Cultivating salad plants that can be grown on the Moon
Monday, 24 April 2023 17:48
NASA has finished its planning and is ready to go. Humans will soon be returning to the Moon—this time in a manned base. But, if this project is to succeed, astronauts must be able to grow their own food. Norwegian researchers are in the process of making this possible.
The lunar "soil," or regolith as geologists call it, is essentially a powder in which it is difficult to grow plants. As if this wasn't enough, the moon is characterized by temperatures that can reach 200 degrees during the day and fall to as low as minus 183 degrees at night.
So says SINTEF researcher Galina Simonsen. However, in spite of this, Simonsen and her colleagues working as part of the international project LunarPlant, which is being headed by NTNU Social Research and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Space (CIRiS), believe that it will be possible to grow food plants on the moon.
UAE spacecraft takes close-up photos of Mars' little moon
Monday, 24 April 2023 16:07
A spacecraft around Mars has sent back the most detailed photos yet of the red planet's little moon.
The United Arab Emirates' Amal spacecraft flew within 62 miles (100 kilometers) of Deimos last month and the close-up shots were released Monday. Amal—Arabic for Hope—got a two-for-one when Mars photobombed some of the images.
Inmarsat Q&A | Mobile satellite services coming back stronger than a ‘90s trend
Monday, 24 April 2023 15:06
SpaceNews interviewed Peter Hardinger, Inmarsat’s chief technology officer, about how the operator plans to take advantage of emerging direct-to-smartphone capabilities that are breathing new life into the mobile satellite services industry.
Webb reveals primordial galaxy cluster 650 million years after the Big Bang
Monday, 24 April 2023 13:54
Potential Failure Modes of SpaceX's Starship
Monday, 24 April 2023 13:54
Starship moves fast and breaks things
Monday, 24 April 2023 13:54
Defying gravity
Monday, 24 April 2023 13:54
Webb reveals early-Universe prequel to huge galaxy cluster
Monday, 24 April 2023 13:00
The seven galaxies highlighted in this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA Telescope have been confirmed to be at a distance that astronomers refer to as redshift 7.9, which correlates to 650 million years after the big bang. This makes them the earliest galaxies yet to be spectroscopically confirmed as part of a developing cluster.
The seven galaxies confirmed by Webb were first established as candidates for observation using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Frontier Fields program. The program dedicated Hubble time to observations using gravitational lensing, to observe very distant galaxies in detail. However, because Hubble cannot detect light
Maxar eyes summer launch of WorldView Legion imaging satellites
Monday, 24 April 2023 12:30
After years of delays, Maxar Technologies is preparing for the first launch this summer of its next-generation imaging satellites WorldView Legion.
What colour is an asteroid? Hyperspectral imager to find out
Monday, 24 April 2023 12:30
What colour is an asteroid? The latest instrument being prepared for ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence will observe its target Dimorphos asteroid in a range of colours far beyond the limits of the human eye. In the process Hera’s HyperScout H hyperspectral imager will help prospect the asteroid’s mineral makeup – in the process helping to deduce how best to deflect future asteroids which might one day endanger Earth.
CAPSTONE Demonstrates Crosslink Capability with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Monday, 24 April 2023 06:57
A staunch supporter of China's space undertakings
Monday, 24 April 2023 06:57
Open cooperation, China Aerospace goes to the world
Monday, 24 April 2023 06:57
Five ways open science is transforming NASA research and protecting our planet
Monday, 24 April 2023 06:57
China's space missions break new ground
Monday, 24 April 2023 06:57