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NASA Engineers Are Racing to Fix Voyager 1
It’s exactly 40 years since NASA achieved this remarkable first in orbit
NASA craft snaps extraordinarily close images of volcano-covered world
British rock legend joins Nasa in major career change
QUEEN guitarist Brian May now works for Nasa making 3D versions of photos for the US space agency, actress wife Anita Dobson has revealed.
May, 75, was awarded a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007.
Queen guitarist Brian May now works for Nasa making 3D versions of photos, actress wife Anita Dobson says[/caption]
And he creates advanced stereograph space images — larger, higher quality versions of the 3D cards that used to be given away with cereal packets for kids.
May uses two nearly identical images paired to produce the illusion of a single three-dimensional image, usually viewed through a stereoscope.
Ex-EastEnders star Anita, 74, said: “He works for Nasa — does 3D stuff — pictures of their moon landings.
“He’s very clever.”
She added on the Tea With Twiggy podcast: “I don’t know what I’m doing with him.
“I’m a dip brain and I’ve got this genius for a husband.”
Last November NASA’s Artemis Moon mission saw its Orion spacecraft skim over the lunar surface in a test, as part of a renewed attempt to get humans back on the Moon after the Apollo programme was cancelled in 1977.
Intuitive Machines prepares for first lunar mission, faces challenge to NASA contract win
Intuitive Machines is preparing for its first lunar mission to the moon’s south pole in the third quarter of this year, while also facing a protest to a major NASA contract win, executives told investors Thursday. The company has made “significant progress” on testing for the inaugural IM-1 mission, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said […]
Intuitive Machines prepares for first lunar mission, faces challenge to NASA contract win by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
NASA Built a Creepy Robot Snake to Slither Its Way Around Alien Worlds
A new robot has joined NASA’s collection of odd mechanical beings that traverse across other planets in search of life. But unlike the usual autonomous machines shaped like SUVs or tiny helicopters, this one is long, slithery—and hella creepy.
NASA Set to Launch Satellite Constellation to Better Track Extreme Storms From Space
NASA is finally, once again, scheduled to get its constellation of small, storm-monitoring satellites into space after a 2022 launch failure tanked two of the six planned cubesats. Launch of the TROPICS mission is set for May 7, at 9:00 p.m. ET from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s North Island.
Rocket Carrying NASA Astronaut’s Cremated Remains Blows Up After Launch [Updated]
A small suborbital rocket from Colorado-based company UP Aerospace failed shortly after its launch on Monday, exploding seconds after liftoff over the New Mexico desert. The rocket was carrying over a dozen student experiment payloads for NASA, as well as the cremated remains of a late NASA astronaut.
Cremated Remains of NASA Astronaut Recovered After Failed Rocket Launch
More than 100 capsules containing cremated human remains have been recovered after a rocket carrying the ashes for a space memorial service exploded over the New Mexico desert.