Hayabusa capsule yields gas
Source: The Japan Times The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday it has collected a trace amount of gas, possibly vaporized material from asteroid surface samples, from inside the tiny capsule jettisoned by the Hayabusa unmanned space probe earlier this...New Public Survey Spotlights U.S. Future in Space
Credit: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Many Americans see dramatic scientific and technological advancements on the horizon, with big developments in space travel, medicine, engineering, and computers. However, despite the widely anticipated...Last Flyby of NASA Space Probe en route to Comet
Over the weekend, NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft will fly past Earth for the fifth and last time. Swinging by Earth on June 27th, the probe’s trajectory then places it on target for a close encounter with comet Hartley 2 later this year. The NASA Deep Impact mission...New Findings Suggest Mars Was Once Globally Suitable for Life
The evidence comes from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the European Space Agency’s Mars Express. MRO has been circling the Red Planet since March 2006, Mars Express since December 2003. The conclusions, which suggest ancient Mars hosted an...Venus: Once a Water World?
In Europe, scientists have found evidence that searing Venus may once have been a water world, perhaps suitable for life. Their speculation is based on findings from the European Space Agency’s Venus Express, a spacecraft mission launched in November 2005 for...Hayabusa Asteroid Sample Capsule: The Grand Opening
Hayabusa sample container – ready for opening! Credit: JAXA Hayabusa specialists ready return sample container for opening. Hopes are high that the opening of a returned-to-Earth sample capsule does contain bits of an asteroid. The Japan Aerospace Exploration...New Study: Space Junk May Stay in Earth Orbit Longer
BOULDER, Colorado – The Earth is encircled by menacing, human-made orbital debris. A new study suggests that long-term change in the Earth’s atmosphere is causing satellites – and troublesome space junk – to stay in orbit for longer than expected. A research...Garver: NASA Listening to Faster Heavy Lift Proposal
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver expressed a willingness Tuesday to work with Congress on the accelerated development of a heavy lift rocket as part of changes in the nation’s human exploration strategy proposed by President Obama. But she cautioned...Launch Dates for Last Two Shuttle Missions move to late October, late February
NASA announced Tuesday a re-scheduling of the launch dates for its final two shuttle missions to accommodate payload preparations. Shuttle Discovery’s eight-day re-supply mission to the International Space Station, which had been scheduled for a Sept. 16 lift...Space Talk
Discover the incredible story of Voyager 1! Launched in 1977 with less computing power than a car key.
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Swift has been in #space 22 years, studying the universe’s most powerful explosions. Now, it’s falling to Earth. NASA launched LINK to save it, but a failure sent LINK into an uncontrolled spin. Is that the end for #LINK and #Swift? Not quite!
https://earthsky.org/space/swift-spacecraft-boost-plunging-back-to-earth/
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Wishing ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot a safe and successful first spacewalk today! 👩🚀🌍
Alongside NASA astronaut Anil Menon, she’ll help replace an ISS antenna used for high-speed communications with Earth.
Good luck, Sophie and Anil!
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