SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA in March 2023, including the first person from the Arab world going up for an extended month’s long stay. The Falcon rocket bolted from Kennedy Space Center shortly after…
Continue ReadingNASA proves there’s a defense against killer asteroids
The stock market is dipping, inflation is on the rise and there is no end in sight to the war in Ukraine. But not all the news is bad: Our planet just got a bit safer, thanks to NASA. In…
Continue ReadingNASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid
A spacecraft named Dart zeroed in on the asteroid, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph. The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock — demonstrating that…
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