April 21st, 2020
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The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is an American space weather station in position about a million miles from Earth in a unique location called Lagrange point 1, which basically allows it to hover between the Sun and our planet. The spacecraft’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) camera takes a new picture of Earth every […]
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A two-year grant is supporting the further maturation of Solar Gravity Lens (SGL) technologies to send a fleet of optical telescopes to image habitable planets far beyond our solar system. The SGL concept has received a $2 million grant by NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, a mission led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now engaged in Sol 2739 duties. Curiosity encountered an issue with its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), reports Melissa Rice, a planetary geologist at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. Up in the air New imagery shows the MAHLI instrument literally up in the air due to an issue with […]
An artificial intelligence-imbued assistant has been tested aboard the International Space Station. The free-flying, spherical technology demonstrator with AI showed off a number of its features during interactions with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. CIMON-2 is an updated version of the Crew Interactive MObile companioN astronaut. The degree of autonomy of the battery-powered assistant has been […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now engaged in Sol 2738 tasks. A selection of new images showcases the robot’s surroundings:
The prospects for further economic expansion into space seem full of promise with plans to send human exploration missions beyond Earth orbit to open new frontiers. To enable this process, there are a few fundamental questions: — Why should we try to stimulate this economic expansion? — What are the benefits to society? — […]
China appears on track to launch the Chang’e-5 sample-return mission to the Moon later this year. That venture represents the third phase of China’s lunar exploration project – returning samples from the Moon. If successful, China would become the third nation to haul back to Earth lunar collectibles. The former Soviet Union did […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2736 duties. Here are a few select images as the robot traverses downhill:
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now carrying out Sol 2735 tasks. Susanne Schwenzer, a planetary geologist at The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, reports that the rover is on its way back downhill, passing by previously surveyed structures, veins and nodules when the robot was climbing up that area. “As the time was […]
The U.S. Space Command is aware and tracking Russia’s direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test today. “Russia’s DA-ASAT test provides yet another example that the threats to U.S. and allied space systems are real, serious and growing,” said General John W. “Jay” Raymond, USSPACECOM commander and U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations. “The United States […]
