June 22nd, 2020
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The substance found on the farside of the Moon by China’s lunar rover Yutu-2 might be breccia, experts at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center have stated according to China Central Television (CCTV). During the eighth lunar day of exploration, the Yutu-2 rover found colloidal substance in a pit on the Moon’s surface, and after further […]
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Detecting other starfolk out there isn’t easy. But new research is focused on far out reflecting solar panels, and evidence of extraterrestrial industrial activity – measurements to produce the first entries for an online technosignatures library. The first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)-specific NASA grant in over three decades has been awarded to Harvard & […]
Webinar: Mars Exploration: Blueprint for the Red Planet Wednesday, June 24 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Author and award-winning space journalist Leonard David and SpaceNews Editor-in-Chief Brian Berger will be joined by the director of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program and the project scientist for the soon-to-launch Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission to discuss the status of […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now conducting Sol 2798 tasks and has reached the 14.0 mile (22.53 kilometers) mark since landing in August 2012. Following a recent drive, Curiosity has wheeled closer to “Bloodstone Hill.” Perfect spot Another scheduled drive of the rover is to put it in a perfect spot to conduct contact science […]
One year after launching into space, The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft has completed its primary mission phase and is embarking on an extended mission starting next week, dedicated to further advancing solar sailing technology. LightSail 2 remains healthy, except for a few minor problems. According to The Planetary Society’s website, images show one of […]
The U.S. Secretary for Defense has released the Defense Space Strategy, which identifies how Department of Defense will advance spacepower to be able to compete, deter and win in a complex security environment characterized by great power competition. The Department of Defense (DoD) is embarking on the most significant transformation in the history of the […]
China’s lunar rover Yutu-2 and Chang’e-4 lander autonomously came back to life on June 15, and entered their 19th lunar day of activity on the farside of the Moon. A day on the Moon lasts as long as 29.5 Earth days. Since the Chang’e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing within the Von Kármán crater […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2795 tasks. Reports Kristen Bennett, a planetary geologist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona: “A few months ago, Curiosity drove up on top of the ‘Greenheugh pediment’ to investigate the capping unit that is visible on top. After Curiosity drove off the pediment, […]
All the emergency preparedness activities now underway due to the coronavirus – do they offer insight into our readiness for an incoming near Earth object impactor? I contacted several asteroid experts as well as an authority on emergency preparedness for advice on how best to handle the storm before the calm. […]
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2020 Time: 11:00 AM EST; 5 PM CEST Space Café -Special – this is a For All Moonkind and SpaceWatch.Global’s webinar featuring global space experts on special topics. Join the conversation about race with diverse perspectives from within and outside the US space community. More equal future Hosted by Michelle […]
