SwRI scientist helps identify new evidence for habitability in Enceladus's ocean
Friday, 23 September 2022 13:14
The search for extraterrestrial life just got more interesting as a team of scientists including Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Christopher Glein has discovered new evidence for a key building block for life in the subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus. New modeling indicates that Enceladus's ocean should be relatively rich in dissolved phosphorus, an essential ingredient for life. Sols 3599-3600: A Stay and Play Kind of Day
Friday, 23 September 2022 13:14
Coming into planning, we were ready for a standard "Touch and Go" plan, where we do some early morning science and then drive onto our next location. However, our workspace had some really great bedrock within arm reach, so we decided to convert the plan into a "Stay and Play" type of plan instead and spend more time characterizing the rocks here.
On the first sol of the plan, APXS and MAH Small craters add up to wandering poles on Moon
Friday, 23 September 2022 13:14
The Moon's craters preserve billions of years of history. Scientists have learned about the conditions of our early solar system by studying the composition, size, and distribution of these holes in the Moon's surface, created long ago by collisions with asteroids.
But instead of directly studying the characteristics of these holes, a team based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Gre New clues about Mars' early atmosphere suggest a wet planet capable of supporting life
Friday, 23 September 2022 13:14
New research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that Mars was born wet, with a dense atmosphere allowing warm-to-hot oceans for millions of years. To reach this conclusion, researchers developed the first model of the evolution of the Martian atmosphere that links the high temperatures associated with Mars's formation in a molten state through to the formation of the first Number of ancient Martian lakes might be dramatically underestimated
Friday, 23 September 2022 13:14
Lakes are bodies of water fed by rainfall, snowmelt, rivers and groundwater, through which, Earth is teeming with life. Lakes also contain critical geologic records of past climates. Though Mars is a frozen desert today, scientists have shown that Mars contains evidence of ancient lakes that existed billions of years ago, which could contain evidence for ancient life and climate conditions on th Celebrate 'International Observe the Moon Night' with NASA
Friday, 23 September 2022 13:00
The public is invited to participate in NASA’s celebration of "International Observe the Moon Night" on Saturday, Oct. 1. Week in images: 19-23 September 2022
Friday, 23 September 2022 12:15
Week in images: 19-23 September 2022
Discover our week through the lens
Smartphone chips flown in orbit for space weather monitoring
Friday, 23 September 2022 11:00
Magnetic technology more typically found in your smartphone or computer hard drive has been flight-tested aboard a shoebox-sized satellite, employed to help monitor space weather in Earth orbit. The ‘magnetoresistive’ magnetometer design proven by ESA’s RadCube mission will now be flown on the Gateway station, set to orbit around the Moon.
Axiom Space to fly Saudi astronauts
Friday, 23 September 2022 10:24
Axiom Space will fly two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, one of them a woman, to space as soon as next year, the company and the Saudi government announced Sept. 22.
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Earth from Space: Lake Trasimeno
Friday, 23 September 2022 07:00
Lake Trasimeno, the fourth largest lake in Italy, is featured in this week’s Earth from Space image.
SES considering quantum cryptography satellite system
Friday, 23 September 2022 05:57
A technology demonstration satellite for which SES will lead the development could be a prototype of a constellation by the satellite operator providing quantum-encrypted communications.
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ESA lunar landing camera to fly to the Moon
Thursday, 22 September 2022 21:35
ESA has many ambitions for exploring our Moon, and we are setting the groundwork for a lander that can rely on cameras and lidar to analyse lunar terrain and choose the best landing spot – autonomously. The camera is ready, but nothing beats a real-world test: ESA has chosen Lunar Logistics Services and Astrobotic from a competitive tender to fly the innovative camera, called LandCam-X, to the Moon in 2024 on Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One.
SES-led group to deploy quantum security satellite for Europe in 2024
Thursday, 22 September 2022 21:10
The European Space Agency has tasked an SES-led consortium to develop a satellite and begin operating it in 2024 to validate quantum key distribution technology.
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As DoD grows more reliant on space industry, it needs to define the relationship
Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:24
DoD and the intelligence community are laying out requirements for how they would use commercial space systems during wartime
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NASA's Juno will perform close flyby of Jupiter's icy moon Europa
Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:17
On Thursday, Sept. 29, at 2:36 a.m. PDT (5:36 a.m. EDT), NASA's Juno spacecraft will come within 222 miles (358 kilometers) of the surface of Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa. The solar-powered spacecraft is expected to obtain some of the highest-resolution images ever taken of portions of Europa's surface, as well as collect valuable data on the moon's interior, surface composition, and ionosphere, along with its interaction with Jupiter's magnetosphere.