OTD In Space - November 9: Saturn V Launches On Maiden Voyage With Apollo 4
On 9, 1967, NASA launched the powerful new Saturn V rocket on its maiden voyage. The Saturn V was 363 feet tall. That's ...
The Icy Crust of Saturn’s Moon Titan Could Be Hiding Secrets to Our World and Life Beyond It
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
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What’s Up: November 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Saturn shines in the south most of the night, Jupiter rises in the early evening, while Mars is visible in the early morning sky.
NASA-Funded Study Examines Tidal Effects on Planet and Moon Interiors
NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will ...
NASA’s monthly skywatching tips include a rare lunar occultation
and you’ll see the moon has visibly shifted a couple of degrees west of Saturn, showing evidence of the moon’s orbital ...
Watch Nasa drone that will visit nearby moon in hunt for alien life in ‘unthinkable’ trip to ‘mysterious ocean world’
Dragonfly marks the first time Nasa will fly a vehicle for science on another planetary body. The giant moon Titan – seen here set against Saturn – is even bigger than the planet MercuryCredit: ...
7 Incredible images of Saturn from NASA's Cassini orbiter
The Cassini orbiter, a collaborative mission by NASA, ESA, and ASI, provided us with a stunning legacy of Saturn and its intricate system of rings and moons.
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Saturn’s moon Titan, has an insulating methane-rich crust
According to Schurmeier, methane clathrate is stronger and better insulating than regular water ice. A clathrate crust can keep Titan’s interior warm and make the water ice shell ductile. This implies ...
To Europa! New moon starts month as we fall back to standard time | Sky Guy
On Oct. 14 NASA’s Europa Clipper was launched from Kennedy Space Center to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa. It will arrive at ...