NASA gives 'go' for Artemis II rollout, launch date
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NASA pinpoints where meteorites may have fallen
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The Van Allen probe's mission was meant to last two years, but ended up going for nearly seven.
In 1990, NASA sent about 2,000 baby jellyfish into space to study how organisms develop in microgravity. When the mission returned to Earth nine days later, more than 60,000 jellyfish had grown — but many struggled to adapt to gravity again.
In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged world covered in large boulders, with few of the smooth patches of sandy or pebbly material scientists had expected based on observations with Earth-based instruments.
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company offering satellites, satellite components, and in-space transportation and hosted payload services, today announced that it was awarded a NASA contract to support the Space Storms Solar Sail Sentinel Demonstration Study for a potential mission based on the cislunar-capable Vigoride spacecraft platform.