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Carnival of Space #558
Welcome to the 558th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers,…
NASA Begins Construction of its New Quiet Supersonic Plane
In partnership with Lockheed Martin, NASA has begun developing their quiet supersonic plane, a revolutionary aircraft that will generate quiet…
NASA Simulates Their Orion Abort System. Now That Would be a Crazy Ride
A team of research scientists recently conducted a series of simulations to see how the Orion Launch Abort System would…
Try to Contain Your Surprise. James Webb is Getting Delayed to 2020
After being assessed by the Standing Review Board, NASA has announced that the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope's…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Enjoys its 2000th Day on Mars
The Curiosity rover recently passed another major milestone. Since it landed in 2012, it has spent a total of 2000…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Will Touch the Sun — So Can You
Join NASA's most daring mission to the Sun by sending your name along for the ride on the Parker Solar…
New Horizons Team Has a New Nickname for the Spacecraft’s Next Target
The first Kuiper Belt Object that the New Horizons mission will investigate - MU69 - just received the nickname "Ultima…
Kepler’s Almost Out of Fuel. It’ll Make its Last Observation in a Few Months
The Kepler mission, which is responsible for the majority of exoplanet discoveries, is running out of fuel and will be…
James Webb is Enduring its Final Stage of Testing Before it Ships off for Kourou, French Guiana
The James Webb Space Telescope just entered the final phase of integration and testing before being shipped off to French…
Scientists Propose An Asteroid Nuke Mission To Save Earth From Potential Destruction
NASA's HAMMER (Hyper-velocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response) is a plan to protect us from asteroids, either with kinetic…