January 17th, 2023
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Chinese scientists precisely confirmed the latest volcanic activity on the Moon took place about 2 billion years ago. This confirmation is based on returned-to-Earth lunar samples, collected by China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe in 2020. For a China Central Television video, go to: https://youtu.be/RQYNBSpUEe0
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NASA’s Office of Inspector General has issued a report — NASA’s Partnerships with International Space Agencies for the Artemis Campaign – making several observations and recommendations. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) report notes the interest in NASA’s back-to-the-Moon Artemis campaign by international space community. That is evidenced by NASA’s 54 Artemis-related international instruments and […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at Gale Crater is now performing Sol 3712 duties. The robot is safe and sound, but a recent downlink glitch slowed down research plans, reports Kristen Bennett, a planetary geologist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona. “All we need to do is wait for the missing data and […]
Russia’s Roscosmos and NASA continue to work on ensuring the safety of the International Space Station crew due to the now-docked — but compromised — Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. That craft suffered a coolant leak in mid-December of last year. Due to a possible meteoroid strike, the vehicle’s radiator pipeline spewed its coolant out into space, […]
The “Everyday Astronaut” turns out to be a not so every day kind of person. Talented Tim Dodd is the central spark plug behind the Internet-streamed show, dedicated to “bring space down to Earth for everyday people.” I recently caught up with Dodd. Indeed, his future looks bright – particularly thanks to the glow […]
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter continues to chalk up new stats at Jezero Crater, flying above the Red Planet on its 39th flight hop. On this trek the micro-device flew on January 11, 2023, reaching 33 feet (10 meters) in altitude and flying roughly 456 ft (139 meters) northeast. Overall, the flight lasted around 79 […]
A new, just-released report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) highlights the greater awareness of airspace and increased opportunity to resolve UAP events. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 required the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to submit an annual report to Congress on unidentified aerial […]
The recent Virgin Orbit launch mishap is being analyzed with preliminary data under review that already sheds some light on the premature shutdown of the “Start Me Up” air-launched rocket mission. Virgin Orbit has begun an internal investigation into root causes of the failure after the mission departed on January 9th from the newly commissioned […]
Russian space experts via a State Commission have detailed a plan to deal with the compromised Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft now docked with the International Space Station. In mid-December of last year, a radiator pipeline spewed its coolant out into space, putting to question the overall integrity of the craft to return crew members safely […]
Where do you go for a high-tech look into the future of what’s possibly possible? Enter the far-out world of NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. Be it a Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE) to enable the next generation of large space observatories or pellet-beam propulsion, or a lunar south pole oxygen pipeline, even an aerogel […]
