Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., is a staff writer in the spaceflight channel since 2022 covering diversity, education and gaming as well. She was contributing writer for Space.com for 10 years before joining full-time.
A new NASA astronaut already has a space mission ready for launch, but he won't be on the rocket.astronaut Andre Douglas, and a large international team, worked on the Martian Moons Exploration mission, which is slated lift off in late 2026. Douglas played a role in creating a key"That was a favorite time," Douglas told Space.com on March 5 of his days as an engineer at APL.
MEGANE stands for Mars-moon Exploration with Gamma Ray and Neutrons.
MMX is not the only project Douglas worked on at APL. He was part of a team that created a proposal to study the sun's behavior, called SIHLA, or Spatial/Spectral Imaging of Heliospheric Lyman Alpha. SIHLA was not selected for spaceflight on NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe , but it did make the, as it showed that a small celestrial body's orbit can be altered by collision:"Very awesome. First time we ever did it.
Elizabeth Howell , Ph.D., is a staff writer in the spaceflight channel since 2022 covering diversity, education and gaming as well. She was contributing writer forfor 10 years before joining full-time.
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