February 13th, 2014
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The good news from Beijing is that China’s Yutu (Jade Rabbit) lunar rover is indeed awake, apparently surviving its 14-days of low temp trauma. However, ground controllers are still trying to find out the cause of its “mechanical control abnormality.” “The rover stands a chance of being saved now that it is still alive,” said […]
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There’s a new entry in the air-launched rocket system business to hurl small satellites into Earth orbit. Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. (GO) of Atlanta, Georgia signed an exclusive investment banking agreement with The Inman Company, an investment banking firm. As part of the GO team, Inman will assist in raising capital to fund GO’s […]
Obit for a frozen rabbit? No official word as yet, although one Chinese news story states that China’s first lunar rover, Yutu (meaning Jade Rabbit), could not be restored to “full function” on Monday as expected, and “netizens” mourned it on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service. For more details, go to: Has China’s Ailing Moon Rover […]
Small satellites are growing… in popularity and utility. That’s the message from a new study looking into trends and projections for the nano/microsatellite market. The new assessment comes from SpaceWorks of Atlanta, Georgia and the study projects that more than 400 nano/micro satellites will need launches annually in the year 2020 and beyond. SpaceWorks is […]
The count in China is one alive, one still silent. That’s the Internet word this morning that scientists have regained contact with the science-instrumented Chang’e 3 lander after surviving a 14-day lunar night. No official word, however, as of this posting. Whether the Yutu (Jade Rabbit) has come out of a “cosmic coma” remains unknown. That […]
Top: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/ArizonaState University Bottom: Courtesy of Jim Rice/PSI That odd object – dubbed Pinnacle Island — spotted by NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover continues to be perplexing. More detective work is ahead explains James Rice, Senior Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, Geology Team Leader, at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona. […]
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechSee More NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has crossed a dune that stands across a gateway to a southwestward route favored by the rover team for driving to future science destinations. After reaching the west side of the 3-foot-tall (1-meter-tall) dune,… the rover looked back at its tracks down the western slope. […]
Depression in Space: How Computer Software Could Help Astronauts Cope http://www.space.com/24538-space-depression-astronauts-long-missions.html
America’s Space Futures: Defining Goals for Space Exploration, Editor Eric Sterner; George C. Marshall Institute, Arlington, Va.; $12.99, shipping and handling $3.99; (soft cover); 2013. The George C. Marshall Institute has published a thought-provoking new book, America’s Space Futures: Defining Goals for Space Exploration, edited by Institute Fellow Eric R. Sterner. There are those that […]
Ok, not quite “space” related, but if they can do this on Mars and flying around Olympus Mons! Check out these videos: A team of German pilots from the Mountain Wave Project (MWP) and researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches… Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have achieved a groundbreaking feat around […]
