Photo Credit: NASA How do you get to Mars? You build a rocket, and go. OK, it’s actually a bit more complex than that. A lot more complex, really. But that’s still a vitally important step. We’ll come back to why in a minute. First, let’s talk about that “complex”...
Credit: American Geophysical Union It was a “crazy-looking crater” on the face of Mars that caught Ali Bramson’s eye. But it was a simple calculation that explained the crater’s strange shape. Combining data gleaned from two powerful instruments...
Students are seen here with a NASA-funded science team on Kilauea’s lava fields. Credit: NASA In June, five student journalists from Stony Brook University’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science packed their hiking boots and hydration packs and headed to...
The scientists will spend 365 days in isolation starting Aug. 28. Photo: HI-SEAS. Six scientists will spend the next year in isolation as part of the upcoming Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation mission. According to a release from the University of Hawaii...
HI-SEAS crewmembers and researchers pose with the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute team in front of a Chinook helicopter that brought the crew ‘back to Earth.’ PISCES photo. By: Chris Yoakum Reentering Earth’s atmosphere from space can take...
