA said on Wednesday.
The Dart project is currently working with SpaceX and NASA's Launch Services Program (Lsp) to identify the earliest possible launch opportunity within this secondary window.
"At NASA, mission success and safety are of the utmost importance, and after a careful risk assessment, it became clear Dart could not feasibly and safely launch within the primary launch window," Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA said in a statement.
The mission aims to shift an asteroid's orbit through kinetic impact -- specifically,...
The launch of the mission, called Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), has been moved from the primary launch window of July 21 to August 24 of this year to the secondary launch window of November 24 to February 15, 2022, NASA said on Wednesday.
The Dart project is currently working with SpaceX and NASA's Launch Services Program (Lsp) to identify the earliest possible launch opportunity within this secondary window.
"At NASA, mission success and safety are of the utmost importance, and after a careful risk assessment, it became clear Dart could not feasibly and safely launch within the primary launch window," Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA said in a statement.
The mission aims to shift an asteroid's orbit through kinetic impact -- specifically,...
- 2/18/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
NASA will attempt to land its first rover on Mars in nearly three years when the Perseverance rover descends to the Jezero Crater on February 18. A NASA TV livestream is embedded below; the official landing broadcast will begin at 11:15 a.m. Pt.
Space fans will be able to watch the historic event from the comfort of their homes via NASA’s official YouTube page. (NASA will also offer a Spanish-language stream here.) Though the Perseverance rover is equipped with cameras and microphones, NASA will not be able to offer a live feed of the rover’s actual landing due to data delays during its descent. That said, NASA will still offer live feeds of its mission control room from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. and the Perseverance will be able to transmit low-resolution images of Mars’ surface shortly after landing. The high-tech rover’s cameras and microphones...
Space fans will be able to watch the historic event from the comfort of their homes via NASA’s official YouTube page. (NASA will also offer a Spanish-language stream here.) Though the Perseverance rover is equipped with cameras and microphones, NASA will not be able to offer a live feed of the rover’s actual landing due to data delays during its descent. That said, NASA will still offer live feeds of its mission control room from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. and the Perseverance will be able to transmit low-resolution images of Mars’ surface shortly after landing. The high-tech rover’s cameras and microphones...
- 2/18/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Washington, Feb 17 (Ians) Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have confirmed that the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is healthy and on target to touch down in Jezero Crater at around 3.55 p.m. Est on February 18.
"Perseverance is NASA's most ambitious Mars rover mission yet, focused scientifically on finding out whether there was ever any life on Mars in the past," Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, said in a statement on Tuesday.
"To answer this question, the landing team will have its hands full getting us to Jezero Crater - the most challenging Martian terrain ever targeted for a landing."
Jezero is a basin where scientists believe an ancient river flowed into a lake and deposited sediments in a fan shape known as a delta.
Scientists think the environment here was likely to have preserved signs of any life that gained a foothold billions of...
"Perseverance is NASA's most ambitious Mars rover mission yet, focused scientifically on finding out whether there was ever any life on Mars in the past," Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, said in a statement on Tuesday.
"To answer this question, the landing team will have its hands full getting us to Jezero Crater - the most challenging Martian terrain ever targeted for a landing."
Jezero is a basin where scientists believe an ancient river flowed into a lake and deposited sediments in a fan shape known as a delta.
Scientists think the environment here was likely to have preserved signs of any life that gained a foothold billions of...
- 2/17/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Washington, Feb 5 (Ians) NASA has awarded Texas-based Firefly Aerospace approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon in 2023.
The delivery, planned for Mare Crisium, a low-lying basin on the Moon's near side, will investigate a variety of lunar surface conditions and resources, NASA said on Thursday, adding that such investigations will help prepare for human missions to the lunar surface.
The award is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (Clps) initiative, in which the agency is securing the service of commercial partners to quickly land science and technology payloads on the lunar surface.
The initiative is a key part of NASA's Artemis program.
Firefly Aerospace will be responsible for end-to-end delivery services, including payload integration, launch from Earth, landing on the Moon, and mission operations.
This is the sixth award for lunar surface delivery under the Clps initiative.
"We're excited another Clps...
The delivery, planned for Mare Crisium, a low-lying basin on the Moon's near side, will investigate a variety of lunar surface conditions and resources, NASA said on Thursday, adding that such investigations will help prepare for human missions to the lunar surface.
The award is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (Clps) initiative, in which the agency is securing the service of commercial partners to quickly land science and technology payloads on the lunar surface.
The initiative is a key part of NASA's Artemis program.
Firefly Aerospace will be responsible for end-to-end delivery services, including payload integration, launch from Earth, landing on the Moon, and mission operations.
This is the sixth award for lunar surface delivery under the Clps initiative.
"We're excited another Clps...
- 2/5/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Washington, Jan 31 (Ians) NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is set to complete a 470.8-million-kilometre next month as it is scheduled to land on Mars on February 18.
Launched on July 30 last year, the rover is currently closing that distance at 2.5 kilometres per second, NASA said.
Once at the top of the Red Planet's atmosphere, an action-packed seven minutes of descent awaits -- complete with temperatures equivalent to the surface of the Sun, a supersonic parachute inflation, and the first ever autonomous guided landing on Mars.
Only then can the rover search Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life and collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth.
"NASA has been exploring Mars since Mariner 4 performed a flyby in July of 1965, with two more flybys, seven successful orbiters, and eight landers since then," Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington," said in a statement.
Launched on July 30 last year, the rover is currently closing that distance at 2.5 kilometres per second, NASA said.
Once at the top of the Red Planet's atmosphere, an action-packed seven minutes of descent awaits -- complete with temperatures equivalent to the surface of the Sun, a supersonic parachute inflation, and the first ever autonomous guided landing on Mars.
Only then can the rover search Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life and collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth.
"NASA has been exploring Mars since Mariner 4 performed a flyby in July of 1965, with two more flybys, seven successful orbiters, and eight landers since then," Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington," said in a statement.
- 1/31/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Nasa invites you to take a behind-the-scenes look at how the agency explores Earth and outer space with a new monthly television series that premieres this week.
The inaugural episode of “Nasa Science Live” will air at 3 p.m. Est Wednesday, Feb. 27, on Nasa Television, the agency’s website, Facebook Watch, YouTube, and Ustream. Viewers will be able to submit questions on social media using the hashtag #askNASA or by leaving a comment in the chat section on Facebook.
From remote locations on Earth to the depths of outer space, join the conversation live each month to interact with Nasa experts and watch as they reveal the mysteries of our solar system and beyond.
“I am personally very excited about how this new show will highlight the interconnected nature of science from across the agency,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for Nasa’s Science Mission Directorate. “The series will find...
The inaugural episode of “Nasa Science Live” will air at 3 p.m. Est Wednesday, Feb. 27, on Nasa Television, the agency’s website, Facebook Watch, YouTube, and Ustream. Viewers will be able to submit questions on social media using the hashtag #askNASA or by leaving a comment in the chat section on Facebook.
From remote locations on Earth to the depths of outer space, join the conversation live each month to interact with Nasa experts and watch as they reveal the mysteries of our solar system and beyond.
“I am personally very excited about how this new show will highlight the interconnected nature of science from across the agency,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for Nasa’s Science Mission Directorate. “The series will find...
- 2/27/2019
- by Andrew Wendowski
- Age of the Nerd
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