Is NASA’s Voyager 1 still working?
The engineering team for NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is trying to solve a mystery: The interstellar explorer, which is currently over 14 billion miles from Earth, appears to be functioning normally, receiving and executing commands from Earth, along with gathering and returning science data.
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What’s the difference between SpaceX’s Starship and Starship?
The Starship, on the other hand, touts the ability to send over 100 tons (220,000 pounds) to low-Earth orbit and 21 tons to geostationary transfer orbit. SpaceX claims the Starship needs to refuel in orbit to send payloads to the Moon, at which point it can send over 100 tons (220,000 pounds).
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What is the history of the Voyager 1 space probe?
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977. Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System, Voyager 1 launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2.
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What is NASA’s scientific visualizations studio?
NASA’s Scientific Visualizations Studio works closely with scientists in the creation of visualizations, animations, and images from mission data to promote a greater understanding of Earth and space science research.
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When will NASA’s Viper land on the Moon?
May 31, 2022 – Once it arrives at the Moon’s South Pole, NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will need to perform one of the trickiest parts of its 100-day mission: driving off the Astrobotic Griffin lunar lander and onto the Moon’s surface.
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Is there a shark volcano in the Solomon Islands?
The Kavachi volcano in the Solomon Islands is an underwater volcano that was dubbed a sharkcano after a 2015 expedition discovered sharks living within it. Now, NASA has shared new satellite images of the latest sharkcano eruption, which happened this month.
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How many research reports did the X-15 fly?
In the course of its flight research, the X-15’s pilots and instrumentation yielded data for more than 765 research reports.
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What is worldview?
Worldview is a fully featured, interactive interface for browsing full-resolution imagery and downloading the underlying data via Earthdata Search. Click Hereto view the selected map parameters in Worldview. Title Description Base Layer:Surface Rain Rate (Day)
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What is NASA World weather?
NASA World Weather. The largest three-dimensional web-based interactive browser of satellite, weather, climate, and other publicly available time-aware geospatial data, built upon NASA’s revolutionary World Wind technology.
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What is NASA responsible for in space?
NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development of the Orion spacecraft, the Space Launch System, and Commercial Crew vehicles. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program, which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for uncrewed NASA launches.