For several reasons eating in space is not an experience for gourmets. Recent research conducted by four high school students from North Carolina aims at making space dining more enjoyable. Their special spicy “Stellar Strips” can add more taste to astronauts’ food without creating a messy situation in the microgravity environment. “In a microgravity environment, you can’t just use a salt [...]
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NASA Rover Successfully Launched to Mars in Search of Life
History’s most ambitious rover mission to Mars was launched by NASA on Saturday, November 26. Named Curiosity, the rover was carried by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 10:02 am local time (EST). NASA declared the launch a complete success. “It’s an enormous mission. It is [the] equivalent of three missions, frankly, [...]
NASA Prepares for Launch of Nuclear Powered Mars Rover
NASA’s most advanced mobile robotic laboratory is now in final preparations and will launch from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 25. “MSL has been assembled, tested, encapsulated, placed atop an ATLAS rocket and is ready to go,” said Doug McCuistion, director of NASA’s Mars Program during an official briefing in Washington a few days ago. ”This mission advances technologies and science [...]
