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Enlarge / NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei flashes a thumbs-up shortly after landing on Wednesday. (credit: NASA) After more than a month of speculation, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei did in fact return to Earth inside a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Wednesday, on the dusty steppes of Kazakhstan. The landing of the small descent module was […]
Report: NASA’s only realistic path for humans on Mars is nuclear propulsion
Enlarge / NASA originally studied nuclear thermal propulsion in the 1960s. Here is concept art for the Nuclear Energy for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) program. (credit: NASA) Getting humans to Mars and back is rather hard. Insanely difficult, in fact. Many challenges confront NASA and other would-be Mars pioneers when planning missions to the red […]
Today’s best deals: Nintendo Switch Online + microSD card bundle, iPads, and more
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) It’s a new year, so it’s time for a new Dealmaster. Today’s roundup of the best tech deals we can find is headlined by a nifty bundle for Nintendo Switch owners at Best Buy . Right now, if you buy a 12-month Family Membership to Nintendo’s Switch Online service at its […]