November 28th, 2016
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CNN is ready to drop on the TV watcher a special report – “War in Space: The Next Battlefield” – airing Tuesday, November 29th at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. “The stakes couldn’t be higher. How the US responds to this new threat could determine who wins the defining conflict of the 21st century,” explains a […]
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The Moon, Mars, the asteroids…and beyond…which shall it be? Given the shift in U.S. political polarity, there is seemingly resurgence in “back to the Moon” thinking. To regain your lunar legs, beef up on all things Moon by reading an impressive and informative book by Paul D. Spudis, a senior staff scientist at the Lunar […]
Now just wrapping up Sol 1530 tasks, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is ready to take on a multi-sol plan of operations. The robot has a Thanksgiving holiday weekend task list that involves sols 1531-1533. Reports Ryan Anderson, a planetary scientist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona: “We are in place at […]
European Space Agency technicians are still in full-probe mode regarding the loss of their ExoMars 2016 Schiaparelli lander. The vehicle crashed onto Mars on October 19th. Schiaparelli’s atmospheric entry and associated braking occurred exactly as expected, reports ESA today. The parachute deployed normally at an altitude of 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) and a speed of […]
NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars is just wrapping up Sol 1528 duties. Given a recent rover drive of roughly 52 feet (16 meters), that gives the robot a total drive distance to just over 9.3 miles (15 kilometers) since it landed in August 2012. Keep in mind that I have been told a human field […]
New research is not only advancing our understanding about Mars’ history but has identified a possible resource for future expeditionary crews to the Red Planet. Thanks to hundreds of overhead passes with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument, data accumulated indicates that about as much water as the volume of Lake Superior lies […]
Note: As reported earlier by Inside Outer Space, there are some intriguing and comparative observations on Earth and Mars and the possible discovery of past life on the Red Planet. Here is a story from Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Earth and Space Exploration written by ASU’s Robert Burnham dated November 17, 2016. Finger-like structures […]
Space junk…a menacing and growing environmental worry. Now a unique art project reveals the world of space junk, making it personal, visible and audible. Called Adrift, this UK project takes the form of an interactive experience, a documentary film, as well as a listen-up sound experience. Adopt a chunk of junk A trio […]
Now in Sol 1525, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is wheeling toward a new drill site. Making use of the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) some striking images have been acquired of an outcrop called “Seawall.” According to Lauren Edgar, a research geologist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, the current […]
The crew of Shenzhou-11, following a 33-day space trek, returned safely to Earth on November 18th. Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong landed safely in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday. Recovery teams As viewed on CCTV, recovery of the crew took longer than expected due to spacecraft touchdown in a different […]
