Japan’s Hayabusa Probe: Tiny Asteroid Bits Possibly Snagged
There’s heightened excitement by officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Analysis of the tiny contents within the Hayabusa sample capsule that returned to Earth from asteroid Itokawa may indeed be minute particles of the visited space rock....High Frontier for Space Settlements
Space industrialization and settlement of the high frontier will be the theme of a threshold conference to be held at month’s end. Space Manufacturing 14: Critical Technologies for Space Settlement conference will bring together futurists, space scientists and...China Moon Orbiter Starts Data Delivery to Earth
China’s second lunar orbiter – Chang’E-2 – after a second braking action — the probe has settled into a new orbit around the Moon and has delivered its first data to Earth. There are seven scientific instruments, such as a stereo camera, laser altimeter, gamma...Saturn Moon – A Hazy, Cozy Atmosphere for Life?
Titan is Saturn’s largest moon, enshrouded by a smog-like haze. Work by a University of Arizona (UA) research team has simulated that haze, finding amino acids and nucleotide bases – the most important ingredients of life on Earth. “Our team is the first to be able to...Book Review: The Wright Stuff – The Century of Effort Behind Your Ticket to Space
The Wright Stuff – The Century of Effort Behind Your Ticket to Space By Derek Webber; Apogee Books; Burlington, Ontario Canada; $25.95 (soft cover); October 2010. Here’s an invaluable guide to the emergence of public space tourism. What the reader will find in...Update: China’s Chang’e-2 Moon Probe Enters Lunar Orbit
Launched on October 1, China’s Chang’e-2 spacecraft braked itself into an orbit around the Moon on October 6, Beijing local time. Firing its onboard engine for 30 minutes, the probe entered a 100 kilometer by 8,000 kilometer orbit. The craft takes some 12 hours to...Red Planet Orbiter: MAVEN to go Martian
BOULDER, Colorado – An innovative NASA Mars Orbiter is moving into the development stage. The mission is NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN for short. It will probe the past climate of Mars, including its potential for harboring life over...China Probe Nears Lunar Orbit
China’s Chang’e-2 is Moon-bound and on course to enter lunar orbit after five days of flight. Launched on October 1, Chang’e-2 is to start orbiting the Moon early this week. The Chinese spacecraft is to enter lunar orbit, initially about 100 kilometers above the...First Drop Test of SpaceShipTwo Looming
The first drop test of – SpaceShipTwo – the suborbital spaceliner being built for Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic — appears to be near at hand. SpaceShipTwo is undergoing testing by Scaled Composites at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Taking...Space Talk
A new eye on the cosmos is almost ready to soar!
#NASA’s #NancyGraceRoman Space Telescope is now set to launch on 30 August 2026 - eight months ahead of schedule.
With its powerful wide-field infrared vision, #Roman will reveal vast, uncharted regions of the #universe,
#Space
🇲🇦🇧🇷| Brazilian company Saipher presented its HORUS SDA/SSA/STM software during a meeting with FAR 4th Bureau officials. The system provides Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), and Space Traffic Monitoring (STM) capabilities.
@Eric3Gribble Not how Congress works. SLS gets money allocated to it by Congress. SLS receiving money doesn’t take money from other parts of NASA.
And it’s a good thing that we didn’t fall for this trap too, because then no part of Artemis would be working
Everybody say "Hi, LESTR" 👋
This machine at our center is helping NASA study how materials behave in super-cold environments.
Putting electronics and other flight hardware to the test at extremely low temperatures will be critical as we look to build a Moon Base near the lunar
