First the Moon, now Jupiter
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 08:29
Following humankind's successful first steps back toward the Moon with last year's Artemis mission - powered by the Airbus-built European Service Module - the company is now ready for a key role in another important new space venture: a flight to Jupiter that is set to start this spring.
JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) is the first European spacecraft to go to Jupiter. Its primary goal NASA gathering tools to assess damage, verify parts made in space
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 08:29
An ensemble of microscopes, medical-style equipment, and other 3D scanners is providing insights that could help human and robotic explorers survive the harsh environments of deep space, the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Earth's atmosphere protects us from the threat of tiny meteors - micro-meteorites no bigger around than the thickness of a fingernail and traveli Japan's new H3 rocket fails during maiden flight
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 08:29
The second attempt to launch Japan's next-generation H3 rocket failed on Tuesday as its second-stage engine did not ignite, forcing officials to command that it self-destruct.
Liftoff of the Asian nation's new flagship launch vehicle occurred as scheduled at 10:37 a.m., Japanese standard time, from the Tanegashima Space Center, located on the island of Tanegashima, south of Kyushu.
But mi SAM Wants More Sample: Sol 3762
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 08:29
This morning's plan started a bit uncertain as we waited for the SAM team to decide whether to proceed with further analysis of the Tapo Caparo drill sample. Just in case they decided against it, last Friday's team put together two options for our plan today - the second option requiring Rover Planner, MAHLI, and APXS activities to help wrap up this drill campaign.
We started planning toda Yahsat and MBRSC partner on remote sensing and earth observation
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 08:29
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre ("MBRSC") to collaborate on the commercialization of remote sensing data and earth observation images for Yahsat's commercial and government customers, as well as the potential to collaborate in R and D and in-country manufacturing.
Under the partnership, MB The Roman Space Telescope will rewind the Universe
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 08:29
A new simulation shows how NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will turn back the cosmic clock, unveiling the evolving universe in ways that have never been possible before when it launches by May 2027. With its ability to rapidly image enormous swaths of space, Roman will help us understand how the universe transformed from a primordial sea of charged particles to the intricate network of Italian airline signs up for space-enabled flights
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 08:00
Passengers flying on Italy’s national carrier ITA Airways will experience fewer flight delays and greener travel thanks to pilots being able to use satellites to route their planes.
Australian astronaut candidate to receive basic training with ESA
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 06:51
Rocket Lab announces launch window for second Electron Mission from Virginia
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 06:30
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has scheduled its next Electron launch from Virginia during a launch window that opens March 11, 2023 Eastern. The "Stronger Together" mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) on Wallops Island, Virginia for American space tech company Capella Space, a leading provider of commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery.
The Layering history shows how water and carbon dioxide have moved across Mars
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 06:30
Mars' south polar layered deposits of H2O and CO2 ice record its climate history. A new study links the long-term global movement of Mars' water from midlatitude to pole to a function of the planet's orbital configuration with H2O ice deposition decreasing as a factor of obliquity, or spin-axis tilt.
"No deposit yet analyzed provides a global water cycle record that can be tied to a specif No major issues found with Artemis 1 mission
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 03:58
An ongoing review of data from the Artemis 1 mission has turned up no issues that would delay the crewed Artemis 2 mission scheduled for launch late next year.
How does the immune system react to altered gravity?
Tuesday, 07 March 2023 20:16
Space travel has always tested the human body by the effects of the new conditions of altered gravity on biological systems. It has long been known that continuous exposure to microgravity conditions human physiology and causes effects that compromise muscular, sensory, endocrine and cardiovascular functions. But is it also risky to be exposed to altered gravity for short periods of time?
Now, a paper published in the journal Acta Astronautica examines the effects of microgravity generated by a parabolic flight on the human immune system. After a short exposure to altered gravity, there were no significant changes in the defensive capacity of blood cells in the volunteers who took part in the study.
NASA's Artemis 2 mission around Moon set for November 2024
Tuesday, 07 March 2023 20:14
NASA is on track to launch a crewed mission around the Moon in November of next year after a successful unmanned test flight, the US space agency said Tuesday.
NASA officials provided an update on the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the historic Apollo missions ended in 1972.
The first Artemis mission wrapped up in December with an uncrewed Orion capsule returning safely to Earth after a more than 25-day journey around the Moon.
Artemis 2, scheduled to take place in late November 2024, will take a four-person crew around the Moon but without landing on it.
"We're looking forward to that crew flying on Artemis 2," NASA associate administrator Jim Free told reporters. "Right now there's nothing holding us up based on what we learned on Artemis 1."
NASA is to reveal the members of the Artemis 2 crew later this year. All that is known so far is that one of them will be a Canadian.
Rocket Lab ‘very happy’ with Space Force plan to procure launch services
Tuesday, 07 March 2023 18:57
Rocket Lab’s chief executive Peter Beck says the company played an active role in reshaping the U.S.
Latest astronaut from UAE getting used to space
Tuesday, 07 March 2023 18:30
The second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates is still adjusting to life off the planet, after rocketing to the International Space Station last week.