Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2023
Earth planning: Tuesday, August 1, 2023: Today we wrapped a single-sol plan for sol 3906. Our planning for this sol was primarily constrained by power. We had attempted to conduct a frost experiment over the weekend which failed, and so we are striving to save power to be able to attempt the experiment again on Wednesday's plan. The blog post for that weekend's plan gives an excellent descriptio

Vladivostok, Russia (XNA) Aug 03, 2023
Russia's first lunar station in nearly 50 years, Luna-25, will fly to the Moon in the early morning of Aug 11, local media reported on Thursday. According to Russia's RIA Novosti, the launch date is set for Aug 11 when the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Fregat upper stage and the automatic station will lift off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, located in the Amur Oblast, at 2:10 a.m. Moscow time

Jiuquan (XNA) Aug 03, 2023
China on Thursday launched a satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China. The Fengyun-3 06 satellite was launched at 11:47 am (Beijing Time) by a Long March-4C carrier rocket and successfully entered the planned orbit. The launch marked the 481st flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets. span class="BDL">Source: Xinhua News A

Stanford CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2023
Dunes, the mounds of sand formed by the wind that vary from ripples on the beach to towering behemoths in the desert, are incarnations of surface processes, climate change, and the surrounding atmosphere. For decades, scientists have puzzled over why they form different patterns. Now, Stanford researchers have found a way to interpret the meaning of these patterns. Their results, published

In recent weeks, devastating wildfires have spread in Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Tunisia and Canada, causing human casualties as well as massive environmental and economic damage.

While wildfires are a natural part of many ecosystems, scientists have warned that they are becoming more frequent and more widespread. In response, an upgraded version of ESA’s World Fire Atlas is now available providing a detailed analysis of wildfires across the globe.

Northrop Grumman is planning upgrades to its Cygnus cargo vehicle, such as increased payload capacity, to support both the International Space Station and future commercial space stations.

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Aeolus’s mission is over, but weather forecasting is improved forever, and a new precedent has been set for safe satellite reentries. The trailblazing Earth Explorer returned through our atmosphere on 28 July, following the path it was guided on by ESA’s mission control over Earth’s most uninhabited regions, finally disintegrating over the Antarctic. 

A week-long series of manoeuvres led to this point. They had never been performed before and pushed the satellite to its limits. Aeolus was never designed to fly at such low altitudes – its thrusters and fuel reserves were

Image: Recycling parts for life on the Moon

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity selected four vendors to develop technologies and new approaches for tracking small debris objects in space.

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