NASA, Mars and astronauts
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NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that’s expected to zoom past our planet tonight at around 19,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).
For the first time, NASA’s astronaut candidate class includes someone who has already been to orbit, and is majority women, as the space agency focuses on its goals to send humans back to the Moon and onto Mars.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Months after closing the application, NASA says it will not announce its new class of astronauts for another year, all thanks to COVID-19. Because of coronavirus travel restrictions, NASA had to adjust the timeline for new astronaut ...