February 18th, 2018
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For the first time, aerospace giant, Lockheed Martin, is making technical documents for its satellite buses openly available to the public. Typically, that data is closely held, shared with others via a non-disclosure agreement in place. The company’s initiative is dubbed “Open Space.” The goal is to help more companies and innovators tackle pressing […]
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The Trump administration’s recently issued proposed NASA budget includes support for a new Planetary Defense program for near-Earth object detection and mitigation under the agency’s Planetary Science Division. Part of the program is to bankroll the formulation of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission at $90 million in its first year. DART would collide […]
A new forecast on the reentry of China’s Tiangong-1 space lab has been issued by The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies (CORDS). Tiangong-1 is predicted to reenter in early April 2018, plus or minus 1.5 weeks. This prediction was performed by The Aerospace Corporation on February 14 and assumes an uncontrolled […]
Closing out Sol 1967 duties, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has accomplished several newsworthy tasks. “We got lots of good news this morning,” reports Ken Herkenhoff, a planetary geologist at the USGS in Flagstaff, Arizona. Firstly, the rover’s Dust Removal Tool brushed off a potential drill target successfully. Also done, Herkenhoff adds, was the analysis by […]
Passenger flight on rocket-for-hire flings to the edge of space is near at hand. One big draw that adds to the bragging rights for space travelers is the view from high above. Rubbernecking tourists will have face time with space, snagging perspective and images to travelogue their voyages. Life-changing views One major […]
The ultimate goal: Have one million people from Earth, living, working and moving around on Mars. Join Hewlett-Packard’s Mars Home Planet for a chance to win prizes, collaborate with the world’s leading visionaries, and earn a chance to have your design included in the ultimate Mars VR Experience. Transportation, infrastructure In short, call it the […]
Earlier this week, Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence, presented the United States Intelligence Community’s 2018 assessment of threats to US national security. In the Coats statement for the record, that unclassified worldwide threat assessment included a section on “Space and Counterspace.” Here is that section of the report: Antisatellite efforts Continued global space industry […]
Now deep into Sol 1965 operations, the NASA Curiosity Mars rover is checking out a site where the robot will restart drilling duties. Mark Salvatore, a planetary geologist from the University of Michigan in Dearborn, reports that plans for the rover have been “a bit on the thin side.” The reason is that Curiosity’s power […]
Hurling into space the red Tesla Roadster’s via the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket boosted talk about the car brand, but didn’t budge potential sales metrics, according to YouGov BrandIndex. The group measures public perception of thousands of brands across dozens of sectors. According to London-based YouGov BrandIndex, Tesla’s Word of Mouth score started rising several […]
Discover the possibilities of space through a new innovative web experience created by Microsoft Edge and Virgin Galactic. “The website is built to create a deeper connection between the global population and space travel by demonstrating how space exploration, research and transportation has the potential to improve life for everyone,” according to a […]
