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...How Dark Are Your Skies? New Campaign Launched
Along with all sorts of environmental pollution on our planet – have you ever thought that light is a menacing type of contamination? It’s true for all the nighttime sky watchers out there! The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory is kicking off a...New Views: Satellites Track Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
NASA’s Terra satellite keeps an eye on huge oil spill The huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being observed by numbers of satellites, such as NASA’s Aqua and Terra spacecraft. Those satellites make use of a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer...Mars In Your Pocket: New iPhone app
Credit: ASU If you want to keep a sharp eye on the red planet, consider a new iPhone application, or app. Mars can be delivered daily to this type of device. Thanks to an Arizona State University’s (ASU) camera onboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter — the Thermal...Book Review: Live TV From the Moon
Live TV From the Moon by Dwight Steven-Boniecki; Apogee Books; Burlington Ontario Canada; (softcover) $29.95; 2010. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin moonwalked into history back in 1969, a huge contingent of onlookers on Earth watched in amazement. That was made...Welcome Home Hayabusa! Asteroid Probe Returns to Earth
Credit: JAXA Word from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is that their Hayabusa spacecraft reentered today over Australia. Hayabusa’s specially designed return capsule has reportedly landed within the Woomera test range, with its touchdown spot...Asteroid Probe Ready for Sunday Return to Earth
Credit: JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has assessed the trajectory of its returning Hayabusa spacecraft and has confirmed that all is normal. After a 7 year journey, the space probe is returning to Earth possibly carrying the collected samples of an...Solar Sail Spreads its Wings
Launched on May 21st, the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator “IKAROS” has successfully deployed its sails. Scientists from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have confirmed the expansion of the sails. Furthermore, power was being generated through its thin...Asteroid Probe on Target for Weekend Landing
Courtesy of Akihiro Ikeshita Courtesy: JAXA So far…so good. The return of Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft is near – marking the end of a seven-year journey that may be bringing back samples of its exploration target — asteroid Itokawa — back to Earth. Flight...Space Talk
Another first at the World’s Busiest Spaceport! 🚀
Teams with NASA and @USFWS carried out a prescribed fire at Kennedy during an active launch countdown – a new capability to help protect infrastructure and habitat.
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NASA Demonstrates New Prescribed Burn Capability for Spaceport
NASA teamed up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and commercial space partners to intentionally ignite around ...
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President Trump founded the Artemis program in his first term.
Now, with the successful Artemis II mission, NASA is taking a major step forward in returning to the Moon, where we’re building a Moon base, to stay.
Looking forward to celebrating this crew with @POTUS today.
A fast Mars Courier completes its interplanetary transfer burn, flips to point back at Earth and ejects its empty propellant tanks. Thanks to a gas-core nuclear rocket, it'll reach its destination in less than 2 months.
#space #art by William Black.
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I'm just listening a bit, I always learn, but will speak a bit on Saturday's #Spaces!
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