OTD In Space – February 7: 1st Untethered Spacewalk
NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first person to go on a spacewalk without a tether. McCandless was wearing a type of jetpack known as the Manned Manoeuvring Unit, or MMU. The MMU fit over a ...
SpaceX set to launch 21 Starlink satellites Saturday after delay
SpaceX will launch a new round of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station into lower Earth orbit on ...
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Animation From Spacecraft Data: Fly Over A Mountain And Lava Lake On Jupiter's Moon Lo
NASA Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on Jupiter's moon Io. Credit: Space.com | NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS | edited ...
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Animation Of NASA Spacecraft's Flyby Of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon
NASA's Juno spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter moon lo. See an animation of the images the probe captured created by Koji Kuramura and Gerald Eichstädt. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS | ...
NASA's Juno Detects Io's Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption Yet
A new volcanic hotspot on Jupiter’s moon Io has been detected, releasing six times Earth’s total energy output.