Two UMD space probes advance to next round of NASA's major mission selection
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 20:35
On October 3, 2024, NASA announced that two space probes proposed by University of Maryland astronomers have advanced to the next round of consideration for a $1 billion mission slated to launch into orbit in 2032.
The selected probes include the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) mission with UMD Astronomy Professor Christopher Reynolds as its principal investigator and the PRobe far Proba-3 completes final test, prepares for November launch
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 20:35
ESA's double-satellite Proba-3 mission has successfully passed its final system test before shipment to India for launch. The mission, designed to perform precise eclipse-like observations, involved receiving commands from the mission's science team and transmitting images, replicating its future operations in space.
Proba-3's twin satellites will perform millimetre-scale formation flying, Space Development Agency unveils plans for next 200-satellite procurement
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 17:24
Hera probe heads off to see aftermath of DART's asteroid impact
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Backing the Backups: Ensuring satellites are ready to restore communications when ground systems fail
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 16:17
NASA's Roman space telescope's 'exoskeleton' whirls through major test
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Mission to probe smashed asteroid launches despite hurricane
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 14:46
Europe's Hera probe successfully launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft that smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary defences.
Despite fears that an approaching hurricane could delay the launch, the probe blasted off on a SpaceX rocket into cloudy skies from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida just before 11:00 am local China to launch new quantum communications satellites in 2025
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 11:24
SpaceX launches Hera asteroid mission, but delays Europa Clipper because of Hurricane Milton
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PLD Space unveils plans for larger launch vehicles and crewed spacecraft
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 09:04
Moon vision
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 08:40
A camera destined for the Moon became part of the astronauts’ toolkit during ESA’s latest PANGAEA geology training in Lanzarote, Spain.
Hera asteroid mission - launch highlights
Monday, 07 October 2024 18:29
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ESA’s Hera mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA, on 7 October at 10:52 local time (16:52 CEST, 14:52 UTC).
Hera is ESA’s first planetary defence mission. It will fly to a unique target among the 1.3 million asteroids in our Solar System – the only body to have had its orbit shifted by human action – to solve lingering unknowns associated with its deflection.
Hera will carry out the first detailed survey of a ‘binary’ – or double-body – asteroid, 65803 Didymos, which is orbited by a smaller