March 18th, 2020
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Curiosity is “go” for drilling reports Ken Herkenhoff, a planetary geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center at Flagstaff, Arizona. During the acquisition of Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) images on Sol 2705, an arm hiccup prevented the sequence from completing. “But enough images were successfully acquired that it’s not necessary to repeat the MAHLI sequence, […]
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“Now you can help win the Space Race with the United States Space Force action figures. Build your own Space Force Red or Space Force Blue team OR combine forces to defeat Putin and make space great again!,” explains AMAZO Toys. According to the group, Commander Trump & Commander Obama join forces along with […]
NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released today, March 17, 2020: Audit of NASA’s Development of Its Mobile Launchers In May 2019, NASA announced the Artemis program with the goal to return U.S. astronauts to the Moon by 2024 using the Space Launch System (SLS), the Agency’s new heavy-lift rocket. The Agency is developing two […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recently made a small bump, moving into position to examine “Edinburgh” – a potential drill target. Over last weekend, the plan called for use of the Dust Removal Tool on Edinburgh and observe the target with Curiosity’s Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam), the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS), the Mars Hand […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now engaged in Sol 2703 operations. Here is a selection of recent images taken by the robot:
New Mexico’s Spaceport America has held a training exercise in emergency response preparedness. Spaceport America and the Louisiana State University National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE) jointly held an emergency response preparedness training exercise at Spaceport America on March 10 -13, 2020 for the Spaceport America team and statewide […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2702 duties. The robot’s recent drive went well, reports Ken Herkenhoff, Planetary Geologist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center, “setting the rover up for contact and remote science on exposures of the pediment-capping bedrock.” Bedrock slabs A recently drafted plan called for the Curiosity’s arm to […]
The increase in proliferated low Earth orbit constellations has fueled concern over light pollution. How might such interference affect astronomy and the astronomical infrastructure? A new report from The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy takes a look at the proliferated low Earth orbit (pLEO) constellations set to launch over the next decade. […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2700 duties. The current plan calls for the major task of carrying out a science campaign investigating the Greenheugh Pediment, reports Scott Guzewich, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. That plan slated the task of taking a large Mastcam stereo […]
Another look at the delayed NASA Space Launch System was posted on the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) Internet today: March 10, 2020. The OIG reports: “NASA continues to struggle managing SLS Program costs and schedule as the launch date for the first integrated SLS/Orion mission slips further. Rising costs and delays can be […]
