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NASA Opens Second Phase of $3.5 Million Lunar Excavation Competition

NASA Opens Second Phase: NASA has been busy lately this week, the agency is partnering with a new company call Deep Space Industries to launch a robotic spacecraft from Florida to the moon. This groundbreaking  mission  was just one of a series of recent developments for NASA, which recently announce that it’s now accepting proposals for its Lunar Exploration and Science Program Background of the Lunar Challenge Since the end of the Apollo program humans have been unable to explore further than Earth’s moon. With recent advances in technology, there is a renewe interest in returning to the moon and exploring its surface. The Lunar Challenge is a $2 million competition sponsore by. NASA to spur innovation in lunar exploration methods. The first phase of the challenge was to develop a low-cost method for landing a robot on the moon. The second phase of the challenge is to devise a mission plan that would send a manned spacecraft to explore and return data from one or more locati...

Subscale Booster Motor for Future Artemis Missions

  Subscale Booster Motor:  NASA and the US military are aiming to replace the bulky. Expensive, and environmentally damaging  boosters  use on future space missions. Following their success with a subscale booster motor for future artemis missions, engineers have successfully fire a 2-foot-diameter. Subscale solid rocket booster June 1, 2022. What is a subscale booster? A subscale booster motor for future artemis missions has successfully fire up at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The subscale booster motor is a scale-down version of the engine that will be use in future artemis vehicles. This subscale booster motor is design to help facilitate maneuvers during launches and provide extended boost power during flight. Why did NASA create this new booster? NASA is working on a new booster motor that will help power future Artemis missions. The new motor is smaller and more efficient than the current ones, and it should reduce the amount of fuel need to get off the gr...

France Signs Artemis Accords as French Space Agency Marks Milestone

   France Signs Artemis Accords On December 13,  that it will sign the Artemis Accords, a non-binding agreement that commits states to share data and prevent harmful interference in space. The French space agency CNES also marked an occasion by launching its first satellite last night. What is the Artemis Accords? On August 12, 2018, the French space agency (CNES) announce that it had sign the Artemis Accords. The France Signs Artemis Accords are a multilateral treaty between the United States, Russia, Europe, and Japan establishing guidelines for human exploration and use of the Moon and other celestial bodies. The treaty comes as France marks a significant milestone in its space program by becoming the sixth country to send humans to the Moon. The agreement was negotiate in 2015 and finalize in 2018. It sets forth guidelines for human exploration of the Moon and other celestial bodies, including ensuring that resources are not exhaust and that all nations have an equal ...

President Biden and the World Preview Webb Telescope’s

  President Biden:  The Webb Telescope is a space telescope design to search for evidence of the formation of galaxies and stars in the early universe. In June. NASA release its first image taken by this  revolutionary  new spacecraft. This article will discuss the possible discoveries that may be revealed if all goes well with this new lens and what it could mean for the future of astronomy.  The Webb Telescope is an incredibly advance space telescope that has the potential to reveal a wealth of information about the early universe. Its first image, taken in June. Shows evidence of the formation of galaxies and stars. If all goes according to plan, the Webb Telescope will continue to produce images and data that will revolutionize our understanding of the origins and evolution of our universe. What does the first image from the Webb Telescope show? The first image from the Webb Telescope shows a stunning view of the Milky Way. The telescope’s infrared vision gi...

How We Make Webb Images

How We Make Webb Images:  Hubble is the most well-known space telescope. It was launch in 1990 and has since revolutionize our understanding of the universe. On January 4th, 2019, the Hubble Space Telescope will be shutter, ending its 25 year mission to provide images and scientific data from space. This article discusses how Webb, a successor to  Hubble , will work and what it will offer for astronomers on earth. What is an image? Images are create through the use of light and dark elements. When light passes through a lens, it is focus into a single point. This point is then enlarge and projecte onto a screen or other surface. Images can be create by photographing objects with light or dark elements as the main focus, or by using special effects to create illusions. How does the image appear on our screen? In order to produce an image from the Hubble Space  Telescope , a series of steps is necessary. The images are capture by a camera that is locate in the telescope’s f...