March 26th, 2018
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NASA is hosting a media teleconference on the status of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at 11:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 27. This update is expected to provide new information regarding delays in launching JWST – what will be the world’s premier infrared space observatory and the largest astronomical science telescope ever […]
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Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer at SpaceX, presents the updated design for the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), in a summary article published in New Space, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the New Space website. The article is a summary of Musk’s presentation at the […]
President Donald J. Trump has unveiled an “America First” National Space Strategy. Under the rubric of “Infrastructure and Technology” the Fact Sheet was issued on: March 23, 2018. “Our travels beyond the Earth propel scientific discoveries that improve our lives in countless ways here, right here, at home: powering vast new industry, spurring incredible new […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is wrapping up Sol 2001 duties. Controllers operating the robot put together Sol 2001 activities listening to a rousing rendition of “Also sprach Zarathustra” – the signature song from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Reports Abigail Fraeman, planetary geologist at NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, that inspirational music […]
The reentry of China’s Tiangong-1’s is being closely monitored by The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Orbital and Debris Reentry Studies (CORDS). Currently, the space station is predicted to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around April 1, 2018, plus or minus 4 days. However, due to the uncertainties involved, it is very difficult to predict the exact […]
NASA’s Curiosity robot on Mars has reached 2000 Martian Days of Red Planet roving, reports Christopher Edwards, a planetary geologist at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. “Our trusty Martian rover has spent 2000 sols exploring Gale Crater helping to unravel the geologic history preserved in the rocks,” Edwards explains. “We’ve observed a huge variety […]
The latest reentry forecast for China’s Tiangong-1 space lab has been provided by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Debris Office in Darmstadt, Germany. In a March 21 update, the Tiangong-1 reentry window forecast is now roughly March 30 to roughly April 2, with the Space Debris Office noting that this is highly variable. […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is at the end of Sol 1999 activities. “Curiosity is but one sol away from a major mission milestone, but work always comes before celebrations,” reports Scott Guzewich, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Major decision A recent major decision was whether to have Curiosity […]
General John E. Hyten, USAF, Commander, United States Strategic Command before Senate Committee on Armed Services on March 20, 2018. Testimony: https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Hyten_03-20-18.pdf Video: https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/watch?hearingid=747E75AD-5056-A066-609C-D40E2956EA06
A 45th Anniversary of Apollo 17 Panel was held at the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), being held this week in The Woodlands, Texas. Taking place on Wednesday, March 21, the event was live streamed and captured the saga of Apollo 17. This panel […]
