July 3rd, 2019
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Worth a read: The fact that the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is even considering the idea of a space station in orbit is a pretty big deal — and an even bigger deal if it grows over time to accommodate a human crew. Story by Theresa Hitchens at Breaking Defense. Go […]
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In case you didn’t know – and time has flown by — July 2 is World UFO Day. This year UFO supporters are in the spotlight thanks to a flood of UFO news, including: UFO incident reports from Navy pilots and former Pentagon intelligence officers and the release of classified UFO research from […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2451 weekend tasks. Reports Roger Wiens, a geochemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico: “Curiosity has been a bit down lately-in elevation. After exploring the top of Vera Rubin Ridge (VRR) last year, the rover descended into a trough south of the […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2450 science duties. “We are continuing our exploration of Glen Torridon (the clay-bearing unit) and the varied lithologies exposed in this area of Gale crater, including more rubbly bedrock that is mixed with sand, and more coherent bedrock exposed both in the ground and capping prominent […]
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has snapped new imagery of China’s Yutu-2 rover that is still on the move! The orbiter’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) shows the wheeled rover about 426 feet (130 meters) west of the Chang’e-4 lander. Once a month, LRO passes over the Chang’e 4 landing site, allowing LROC to […]
Space Dogs: The Story of the Celebrated Canine Cosmonauts by Martin Parr/Text by Richard Hollingham; Laurence King Publishing, New York, 2019; softcover: 128 pages, $16.99 This enchanting book details the Soviet Union’s space dogs, those uncanny canine explorers that blazed the trail for human space travelers. Laika, Belka, Strelka, and other dogs became superstars! Space […]
China’s Chang’e-4 lander and the Yutu-2 have resumed work for the seventh lunar day on the farside of the Moon after “sleeping” during the extreme cold night. Both are in normal working condition, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA). China’s Xinhua news agency reports that […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now performing Sol 2449 science duties. Reports Scott Guzewich, an atmospheric scientist at NASA/GSFC in Greenbelt, Maryland: A recent plan wrapped up time for the rover to study the Teal Ridge outcrop, then the robot is to drive toward the next waypoint in the clay-bearing unit of Gale Crater. Lien […]
In July the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) celebrates 50 years of investigating and promoting research on the unidentified flying object phenomenon. The all-volunteer, non-profit, scientific-based organization has endeavored since 1969 to hunt down answers about baffling vehicles of unknown origin. After five decades, has there been any scientific pay dirt in studying UFOs? Are […]
NASA is investing in a new research program – the Exploring Ocean Worlds (ExOW) project. The five-year effort is geared to understand the potential for life in the outer solar system and establishes a new Network for Ocean Worlds. The focus of the effort would address a central question in astrobiology research today: On […]
