SATURN DAILY - News From The Ringed Planet

ROCKET SCIENCE SLS Chief Engineer Driven by 'Challenge' of Building America's Next Great Rocket

During the Saturn V days, a 10-year-old boy came to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., with his dad and uncle for an open house. There to shake that young boy's hand was Wernher von Braun, the first center director of Marshall who would l... more

SATURNDAILY Scientist sheds light on Titan's mysterious nitrogen atmosphere

"Titan is a very interesting moon because it has this very thick atmosphere, which makes it unique among moons in our solar system," said Dr. Kelly Miller, research scientist in SwRI's Space Science and Engineering Division and lead author of the study. "It is... more

VENUSIAN HEAT New study about the 'tsunami' in Venus's clouds

"This observational feat was possible thanks to the collaboration of amateur astronomers from various countries, who have been the leading lights in the worldwide campaign of observations coordinated with the Japanese mission Akatsuki in 2022," explains the Un... more

TECH SPACE Ancient Art of Weaving Ready to Head to Mars and Beyond

Weaving processes created millennia ago are part of the most cutting-edge technology on NASA's Orion spaceship that may one day shield humans from heat as they ride all the way to Mars and back. That same technology is finding a home on Earth as well, enabling... more

ROCKET SCIENCE Simulating SLS Booster Separation

NASA's new heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System (SLS), will carry 15% more payload than Saturn V and three times the payload of the space shuttle, requiring innovative rocket design. The SLS configuration consists of a center core stage with four... more

EARLY EARTH Electricity-driven undersea reactions may have been important for the emergence of life

The minerals often include metal sulfides, such as iron sulfide, also known as pyrite or fool's gold. As they precipitate, these mineral precipitates begin to form channels for the hot vent water, and since the metal-containing minerals are electrically conduc... more

ROCKET SCIENCE Michigan Company Helps Build NASA Moon Rocket, Accelerate Moon Missions

Futuramic, a company with factories in Detroit and Warren, is one of more than 78 Michigan companies and 3,200 businesses across 50 states supporting NASA's return to the Moon by supplying parts for the agency's new deep space rocket, Space Launch System (SLS)... more

EXTRA SOLAR Passing Stars Altered Orbital Changes in Earth, Other Planets

"Perturbations - a minor deviation in the course of a celestial body, caused by the gravitational attraction of a neighboring body - from passing stars alter the long-term orbital evolution of the Sun's planets, including Earth," said Nathan A. Kaib, Senior Sc... more