Commentary I’ve been fascinated by space since my earliest childhood, when I would read comic books about Martian invasions of Earth and rockets that took humans to the far reaches of the universe. In the last year, I greatly admired Vice President Mike Pence’s leadership on America’s Moon to Mars mission plans. I reveled at…
Space Still Captivates the Imagination: Former NASA Chief Scientist Albion Bowers
The current competitive climate within the domain of space exploration shows that space still captivates people’s imaginations, according to former NASA chief scientist Albion Bowers. “It captivates the imagination. Just to think about what’s out there, and why is it there, and why are we here, and how did we get to be here—all those sorts of…
NASA’s New Mars Rover Hits Dusty Red Road, 1st Trip 21 Feet
NASA’s newest Mars rover hit the dusty red road this week, putting 21 feet on the odometer in its first test drive.
Video: Albion Bowers: How Space Captures the Imagination and Drives Innovation
The Chinese government has broad programs built around space warfare, which includes anti-satellite warfare and other tactics. In this context, the future of space is becoming increasingly important to the United States, and to learn more about the position of NASA amidst this, we’ve invited to speak with us Albion Bowers, aerospace engineer and a…
NASA’s Astrobiology Rover Perseverance Makes Historic Mars Landing
LOS ANGELES—NASA’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Mission managers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
NASA Rover Streaks Toward a Landing on Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet. Ground controllers at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, settled in nervously for the descent…
House Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Deny Senior CCP Officials US Visas
Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) has reintroduced legislation with the aim of preventing the Chinese regime from stealing U.S. intellectual property by denying visas to people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese military. The bill, named the Stop China’s IP Theft Act, would prohibit the issuing of visas to senior officials of…
Spacewalkers Finishing 4 Years of Power Upgrades for Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A pair of NASA astronauts ventured out on their second spacewalk in under a week Monday to complete a four-year effort to modernize the International Space Station’s power grid. Over the weekend, flight controllers in Houston used the station’s big robot arm to replace the last pair of old-style batteries with a single…
Cable Trouble Dogs Spacewalkers in European Lab Upgrades
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Spacewalking astronauts encountered cable trouble Wednesday while attempting to make improvements to the International Space Station’s European lab. Only one of the two lab upgrades was completely successful. NASA’s Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover installed a new antenna on Columbus, one of three high-tech labs at the orbiting outpost. It took a few…
NASA Researcher Pleads Guilty to Concealing China Ties
A senior NASA scientist pleaded guilty on Wednesday to lying about his ties with a Chinese-backed program designed to harvest talents from the West and transfer intellectual property to China, the Justice Department announced on Jan. 13. Meyya Meyyappan, 66, joined NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in 1996 and has been the chief scientist…
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