NASA Welcomes Paraguay as 67th Artemis Accords Signatory
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The Republic of Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday during a ceremony in Asunción, becoming the latest nation to commit to the shared principles guiding civil space exploration. “Today, I am proud to welcome Paraguay as the 67th signatory to...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 20:41 +0000
NASA Sends Mars Helicopter Blades Beyond Mach 1
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Description Engineer Fernando Mier-Hicks inspects a test stand used to investigate the performance of next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades at high speeds inside the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern Californi...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 18:33 +0000
NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Are Moving Fast
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Description Engineer Jaakko Karras inspects a next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blade prior to supersonic speed testing in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. The three-bladed rotor...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 18:32 +0000
NASA Pushes Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotor Blades Past Mach 1
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The rotor blades that will carry NASA’s next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during March tests at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Data from the tests, which took place in a special chamber...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 18:28 +0000
Industry Moon Lander Training Cabin Lands at NASA for Artemis
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A full-scale mock-up of a crew cabin for a future industry lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis program now is operational for training and testing. The agency and its industry partners will use Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 crew cabin for mission simulati...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 18:28 +0000
How Massive Star Clusters Shape Galaxy Evolution
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A team of researchers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope together with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to observe almost 9,000 star clusters in four nearby galaxies. They studied younger clusters that were still embedded in their natal ga...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15 +0000