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Launched today, NASA's Perseverance rover is set for Mars! Its lofty goal during the 7 month mission is to find out if life ever existed on Mars. Best of luck to the robotic astrobiologist!
Were you one of the nearly 10 million people who viewed SpaceX's historic flight on May 30th, 2020? It was the first astronaut test flight from SpaceX, and the first time the U.S. launched astronauts into orbit from U.S. soil in nine years. The flight brought NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the international space station and become one of NASA's most-watched online event ever.
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As scientists look out into other solar systems and even into other galaxies, one of the things they look for is other earth-like planets. Of course while doing this we’re searching for signs of life but we’re also searching for insights into how our own planet was formed and what it takes to support life. However, visiting any of these planets has been a pipe dream because of the vast distances between us and them. That is, until recently.
There has been a lot of excitement building around NASA’s plan to revisit the moon. Not only do we have more exploring to do, but there are also plans to build a moon base and have humans occupy deep space for extended amounts of time. Returning to the moon offers humanity a source economic growth as well as scientific advances. The moon is, after all, abundant in resources that we have limited access to here on Earth. though speculative, mining the moon is very much on the table.
Rising global temperatures caused by climate change is of grave concern to everyone who calls Earth home. In order to manage it, we need to be able to measure it. Through the use of satellites, we are able to measure all important climate related data.
