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Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 24, 2023
As Perseverance celebrates its second anniversary on Mars, our team is reflecting on the rover's remarkable journey so far. In the past two years, Perseverance has collected 18 Martian samples, traversed over 9 miles, transmitted over 200,000 images to Earth, supported the Ingenuity helicopter with its 42 flights, and much more. Now, after spending nearly 6 weeks creating the Three Forks s
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 23, 2021
Russia launched an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on Thursday to replace one that leaked coolant after it was struck by a meteoroid last year, stranding two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut in space. The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft was launched with 948 pounds of supplies for the astronauts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:24 p.m. EST, which was br
Friday, 24 February 2023 13:06

Week in images: 20-24 February 2023

Mercury transit and sunspots

Week in images: 20-24 February 2023

Discover our week through the lens

Russia launches rescue ship to space station after leaks
In this handout photo released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the new, empty Soyuz MS-23 capsule blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Russia has launched a rescue ship for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride sprang a dangerous leak at the International Space Station.
Friday, 24 February 2023 08:22

Image: Sun releases strong solar flare

Sun releases strong solar flare
Credit: NASA/SDO

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 3:16 p.m. ET on Feb. 17, 2023. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare—as seen in the bright flash in the upper left—on Feb. 17, 2023.

The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in teal.

Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact , , navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts.

This flare is classified as an X2.2 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.

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Urbana IL (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
Although the Pony Express lasted only a short time in the mid-1800s before being outperformed by the transcontinental telegraph, it inspired a concept for a string of small satellites to transport data from Mars to Earth and help alleviate the data logjam currently occurring in the Deep Space Network. "The Solar System Pony Express is a mission concept that aims to augment the data transmi
Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
The Government of Luxembourg has announced that it will use SES's O3b mPOWER system as a crucial resilient satcom infrastructure for Luxembourg, its partners, and NATO in the areas of defense and security, disaster recovery, and more. The program, MEO Global Services (MGS), valued at 195 million euro over 10 years, will authorize the acquisition and operation of O3b mPOWER services, subject to a
Friday, 24 February 2023 07:47

Cosmic contortions

Cosmic contortions Image: Cosmic contortions
Friday, 24 February 2023 08:00

Earth from Space: The Triple Frontier

The Triple Frontier, a region where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet, is featured in this false-colour image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Image: The Triple Frontier, a region where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet, is featured in this false-colour image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
Before DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, can begin its 5-year mission from an Arizona mountaintop to produce the largest 3D sky map yet, researchers first needed an even bigger 2D map of the universe. The 2D map, pieced together from 200,000 telescope images and several years of satellite data, lacks information about galaxy distances, and DESI will supply this and provide ot
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