NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission safely returns to Earth … The tech demo hitching a ride on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft … And studying ancient life on Earth to better understand Mars … A few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! https://youtu.be/W3XPrUN7RYk NASA’s SpaceX Crew
or DSOC technology demonstration. DSOC, the agency’s first test of high-bandwidth optical communications beyond the Moon, aims to show how lasers could increase data transmission rates far beyond the capacity of current radio frequency systems used on spacecraft today.
Members of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, the European Space Agency, the Australian Space Agency, and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization are in Western Australia’s Pilbara region to investigate “stromatolites,” the oldest confirmed fossilized lifeforms on Earth.
NASA, in partnership with Boeing, has introduced a new livery for the X-66A aircraft, a part of the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator initiative. Credit: BoeingAn MD-90 airplane was recently flown to Boeing’s Palmdale, California facility, to be converted into the for NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project. The X-66A, which will utilize a fuel-efficient Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration, supports the U.S. goal of achieving net-zero aviation greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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