Signatures of Ice-Free Ancient Ponds and Lakes Found on Mars
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:31
Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried bodies of water preserved in the rock record. Wave ripples are small undulations in the sandy shores of lakebeds, created as wind-driven water laps back and forth. The two sets of ripples indicate the former presence of shallow water that was open to the Martian air, not covered by ice as some climate Towards low-cost missions to Mars
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 07:58
Two decades after Mars Express, ESA is returning to small-scale missions aimed at exploring the Red Planet. With a completely different landscape of technologies available this time around, new opportunities for interplanetary missions open up. As part of ESA's LightShip initiative, four consortia will conduct independent parallel studies to define what a small low cost Mars satellite-platform could look like as a LightShip passenger.
The Mars Pivot
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 03:55
Just two weeks ago, in these very pages, I outlined what seemed then a bold prediction about America's space strategy. President Trump's inaugural declaration to 'pursue our manifest destiny into the stars' and 'plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars'- is not anymore campaign rhetoric it's the ultimate cosmic mic drop! Second Trump administration begins with confusion on acting NASA leadership
Monday, 20 January 2025 20:35
The second Trump administration started with soaring rhetoric about sending humans to Mars but confusion about who was leading NASA on an acting basis.
NASA Kennedy ground systems prepping hardware for Artemis II and beyond
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Malargüe—A satellite dish best served cold: Cryogenic upgrade boosts capacity by almost 80%
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Astronauts on NASA's Artemis mission to the moon will need better boots. Here's why
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Trump’s second term: the space priorities and players
Monday, 20 January 2025 16:50
Our guide for a second Trump administration as it relates to space.
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The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas
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NASA sets new hydrogen sulfide exposure limits for space missions
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Why organizing the White House for sustained space leadership is necessary
Monday, 20 January 2025 13:00
Executive order calls for cybersecurity review of civil space systems
Monday, 20 January 2025 11:18
One of the final space-related acts of the outgoing Biden administration is an executive order that includes provisions on space cybersecurity.
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Before and after space China performs high altitude reusable rocket test with uncertain outcome
Monday, 20 January 2025 08:08
HELSINKI — A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight aimed at testing reentry and landing burns late Saturday without announcing the outcome.
Satnav summer school open for registrations
Monday, 20 January 2025 07:03
Are you a young researcher in the field of satellite navigation? Learn from top-notch experts and expand your network at this year’s ESA-JRC International Summer School on Global Navigation Satellite Systems, taking place this July in Arachova, Greece.