International astronauts aboard NASA’s upcoming Crew-11 Mission will study six indigenous Nigerian crops to understand their response to climate change and their potential for space agriculture. The selected crops—okra, cowpea, Guinea corn (sorghum), amaranth, maize, and melon—will be grown and observed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to examine their behaviour in microgravity. The research […]
NASA will continue to prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars as part of the agency’s Artemis programme, NASA official Jim Bridenstine said Thursday. “NASA’s mission continues during this time,” Bridenstine said on Twitter. “We are proud to share our vision for sustainability at the Moon after 2024 and how #Artemis prepares us […]
Organic matter has been found on Mars in soil samples taken from 3 billion-year-old mudstone in the Gale crater by the Curiosity rover, NASA announced Thursday. The rover has also detected methane in the Martian atmosphere. The search for life outside Earth focuses on the building blocks of life as we know it, which includes […]
Dangerous radiation. Overstuffed pantries. Cabin fever. NASA could sidestep many of the impediments to a Mars mission if they could just get there faster. But sluggish chemical rockets aren’t cutting it — and to find what comes next, one group of engineers is rebooting research into an engine last fired in 1972. The energy liberated […]