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Shuttle astronaut Danny Olivas talks diversity on Earth (and space) in 'Virtual Astronaut' webcast Wednesday

After personally seeing how NASA's space shuttle program advanced diversity and inclusion in the astronaut corps, two-time shuttle astronaut John "Danny" Olivas will host a virtual talk about how working for diversity improves equity and opportunities for ...

NASA awards $370 million to private companies to aid moon exploration push

NASA has awarded $370 million in "Tipping Point" contracts designed to aid its push to get astronauts back to the moon and then on to Mars, agency officials announced today (Oct. 14). The funding is spread across 15 contracts to 14 different companies, ...

How commercializing the International Space Station can help astronauts get to the moon and Mars

Commercializing the International Space Station (ISS) could allow for testing components for future moon and Mars missions, and the orbiting platform could also be a pit stop on the way to the moon, according to a panel at the virtual International ...

Zany moon monikers: October's 'Blue Moon' and other lunar terms explained

Usually the September full moon gets that title, but this year it came much too early (on Sept. 2). There are other versions of this rule that the Harvest Moon is the full moon that comes either at or after the equinox, which would also put it in October more often ...

Students, Parents and Teachers Tell Their Stories of Remote Learning

The New York Times

The New York Times

This article is part of our latest Learning special report, which focuses on ways that remote learning will shape the future. From preschool to college, education continues to evolve in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In their own words, people who are ...

Eight nations sign NASA's Artemis Accords that guide cooperative exploration of the moon

(CNN) Eight countries have signed on as founding member nations to NASA's Artemis Accords during the 71st International Astronautical Congress this week. Those nations include Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the ...

A Soyuz capsule just aced a record-breaking 3-hour flight to the International Space Station

Three new crewmembers arrived at the International Space Station today (Oct. 14) after a record-breaking speedy flight to the orbiting lab. The Russian Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov ...

NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts launch to the space station

(CNN) Just a few weeks ahead of the 20th anniversary of a continuous human presence in space, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov launched for a stay on the International Space Station.

2 big pieces of space junk could collide Thursday night

Earth orbit could get a lot more crowded, and a lot more dangerous, on Thursday night (Oct. 15). Two big pieces of space junk are zooming toward a close approach that will occur Thursday at 8:56 p.m. EDT (0056 GMT on Oct. 16), according to ...

$1.8M to advance device for detecting COVID-19, cancer, contaminants

EurekAlert

EurekAlert

In Judith Su's Little Sensor Lab, researchers are working to sense tiny amounts - down to a single molecule - of everything from doping agents to biomarkers for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Lyme disease and, yes, even COVID-19. "Everything our lab does is ...