January 28th, 2022
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NASA is monitoring the trajectory of a SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage, which supported the U.S. Air Force (now U.S. Space Force) launch of the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission in 2015. That mission is a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Space Force. After completing […]
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at Gale Crater is now performing Sol 3369 tasks. Susanne Schwenzer, a planetary geologist at The Open University Milton Keynes in the U.K., reports the rover tried to approach “The Prow.” “But, well, sometimes Mars does not read the script. If you ever drove off-road (or in heavy snow, for that […]
That errant SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage due to hit the Moon in early March may provide some science potential. The 4-ton stage will slam into the lunar landscape and officials for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) are planning to take advantage of the event. “The LRO project is assessing if the spacecraft will be […]
The maiden flight of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket will carry a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight payload. This Celestis mission, known as the Enterprise Flight, will launch more than 150 flight capsules containing cremated remains (ashes), DNA samples, and messages of greetings from clients worldwide. Destination: interplanetary space. “We’re very pleased to be […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at Gale Crater is now performing Sol 3367 duties. The rover has moved closer to one of the interesting, more resistant ledges that are exposed in the area (“The Prow”), as Curiosity continues her climb up Mount Sharp, reports Lucy Thompson, a planetary geologist at the University of New Brunswick; Fredericton, […]
Researchers have analyzed more than 500 large craters on Mars finding issue with previous studies that suggested spikes in the frequency of asteroid collisions for the Earth, the Moon, as well as the Red Planet. Western Australia’s New Curtin University scientists have confirmed the frequency of asteroid collisions that formed impact craters on Mars […]
Now performing Sol 3366 tasks, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover inspects “The Prow” and other sedimentary structures preserved in this region – perhaps creating shifting sands during the survey?
Following a week of ocean transport, China’s new generation carrier rocket, the Long March-8 Y2, has arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province. The rocket was carried in pieces to the center by ship from Tianjin, a northern coastal municipality. According to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the Long […]
Throughout last year there has been an upsurge of peculiar sightings reported thanks to individuals armed with an iphone or other video gear that spot and record strange glimmerings in the sky. Could they be a SpaceX parade of orbiting Starlink satellites, airplane-deployed flares, falling space junk, maybe floating specialty balloons or purposely-faked UFO incursions […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at Gale Crater is now performing Sol 3363 duties. It is a “sedimentologist’s delight,” reports Lauren Edgar, a planetary geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona. After a few sols of challenges that prevented researchers from getting close-up Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) imaging of a dark outcrop […]
