SpaceX's cargo Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth

SpaceX's cargo Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth

SpaceX’s CRS-19 Dragon is safely back on Earth today after 33-days in space, including 30 days berthed with the International Space Station. The spacecraft splashed down just off the coast of Baja California on Jan. 7, 2020, carrying several tons of experiments and equipment returned from the ISS.

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NICER data helps create 1st pulsar surface map

NICER data helps create 1st pulsar surface map

An instrument aboard the International Space Station has obtained the “best-ever” measurements of a pulsar and helped scientists create the first surface map of this special type of neutron star.

Using NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer, or NICER, astrophysicists were able to gather “precise and dependable” X-ray measurements to determine the size and mass of a pulsar.

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