The eerie phenomenon was captured by NASA’s ‘MAVEN’ orbiter but astronauts are unlikely to see it as it is only visible as ultraviolet light – naked to the human eye.
Red planet Mars glows green at night due to chemical reactions
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Nasa SpaceX crew return: Astronauts set for ocean splashdown
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken’s SpaceX capsule will make the first crewed US water landing in 45 years.
SpaceX Capsule Departs Space Station Carrying Astronauts Back Home
The SpaceX Dragon capsule is bringing two NASA astronauts back to Earth after Elon Musk’s company made the first commercial trip to orbit. Photo: Associated Press
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NASA astronauts aboard SpaceX capsule heading to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico
It will be the first landing ever by astronauts in the gulf, according to Jonathan McDowell, astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The crew undocked from the station at 7:35 p.m. Saturday and is scheduled splash down Sunday at 2:48 p.m.
Nasa Mars rover Perseverance is attached to rocket
The US space agency’s next rover is placed atop of the rocket that will send it to the Red Planet.
NASA upgrades Australia’s Deep Space Station for future missions to Mars
NASA is in the midst of upgrading Deep Space Station 43 — one of its Deep Space Network’s largest antennas located in Canberra, Australia — to prepare for future missions. The agency’s Deep Space Network is a collection of dishes that make communicat…
Probe of failed Boeing Starliner launch finds a long list of problems
The independent team NASA and Boeing formed to look into Starliner’s failed flight to the ISS is done with its investigation. And based on NASA’s announcement, they have a pretty lengthy list of changes to make before the spacecraft can start ferryin…
NASA to rename headquarters for Mary W. Jackson, agency’s first female African American engineer
One of the “Hidden Figures,” Jackson helped promote women and minorities at the agency.
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