Dr. Daniel H. Anderson, an aerospace technologist and test director in the Nonsterile Nitrogen Processing Laboratory in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center looks at much-discussed Apollo 14 basketball-size rock through a microscope. The two moon-exploring crew men of Apollo 14 brought back 90-odd pounds of lunar sample material from their two periods of extravehicular activity on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro area.
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For years, concerns about planetary protection have focused on preventing Earth from littering the solar system—sterilizing spacecraft and keeping astronauts under strict quarantine protocols. But as space agencies around the world gear up to bring more samples back from destinations such as asteroids, the moon, and Mars, scientists are once more considering the opposite prospect: What if we bring extraterrestrial germs back to Earth?
While you're here, how about this:
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and deploys satellite, days after another rocket crashed in Texas -
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched into space Sunday, successfully deploying a satellite for radio provider SiriusXM.
Falcon 9 took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida's Brevard County at 12:30 p.m. ET, according to NASA. It marks the the rocket's 25th flight this year, NASA said .
About 10 minutes after posting video of the liftoff to its Twitter feed, SpaceX tweeted that the rocket's first-stage booster had landed on its droneship, Just Read the Instructions, located in the Atlantic Ocean.
Utah monolith and more: Appearances, disappearances around the world
The saga of the mysterious monoliths – the tall, metal structures popping up and then vanishing around the world – shows no signs of stopping.
One of the most recent instances in the United States: a smaller structure that was spotted in Fayetteville, North Carolina .
The 3-foot tall structure appeared in the raised flower bed on the sidewalk in front of McKee Homes Design Studios, according to a news release from Cool Spring Downtown District.
Rugby To The Moon? Two Former Eagles Ready To Lift Off | Goff Rugby Report
Two prominent former rugby players are furthering their extraterrestrial aspirations as NASA turns its attention to the Moon and Mars.
Former West Point player and Eagle Anne McClain, who also played for Clifton in the UK and for Seattle, is in the NASA track to walk on the moon. McClain has already been to space, having been to the International Space Station.
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Meanwhile, Stanford All American and former USA 7s Eagle Jessica Watkins is also part of the Artemis program. The Colorado native, who played for the USA in the 2009 RWC 7s, has been working on as a geologist for NASA. She earned her undergraduate degree at Stanford and then went on to earn her PhD in Geology from UCLA. She conducted her graduate research on the emplacement mechanisms of large landslides on Mars and Earth.
Many things are taking place:
Arecibo telescope's fall is indicative of global divide around funding science infrastructure
Raquel Velho does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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While drone footage captured the moment in excruciating detail, in truth, the disintegration of the telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico began far before this cinematic end.
It is tempting to blame the demise of Arecibo on the physical damage it sustained earlier in 2020, when an auxiliary metal cable snapped – perhaps a delayed consequence of Tropical Storm Isaias or the earthquakes that shook Puerto Rico . But Arecibo's downfall was, in reality, caused by years of financial struggles.
Ben Bova, Science Fiction Editor and Author, Is Dead at 88 - The New York Times
Ben Bova was a hard-science guy — and a passionate space program booster — and his visions of the future encompassed a dizzying range of technological advances (and resulting horrors or delights), from cloning to sex in space, climate change, the nuclear arms race, Martian colonies and the search for extraterrestrials. In newspaper articles, short stories and more than 100 books, he explored these and other knotty human problems.
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Mr. Bova had a background in journalism and technical science writing, and his work was based in facts. He was determinedly not a fantasy author.
Dragonfly: In Situ Exploration of Saturn's Moon Titan, an Organic Ocean World | SpaceRef - Your
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Follow @KizzyPhD, the Black woman scientist of note here! (Would've loved her name in the title?) https://t.co/ACwyJ4b0be choo_ek Sat Dec 12 18:11:40 +0000 2020
Scientists need to speak up & show support for this bill. Thank you @TulsiGabbard The science is here:… https://t.co/BRgh14r7Hk DrDebraSoh (from Toronto, NY, LA) Sat Dec 12 17:52:20 +0000 2020
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