Scientists Seek More Space Exploration
While all presidents since John F. Kennedy have been touting their own space programs, some accomplished their goals and were immortalized in history, but others were never realized and are long since...
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Student Team Designs Water-Propelled Satellite for NASA Launch Competition
By NOAH RANKIN “Shoot for the moon” may be an expression, but for the students working with Prof. Mason Peck, mechanical and aerospace engineering, it could also become a reality. Currently in the top...
View ArticleWater on Mars: Does It Matter?
By NOAH RANKIN During a news conference Monday, NASA confirmed the discovery of liquid water on the surface of Mars, possibly hinting toward the possibility of life on the red planet, according to The...
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NASA Scientists Discuss New Horizons Spacecraft’s Journey Past Pluto
Nearly 200 Cornell students and faculty members gathered in Schwartz Auditorium Wednesday, to hear Cathy Olkin and Ann Harch — two lead scientists on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto...
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Student Team Crafts Tools to Collect Rocks From Asteroids
In the ongoing quest for space exploration, an asteroid base like Magneto’s Asteroid M from the X-Men universe seems like a distant dream. If NASA hopes to replicate the sophisticated structures built...
View ArticleTop NASA Official to Visit Cornell, Speak on Mars Exploration
Dava Newman, the deputy director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will detail NASA’s progress in planning human exploration of Mars at a lecture next Thursday.The organization is...
View ArticleNASA to Send Cornell Group’s Satellite Into Space
Cornell’s Cislunar Explorers has earned a chance to make history — and over one million dollars — with NASA.The Cislunar Explorers developed a small satellite that was one of three winners in the...
View ArticleTo Infinity and Beyond: Cornell Astronomers Bid Farewell to Cassini
After 20 years, NASA’s Cassini mission ended with the spacecraft’s spectacular plunge into Saturn. To the very end, Cassini had its antenna pointed back at Earth to relay information about the planet’s...
View ArticleTrump Nominates Cornell Alumnus for NASA Administrator
If confirmed by the Senate, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) MBA ’09, who President Donald Trump nominated to lead NASA, would be the first Cornellian and first elected official to serve in that role....
View ArticleDespite National Media Claims, 7% of Astronaut’s Genes Did Not Change In Space
Despite claims by CNN, Time, USA Today, People, HuffPost, LiveScience and Newsweek, astronaut Scott Kelly’s DNA did not actually change by seven percent after two years in space, according to Prof....
View ArticleNASA To Send 2 Satellites Into Space Designed By Cornell Lab
There’s something about outer space that naturally captures our imagination. From little kids dreaming about becoming astronauts, to full grown adults gazing up at the majesty of the stars, the final...
View ArticleCornell Awards Alumna for Dedication to ‘Prosperity’ in Her Hometown
For her work in marketing and communication that helped secure funding for a number of Central New York economic development initiatives, Christa Glazier ’01 became the second recipient of the Cornell...
View ArticleNASA Awaits ‘Miraculous Recovery’ or ‘Honorable Death’ of Cornell-Led Mars Rover
A massive Martian dust storm knocked out communication with NASA’s Opportunity rover in early June, and now, as the dust settles and the rover remains unresponsive, NASA is forced to reconsider the...
View ArticleCornell Celebrates Carl Sagan’s 84th Birthday by Releasing ‘Lost’ Lecture
On what would have been Carl Sagan’s 84th birthday, Nov. 9, the Carl Sagan Institute released a “lost” recording of a lecture titled “The Age of Exploration” that was recently discovered by Linda...
View ArticleFormer Kepler Mission Scientist to Speak About Searching For Life in The...
Natalie Batalha, a former project scientist for NASA’s Kepler Mission, will lead the audience on a journey to the stars, providing insight into future missions to search for lives beyond the Earth in a...
View ArticleCornell Research Associate on InSight Team Describes Awe of Mars Landing
“Everybody in the room was kind of on pins and needles,” said Don Banfield ’87, senior research associate, astronomy, describing a movie-like scene. Science team members who had worked on the InSight...
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NASA Declares Death of Cornell-Led Opportunity Rover After 15 Years on Mars
After 15 years and a journey of over 140 million miles, NASA said Wednesday that the Cornell-led Opportunity Rover had reached its final resting place: a dusty, frigid valley on Mars.From its Jet...
View ArticleYANDAVA | Do Androids Dream in Iambic Petameter
My battery is low, and it’s getting dark. Last week, the Opportunity Mars rover was declared dead by NASA, 15 years after it first landed on the Red Planet. However, these aren’t technically the...
View ArticleNASA InSight Lander Provides Weather Reports from the Red Planet
The most recent NASA mission to Mars, the InSight Lander — short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport — will broadcast daily weather reports back to Earth...
View ArticleWeill-Cornell and NASA-Led Twins Study Reveals the Effects of Living in Space...
For 340 days, astronaut Scott Kelly lived in the International Space Station, while his identical twin brother Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut, lived a regular life on Earth. Both collected...
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