January 5th, 2022
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An alliance of experts in space, sports and the entertainment industry are designing and developing original games exclusively for zero or micro-gravity playing fields. The group has already singled out a number of prospective game concepts, from guiding a magnetic ball through hoops in space to space dodge ball between opposing teams, as well […]
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at Gale Crater has just entered Sol 3348. Curiosity has entered a new mapping quadrant, Roraima, viewing flat-topped hills and some steep slopes. “As we head southward, we will likely be parking near some of these tall hills and cliffs in order to get close-up images,” reports Ashley Stroupe, a […]
Just-issued images show NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter observations on Sol 292, acquired on December 15, 2021. This was the date of Ingenuity’s 18th flight. Imagery from the aerial machine was taken using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter’s fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.
50 Years of Solar System Exploration: Historical Perspectives has been issued by NASA Office of Communications/NASA History Division. Divided into 12 chapters, this free volume is expertly edited by Linda Billings, a consultant to NASA’s Astrobiology Program and Planetary Defense Coordination Office in the Planetary Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA […]
A new study sponsored by NASA investigates the feasibility of sending people with disabilities safely into space and returning them back to Earth. The appraisal — Parastronaut Feasibility Foundational Research Study — has made a number of recommendations, including revising medical standards for astronaut selection. Also, the study recommends utilizing parabolic flights to […]
Caught on Camera! The China National Space Administration (CNSA) published on Saturday a set of images taken by a free-floating camera dispatched from the country’s Tianwen-1 Mars circling spacecraft, including the first full photo of the mission orbiter. According to the CNSA, in-orbit photos were taken by a detachable sensor equipped with two wide-angle […]
Russia’s Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration will develop a list of “topical mutually beneficial projects” that will be included in a new Cooperation Program for 2023-2027. This work will be a continuation of the program of Russian-Chinese cooperation in the field of space for 2018-2022. “Currently, the most ambitious project of Russian-Chinese cooperation […]
Update: This object is expected to decay around Wed, 05/01/2022 10:09:00 +/- 7 hours UTC (these predictions are provided by Joseph Remis) via Satflare.com. Russia’s next-generation Angara-A5 rocket flew from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, launched by the Russian space forces on December 27. This was the third launch of the booster; the earlier two […]
2021 has been a major year for putting into operation early elements of China’s space station. The Tianhe core module was sent into orbit, and two batches of Chinese astronauts boarded that element for lengthy stays. Looking forward to 2022, the station’s construction is due to be completed after further crewed missions. For example, next […]
Discovering Mars – A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet by William Sheehan and Jim Bell; Published by University of Arizona Press (2021); 744 pages; Hardcover: $30.00 This splendid book is the product of historian William Sheehan and astronomer and planetary scientist Jim Bell. As the authors explain in the book’s […]
