August 18th, 2020
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now carrying out Sol 2856 duties and in between drill holes. Roger Wiens, a geochemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, explains that on this Earth day in Mars exploration history 15 years ago, Spirit was approaching the summit of a roughly 328 feet (100-meter) tall “Husband Hill” […]
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If you are an Unidentified Flying Object and alien visitation or abduction fan, it’s manna from heaven. Videos showing Navy pilots encountering mysterious spherical objects publicly emerged in 2017 and 2018. The videos were made public due to New York Times reporting and the efforts by To The Stars Academy – a research, […]
New research shows that exhaust from lunar landers can rapidly spread around the Moon and potentially contaminate scientifically vital ices at the lunar poles. Native ices sequestered in the Moon’s poleward craters — ices that may date back several billion years — will need to be carefully considered during increased efforts to return […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now drawing closure on Sol 2852 tasks. Recent images of the “Mary Anning” drill hole, have sparked the Mars science team’s interest for both scientific and operational reasons, reports Mariah Baker, Planetary Geologist at the Center for Earth & Planetary Studies in the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in […]
A U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) release today notes that on August 4, 2020, Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist approved the establishment of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF). The Department of the Navy, under the cognizance of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, will […]
That troubled “Mole” heat probe on NASA’s InSight Mars mission is presently fully covered with Martian sand. The plan now calls for the Mole to be pushed a little deeper into the ground with the continued help of the spacecraft’s robotic scoop. The save the Mole script calls for not pressing the Mole with […]
If a crew is heading off to Mars, who wears the pants in this family of explorers? It might be everyone given new research on a Mobile Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) Gravity Suit for Long-Duration Spaceflight. The suit is the result of NASA-sponsored work led by Neeki Ashari and Alan Hargens, both with the […]
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has announced that the United States Department of the Air Force – Boeing X-37B team has been named as the recipient of the 2019 Robert J. Collier Trophy. The Collier Trophy is awarded annually for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, […]
Firstly, there’s some farside news. China’s Chang’e-4 farside lander/rover mission is now in Moon exploration day 21. Space reporter Andrew Jones tweets that the lander resumed activities at 06:54 UTC today while Yutu-2 awoke at 12:34 July 12. Both spacecraft are reportedly operating well after a 14-day, nighttime cold soak. The Yutu-2 rover, Jones […]
A possible next step to explore Saturn’s rings, atmosphere, interior, and inner magnetosphere is the Saturn Ring Skimmer mission concept. The mission would be a ballistic tour that passes repeatedly at low altitude over Saturn’s main rings. In the span of only 162 days, and without using any propellant, one possible tour covers the main […]
