March 28th, 2024
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In classic “wait a minute” style, for ConkSat where there’s will, there’s a way – with X postings offering some challenging marketing concepts. “For years, spaceflight companies have discussed means for reducing the amount of space junk in low Earth orbit (LEO). As visionaries at ConkSat, we have never been satisfied with the status quo […]
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The Moon has gained a new companion – China’s lunar relay satellite, the Queqiao-2. Following roughly 112 flight hours after launch, the spacecraft performed a near-Moon braking procedure, placing it in circumlunar orbit, reported the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Monday. Upcoming is for the relay craft to adjust its altitude and […]
Mum’s the word from Odysseus – that Intuitive Machines lunar lander that plopped down on the Moon in February. Odysseus — also dubbed “Odie” — arrived at the Malapert-A crater area on February 22, making a rough and tumble landing, tipping over at the site compromising its ability to perform all its duties. […]
Things are looking up for digging deep on Mars. Progress is palpable on how best to extract subsurface ice to yield made-on-Mars drinkable water, rocket fuel, and other useful resources. But boring down from the topside of Mars to reach available icy reservoirs is no slam dunk. Tackling that future desire is Honeybee Robotics, dubbing […]
China’s commercial launch activity in Wenchang is on the upswing, evident in launch pad construction that involves “cutting-edge” technologies and the ability to handle different types of rockets. Reportedly, by using modular steel structure compared with traditional launch pads, construction time has been cut in half. Launch Pad No. 1 construction began in July 2022 […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at Gale Crater is now performing Sol 4134 duties. The rover is driving south along the eastern edge of the upper Gediz Vallis Ridge or uGVR in geological shorthand, reports Sharon Wilson Purdy, a planetary geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Wide range of activities […]
The vision is to democratize space using high-definition video. That’s the mission of Charles Black, founder and CEO of the London-based Sen that was founded in 2014. Sen’s mission to livestream Earth in 4K is literally a real-time event. Now onboard the SpaceX supply ship launched on March 21, the private group’s payload is due […]
There’s a growing and passionate call for preserving radio silence on the farside of the Moon. A first-of-its-kind international symposium is being held this week, turning up the speaker volume to mull over the prospect of protecting real estate on the Moon’s farside exclusively for dedicated scientific purposes. Yes, despite the Moon being surrounding by […]
All seems good to go with China’s en route to the Moon Queqiao-2 relay satellite – an essential element of the country’s expanding lunar exploration agenda. Riding atop a Long March-8 Y3 carrier rocket departing on Wednesday (Beijing Time) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, the relay craft entered a planned Earth-Moon transfer orbit. Queqiao-2’s […]
Despite the failure of the first U.S. commercial lunar lander to ever operate in space, Astrobotic Technology is pressing forward on its next moon mission still on the calendar for sendoff before year’s end. Notes a final update for the Peregrine Mission One on the Astrobotic website: “Peregrine has flown so Griffin may land. […]
