Image: Celebrating Hubble’s 32nd birthday with a galaxy grouping

Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 15, 2022
The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its engine and a parachute opened as the craft tumbled downward, disabled by the laser beam. The February demonstration marked the first time the U.S. Navy used an all-electric, high-energy laser weap

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2022
Last week's blog talked about the rapid traverse of Perseverance to the Delta. This weeks blog entry will talk about the Delta itself, and why it is something worth rapidly traversing towards! The prospect of the delta for me is that every day will be full of excitement and could bring anything. Let me explain that a bit further. On a space mission like M2020 you get used an exciting timel

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2021
The launch of NASA's new moon rocket has been pushed back by nearly a month after the Space Launch System failed to complete necessary prelaunch testing, officials said Monday. With the rocked estimated to lift off sometime between June 6 and June 16, NASA officials said that launching during that window now would be challenging after issues during the SLS's wet dress rehearsal prevente

Changchun, China (SPX) Apr 13, 2022
Confidentiality of communication is essential in modern societies. Traditional way of secure communication is to use encryption, which is based on the computational difficulty of certain mathematical problems such as factorizing large integers. In such schemes, the two parties first distribute a key using an asymmetric cryptographic algorithm such as RSA, which is based on the difficulty of inte

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 17, 2021
SpaceX on Sunday successfully launched a U.S. spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office on its Falcon 9 rocket. The company announced liftoff in the launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:14 a.m. The Falcon 9 carried the NROL-85 satellite that is used to collect and deliver "space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance," the office

San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2022
Planet Labs PBC has announced the release of Planetary Variables, a new product offering consisting of three pre-processed, accurate data feeds that measure the conditions of dynamic systems on the surface of the Earth. The three Planetary Variables feeds consist of Soil Water Content, Land Surface Temperature, and Vegetation Biomass Proxy to help customers make informed decisions in industries

Beijing (XNA) Apr 19, 2022
Tianhe, the core module of China's space station, has completed its verification of key technologies and achieved its expected goal. Yang Hong, chief designer of the space station system of the China Manned Space Program at the China Academy of Space Technology, made the remarks at a press conference in Beijing on Sunday. Yang said the core module has been in orbit for almost one y

Beijing (XNA) Apr 19, 2022
The crews of China's Shenzhou-14 and Shenzhou-15 missions have been selected, and are carrying out relevant training and mission preparations, according to a press conference on Sunday. Both crews will stay in orbit for six months, and they will for the first time rotate in orbit to realize the uninterrupted manned residence, Huang Weifen, chief designer of the China manned space program's

Beijing (XNA) Apr 19, 2022
The Shenzhou XIII mission has concluded the technology demonstration phase in the construction of China's Tiangong space station, according to a senior space official. Hao Chun, head of the China Manned Space Agency, told a news conference in Beijing on Sunday that the phase, which included the deployment of Tiangong's core module and two manned spaceflights, has laid a solid foundation fo