Porn and movies, not tech secrets, found on Chinese spy suspect's NASA laptop The Chinese national taken into custody on an airplane waiting to take off for home had pornography and illegally downloaded movies on his NASA computer, not government secrets, reports say. He is now set to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating NASA computer rules. More
One flight closer to space tourism Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list The planned ruling would eliminate protection for the top predators, but scientists and conservationists say the proposal is flawed. Federal authorities intend to remove endangered species protections for all gray wolves in the Lower 48 states, carving out an a exception for a small pocket of about 75 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, according to a draft document obtained by The Times. More
NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth NASA is seeking innovative methods that could help retrieve samples collected by the Perseverance rover on Mars in the future.The rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, has been gathering ... 04/15/2024 - 2:59 pm | View Link
NASA says it's revising the Mars Sample Return mission due to cost, long wait time NASA announced Monday it is revising plans for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission due to the estimated cost and long wait time for samples to return to Earth.The mission's g ... 04/15/2024 - 7:04 am | View Link
NASA seeks a faster, cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth “We want to get every new and fresh idea that we can,” he said at a news conference. NASA’s rover Perseverance already has gathered 24 core samples in tubes since landing in 2021 at Mars ... 04/14/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover begins exploring possible dried-up Red Planet river Currently in the twelfth year of its mission, NASA's Curiosity rover continues to press on while treading the world of Mars, delving into areas no rover has gone before. The latest phase of ... 04/2/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
New Mars Panorama From NASA's Curiosity Rover Offers Glimpse Into Planet’s Watery Past We may earn a commission from links on this page. NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this 360-degree panorama of Gediz Vallis channel using one of its black-and-white navigation cameras on February 3. 03/31/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link