Will lunar rover Jade Rabbit have company for the next Lantern Festival?
Tuesday, 07 February 2023 04:44
Yutu 2, China's operating lunar rover, ignites people's fantasies of the moon on a special day, the Lantern Festival of the Year of the Rabbit.
The festival this year falls on Sunday, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar when a full moon appears.
As the closest celestial body to the Earth, the moon was the first stop for mankind to start the "interstellar era Small asteroid 'serendipitously' detected using James Webb telescope
Tuesday, 07 February 2023 04:44
European astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected a previously unknown asteroid about the size of Rome's Colosseum in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
The asteroid measuring between 300 and 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length is the smallest object observed to date using the telescope, the US space agency NASA said Monday.
The European astronomers Study reveals complex chemistry inside 'stellar nurseries'
Tuesday, 07 February 2023 04:44
An international team of researchers has uncovered what might be a critical step in the chemical evolution of molecules in cosmic "stellar nurseries." In these vast clouds of cold gas and dust in space, trillions of molecules swirl together over millions of years. The collapse of these interstellar clouds eventually gives rise to young stars and planets.
Like human bodies, stellar nurserie High-Gain Antenna for NASA's Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests
Tuesday, 07 February 2023 04:44
Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. When it launches by May 2027, this NASA observatory will help unravel the secrets of dark energy and dark matter, search for and image exoplanets, and explore many topics in infrared astrophysics.
Pictured above in a test chamber, th AWE completes space environment tests
Tuesday, 07 February 2023 04:44
NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) has successfully completed its critical space environment tests. Planned for launch to the International Space Station, AWE will study gravity waves in Earth's atmosphere to gain a deeper knowledge of the connections caused by climate systems throughout our atmosphere and between the atmosphere and space.
From its unique vantage point on the Intern SpaceX launches Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus communications satellite
Tuesday, 07 February 2023 02:23
SpaceX successfully launched the Amazonas Nexus telecoms satellite Feb. 6, which will fuel Spanish operator Hispasat’s Americas expansion while carrying a payload for the U.S.
Cash-rich EchoStar to take on global IoT market next year
Monday, 06 February 2023 22:07
EchoStar Corporation, a U.S. operator with around $1.6 billion in cash, is preparing to disrupt the market for connecting IoT devices after ordering satellites it needs for global services next year.
CACI to collaborate with U.S. Army on space technologies
Monday, 06 February 2023 19:12
U.S. defense contractor CACI signed an agreement with the U.S. Army to collaborate on the development of space sensors and payloads for positioning, navigation and timing.
Busek ramps up production for OneWeb constellation
Monday, 06 February 2023 18:00
In-space propulsion specialist Busek revealed its role in helping OneWeb recover from the sudden loss of Fakel satellite thrusters after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Webb detects extremely small main-belt asteroid
Monday, 06 February 2023 15:00
A previously unknown 100–200-metre asteroid — roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their project used data from the calibration of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), in which the team serendipitously detected an interloping asteroid. The object is likely the smallest observed to date by Webb and may be an example of an object measuring under 1 kilometer in length within the main asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter. More observations are needed to better characterize this object’s nature and properties.
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Orion blueprint The Making of Juice – Episode 9
Monday, 06 February 2023 11:24
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Five-minute behind-the-scenes documentary covering the story behind the application of the Galileo tribute plaque to ESA’s Juice spacecraft. World View emphasizes remote sensing as it prepares to go public
Monday, 06 February 2023 02:09
World View, the stratospheric ballooning company that announced plans to go public last month, is emphasizing remote sensing, and not tourism, as its primary market for the next several years.
SpaceX delays Hispasat Amazonas Nexus launch
Monday, 06 February 2023 00:38
SpaceX will delay the launch of the Hispasat Amazonas Nexus mission until Monday at 5:32 p.m. EST, after unfavorable weather conditions held up Sunday's planned launch.
The rocket was scheduled to lift off at 5:32 p.m. EST on Sunday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It was initially delayed by two hours as conditions were 30% favorable for lift off, SpaceX said. It was AFRL partners with NASA in cubesat navigation, communication mission
Sunday, 05 February 2023 10:54
The Air Force Research Laboratory's, or AFRL, newest sensor experiment deployed from the International Space Station Dec. 29, 2022, hosted on NASA's six-unit cube satellite named petitSat, or Plasma Enhancements in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere Satellite.
The CubeSat's mission is to study a layer in Earth's upper atmosphere known as the ionosphere to provide insight into space weather distur