NASA's suitcase-sized exoplanet hunter Asteria may be lost
NASA deployed the Asteria spacecraft, a suitcase-sized satellite termed a CubeSat, from the International Space Station in 2017 with the mission to observe dimming in stars' brightness as evidence of orbiting planets. Asteria successfully finished three missions before losing contact on December 5, 2019, and is thought to be lost.
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NASA seeking participants for a new mission
NASA is seeking US citizens for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for missions to Mars and the moon. The research is being done to study the effects of isolation and confinement as participants work to complete simulated space missions. NASA will consider other participants with a bachelor's degree and other qualifications such as military or professional experience.
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NASA is recruiting volunteers
NASA is recruiting volunteers
NASA is recruiting volunteers to spend eight months locked up in a simulated spacecraft on its way to Mars. You might be asking yourself why any of this is necessary, especially when NASA already sends humans to the International Space Station for many months on end.
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