NASA astronaut Mike Fincke retires after 30 years of service
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is departing the agency after 30 years of service, having flown four missions and spent 549 days in space. He completed nine spacewalks totaling 48 hours and 37 minutes in support of the International Space Station.
» readFrom childhood dream to NASA launch team: Lindsey Waitt’s journey to the Artemis missions
A Worcester, Massachusetts, native who once dreamed of working for NASA has achieved her goal as a test project engineer on the Artemis launch team.
» readBlack hole stars may explain mysterious little red dots seen by Webb telescope
For four years, little red dots (LRDs) have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in 2022 by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
» readTumbling spacecraft stabilised, raising hopes for rescue of NASA telescope
A spacecraft sent to boost an ailing NASA telescope has been stabilised after an issue sent it tumbling in space. The announcement raises hopes that the telescope might still be saved.
» readNew technique maps hard-to-measure upper atmosphere using Starlink satellite data
A new method for visualizing the density of Earth's upper atmosphere has been developed by researchers at Kyoto University. The technique uses publicly available orbital information from Starlink satellites to create two-dimensional maps of the…
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