Air And Space - Page 168

June 12, 2022

NASA’s Earth-observing TROPICS satellites presumably lost as Astra rocket fails to make orbit

The California-based rocket firm Astra failed to deliver NASA's weather-monitoring satellites into space after a second-stage booster engine shut down.

June 12, 2022

Navy announces aviation 'safety pause' to review risk-management and training after a spate of crashes

The pause follows a training exercise crash in which five Marines died in the California desert, bringing the total number of Osprey crash deaths to over 40.

June 10, 2022

Rover traversing Mars has 'pet rock': NASA

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has a "pet rock" on its front left wheel. The rock has been traveling with "Percy" over the course of the past fourth months.

June 9, 2022

NASA steps up hunt for extraterrestrial life, will commission 'absolutely necessary' study on UFOs

NASA will study unidentified aerial phenomena, or unidentified flying objects, to collect data and "move the scientific understanding" of UFOs forward.

June 9, 2022

NASA: Webb space telescope hit by micrometeoroid

NASA said the James Webb Space Telescope was operating at a level that "exceeds all mission requirements" after a micrometeoroid hit a primary mirror segment.

June 9, 2022

Unidentified object filmed outside Amarillo zoo, city officials ask for theories

Something strange was filmed outside the Amarillo zoo last month, and city officials want the public's theories.

June 8, 2022

NASA to launch rockets from Australia's north for scientific studies

NASA is set to launch three rockets for scientific research from an Australian space center, marking NASA's first rocket launch at a foreign commercial facility.

June 7, 2022

June sky: 5 planets align

Five naked-eye planets are visible in the sky before sunrise during the month of June. NASA reported that the moon will join the planetary procession on the 23rd.

June 4, 2022

Mars colony would be new beginning as humans enter the final frontier

Mars could soon be home to human colonists, but like Massachusetts Bay colonists, they will be faced with essential questions of how they want to be governed.

June 2, 2022

California man allegedly groped women on cross-country flight

Law enforcement took a California man into custody after he allegedly groped two women on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston.