NASA’s Juno to Jupiter: Spacecraft Prepared for August 5th Liftoff
NASA’s Juno mission to giant planet Jupiter is now in final preparation for its departure. The launch of the Lockheed Martin-built Juno aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is on track for an August 5th takeoff from Florida. After launch, the spacecraft will...Asteroid Arrival! Dawn Spacecraft Slips Into Orbit Around Vesta
It’s official. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has relayed information to confirm that it has entered an orbit around asteroid Vesta. Dawn has become the first probe ever to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Researchers are now...De-Cluttering Outer Space: The Four Critical “Cs”
The worrisome build-up of human-caused orbital debris has reached a critical point. Collisions between objects will continue to occur, and so will impact damages to operational spacecraft. The trend will get worse unless more aggressive actions — such as active...Survey Findings Spotlight Life on Other Planets, Humans on Mars Timetable
The word from a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey is that 58 percent of American adults consider it likely life exists on other planets. Furthermore, Forty-nine percent (49%) say it’s likely that a human will walk on Mars in the next 25 years, down...Dawn’s New Look at Asteroid Vesta!
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has taken new imagery of asteroid Vesta. As the spacecraft approaches Vesta, surface details are coming into focus. Starting late July 15, the ion-engine propelled spacecraft will spend about one...New Survey Findings: Public Support for NASA/Space Shuttle
A just released Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey has found that 50% of Americans polled say the Space Shuttle program worth what it cost taxpayers. As the last U.S. space shuttle now circles the planet, the survey found that Americans are slightly more...Visionary Quest to Asteroid Vesta: Arrival July 16
Standby for up-close looks at the large asteroid Vesta! This object resides in the main asteroid belt and is the target of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. Spacecraft controllers are ready to go into orbit around Vesta on July 16. Once on duty, scientists will begin gathering...Book Review: Watching Earth From Space: How Surveillance Helps Us – And Harms Us
Watching Earth From Space: How Surveillance Helps Us – And Harms Us by Pat Norris; Springer, New York, New York (jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK); $39.95 (softcover); 2010. Here’s a book that literally pulls back the curtain on the benefits and problems...Going…Going…Gone! Atlantis Liftoff, Shuttle Finale
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida – Space Shuttle Atlantis roared off its launch pad here, crackling its way skyward into orbit. The flawless countdown leading to the Atlantis liftoff was slightly delayed for 2 ½ minutes as engineers assured themselves that part of the...Space Talk
Amaero Inc. (ASX:3DA) has re-signed CEO and Chair Hank Holland to a four-year contract through to June 2030.
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🤝A space mission is never just one person’s dream. It takes thousands of people working together, with benefits that ultimately reach us all.
Looking forward to sharing the next adventure.
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Why do galaxies spin?
A new study "spots “primordial spin” imprinted on galaxies by churning halos of dark matter" and opens "a window for cosmological measurements of neutrino mass and other cosmological parameters".
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#NextGenBharat | India’s space sector is entering a new era, with startups developing reusable rockets, advanced launch systems, and space debris solutions to make space technology affordable and future-ready.
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