NASA astronauts at the International Space Station will only enjoy a half-day off from work on Labor Day today (Sept. 5).
While most federal workers across the U.S.
"Right now looks like the crew has a half-day off on Monday," Huot said. "As usual, the flight control team will find a make-up day in the future to give them time off," he added.
Nanoracks' spinoff aims to bring food production to Earth's deserts and orbital space | Space
High-tech solar greenhouses inspired by technology developed for missions to the moon and Mars could soon grow food in Arabian deserts and in Earth orbit, according to the space services company Nanoracks.
Nanoracks, known for deploying small satellites from the International Space Station , has just set up a spinoff in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) called StarLab Oasis .
Companies Worry about Risks as Earth Orbit Gets Crowded
An increasing amount of space debris is threatening satellites orbiting Earth. The situation is worrying companies that insure against losses during space travel.
Thousands of new satellites are being launched into areas where debris has been building up since space flight began.
No, This Funky Light Show on the ISS Is Not a Disco | Digital Trends
A funky light show captured this week by astronaut Thomas Pesquet made the International Space Station look more like an orbiting disco than an orbiting laboratory.
Saturday night disco! I may or may not have found the settings to program the LED lighting of our space greenhouse. 😉🕺💃 #MissionAlpha https://t.co/DRob2AJAhz pic.twitter.com/ROzLJ48fbm
Zhurong Mars rover returns panorama ahead of planetary blackout | Space
China's Mars rover Zhurong has produced a remarkable new panorama of its surroundings in Utopia Planitia to mark 100 days of activity on the Red Planet as preparations continue for the rover to spend more than a month in safe mode this autumn.
The six-wheeled, solar-powered rover has covered 3,491 feet (1,064 meters) since rolling onto the Martian surface on May 22.
Lauren Groff's Uncanny Visions - The Atlantic
T hree years after the release of her novel Fates and Furies —a literary bisection of marriage and privilege that was praised variously by President Barack Obama and Amazon (yes, Amazon ) as the best book of 2015—Lauren Groff was sitting in a lecture theater at Harvard University, thinking
Scientists may have discovered a new type of supernova
Why it matters: Typically, massive stars explode as supernovas when they run out of fuel, but researchers have been on the lookout for other kinds of stellar explosions that might help them better understand the strangeness of our universe.
The big picture: Scientists know these types of star systems exist because of previous observations.
Tensions on Earth reflected in orbit - Axios
Space is set to become more congested over the next decades as more countries and companies are able to access it and economies become more reliant on space-based technologies.
Why it matters: Though space is seemingly infinite, Earth's orbital capacity is not, and this surge in traffic around the planet may catalyze new competitions — and collaborations — between nations.
SpaceX's first all-civilian spaceflight launch date set, will orbit around Earth for 3 days
SpaceX has announced a targeted launch date for later this month for the world's first all-civilian spaceflight , which will orbit the Earth for three days.
Inspiration4 will launch on Sept. 15 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, SpaceX said in a press release on Friday .
Astronomers define new class of potentially habitable ocean worlds – Physics World
Larger exoplanets are easier to detect than smaller, Earth-sized ones, and exoplanets around 1.6‒4 times bigger than the Earth, with masses of up to 15 Earth masses and temperatures that in some cases exceed 2000 K, are relatively common.
This subset, which the researchers dub "Hycean" (hydrogen + ocean) planets, consists of planets that have radii up to 2.6 times larger than Earth’s and are capable of harbouring vast oceans under atmospheres dominated by molecular hydrogen and water vapour.
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Californians will pay highest gas prices ever for Labor Day weekend https://t.co/03kEudraJj #RecallGavinNewsom #WeveGotAStateToSave larryelder (from L.A., Calif.) Tue Sep 07 03:38:25 +0000 2021
We just observed Labor Day, but US workers have little to celebrate. Real wages have fallen all 7 months of Biden's… https://t.co/oQiPINSRhv CortesSteve (from Rocky Top) Tue Sep 07 16:37:40 +0000 2021
Biden spends Labor Day in Delaware as mounting crises sink approval rating https://t.co/bnpTYdmUXi https://t.co/IoRt2cTOkF nypost (from New York, NY) Mon Sep 06 17:18:10 +0000 2021
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