January 9th, 2024
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Retrofire to Apollo 15: A new educational film focuses on Apollo 15, the 1971 mission of David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin, and the Apollo program in general. Apollo 15 was the first of the Apollo “J” missions capable of a longer stay time on the Moon and greater surface mobility. Enhanced […]
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Russia’s Roscosmos is outlining a new space station, named Russian Orbital Station (ROS). According to a recent Roscosmos posting, they emphasize its main advantage: “virtually unlimited development.” That virtually unlimited development is thanks to the node module. “It, as a universal design part, will allow you to dock and later replace any modules in almost […]
New tool to predict Starlink satellite reflections is available from Privateer Space. As a space decision intelligence platform organization, the Wayfinder app is now available. Maui-based Privateer was co-founded in 2021 by tech and space veteran Alex Fielding, Silicon Valley titan Steve Wozniak, and astrodynamicist Moriba Jah to serve as the […]
New research has focused on the clouds of Venus saturated with sulfuric acid, work that enhances the potential habitability of that world – not at its surface, but high above the planet’s hell hole-like landscape. Just-published research calls for the start of a new branch of astrobiology and a new branch of organic chemistry. “The […]
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory has confirmed flight #70 of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter. The flight occurred on December 22, 2023, flying a horizontal distance of 260 meters (roughly 853 feet), gaining a maximum altitude of 12 meters (approximately 39 feet) and flew for 132.9 seconds over martian landscape.
Be it returning samples from the surface of Venus to propelling a swarm of tiny spacecraft to Proxima Centauri – there’s a big high-tech future out there, big enough to think about never-done-before types of exploration. The NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) program fosters pioneering ideas by funding early-stage technology concept studies for future consideration […]
The upcoming liftoff of a Moon lander – the Peregrine Mission One – is a nail-bitter for many reasons. As a privately-built spacecraft it represents an undertaking advanced by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. That lunar lander is a product of tender loving care provided by Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based firm, packed with […]
A Moon-bound spacecraft houses photographs, novels, student artwork – as well as a piece of Mount Everest. Ready for departure is the Peregrine Mission One built by Astrobotic. The lunar lander is toting 21 payloads (cargo) from governments, companies, universities, and NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, all riding atop the maiden blastoff of the […]
Hellish Venus is blistering hot, not only temperature-wise. It’s also a hot topic for scrutinizing whether or not the cloud-enveloped world might be a haven for high-altitude life. Sara Seager, professor of planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is principal science investigator for the privately launched Rocket Lab Mission to Venus. This […]
There is an increased uptick in research focused on Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, or UAP. In many ways, serious looks into UAP is the classic unveiling of a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. And that’s a perfect situation for an organization labeled Enigma. This group is focused on how to reach and serve people who […]
