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Why Pilots Black Out at 9Gs (and How They Cheat Death)

Fighter pilots are trained to spot the warning signs of G-force blackout—vision turning gray, tunnel vision closing in—long before their brains shut down. From spinning Barany chairs that trick your ...
With current rocket propulsion technology, it would take tens or hundreds of millennia to reach our neighboring star system, Alpha Centauri,” it read. “The stars, it seems, have set strict bounds on ...
By incorporating modeling and lunar landing data, the tool could enhance visualization and training for entry, descent, landing and managing transitions from orbit — advancing capabilities for ...
State College, PA, Sept. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Remcom has received a new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from NASA to develop enhanced wireless channel modeling ...
Air Force Maj. Ross Elder will lead a 378-day NASA mission with three other crew members in a structure that simulates a base on Mars.
An Air Force test pilot will lead a four-person NASA crew living for a year inside a simulated Mars habitat as the space agency gears up for future long-term flights. The crew will also include a ...
NASA announced it found promising potential biosignatures on Mars. Potential biosignatures are things like chemicals and structures that could be a result of life on the planet, but more research was ...
WASHINGTON — NASA has restored contact with one of a pair of space science satellites that ran into problems shortly after its July launch. In a Sept. 11 statement, NASA said it reconnected with SV1, ...
The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...
The four men and six women will report to NASA in January to begin two years of basic spaceflight training. HOUSTON — NASA has introduced its new class of astronaut candidates, some of whom may be ...