Fortuna Investments announces US expansion and first space investment
Fortuna Investments ("Fortuna"), a venture capital and advisory firm founded by Justus Parmar, is pleased to announce its expansion to the U.S. market with the opening of an office in Miami Beach, Florida. From this strategic vantage point, the firm plans to invest in companies and entrepreneurs in both the burgeoning space industry as well as clean-tech and other emerging industries.
In c Sols 3744-3745: The One That Got Away
The team was eagerly awaiting our downlink this morning to hear how the drill attempt from Sol 3742 went. The images came down and indeed there was a drill hole... a mini drill hole... and sadly not deep enough to get to a sufficient depth for the drill assembly to start collecting sample. This was our fourth attempt to drill this marker band, and we gave it our best shot from both a geology and China releases Chang'e-4 payloads' scientific datasets
China has released a new batch of datasets from the payloads installed on the Chang'e-4 probe on the official website of the Lunar and Planetary Data Release System.
The datasets include 3,991.1 MB of 803 data files obtained by the four scientific payloads on the Chang'e-4 lander and rover between December 26, 2021 and January 10, 2022.
The Chang'e-4 probe, launched on Dec 8, 2018, m Copernicus Sentinel-2 helps explorers unearth rare 7.6 kg meteorite in Antarctica
Copernicus Sentinel-2 helps explorers unearth rare meteorite
FAA forecasts surging commercial launch activity
The FAA forecasts that commercial launches it licenses could more than double in the next several years, putting an additional strain on the handful of spaceports that host them.
The growing Chinese space threat
The recent Chinese spy balloon scare has attracted the attention of a bipartisan coalition in Congress, which is concerned about just how robust China’s satellite and intelligence operations are.
Japanese startup unveils balloon flight space viewing tours
ClearSpace clears first ESA review for 2026 de-orbit mission
ClearSpace has started procuring spacecraft parts for its inaugural debris de-orbit mission in 2026, the Swiss startup said after announcing Feb.
Envisioning the next generation of space telescopes
Astronomers hope to capitalize on JWST's success to build support for launching three New Great Observatories by 2050.
NASA Mars orbiter reveals China’s Zhurong rover has not moved for months
Images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal that China’s Zhurong rover remains stationary on the Red Planet as China remains silent on the status of its spacecraft.
