Tag: Space

Space – Eye of ESA’s asteroid mission (ESA)

This is the main camera that ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence will be relying on to explore and manoeuvre around the Didymos asteroid...

Space – CubeSat will sift asteroid secrets from reflected sunshine (ESA)

As ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence probes the Didymos twin asteroid system, it will be joined by a pioneering pair of breadbox-sized ‘CubeSats’. Juventas will...

Space – Reprogrammable satellite shipped to launch site (ESA)

An advanced telecommunications satellite that can be completely repurposed in orbit has arrived at its launch site of Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. ESA -...

Space – Orphan cloud discovered in galaxy cluster (ESA)

New observations made with ESA’s X-ray XMM Newton telescope have revealed an “orphan cloud” – an isolated cloud in a galaxy cluster that is...

Space – Rockets to mine water from the moon (Greg Nichols, ZD Net)

A new collaboration between space exploration technology companies has resulted in a novel approach to extracting water from the moon, a key step for...

TechInnovation – NASA is using data science to fill its data science skills gap (Mark Samuels, ZD Net)

All the evidence suggests it's tough to get hold of talented data scientists – and that's even true at NASA, says David Meza, acting...

USA – Northrop Grumman delivers bus for Space Force’s experimental navigation satellite (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

Northrop Grumman has delivered a bus for Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), ensuring that the experimental positioning satellite is on track for launch in 2023. Northrop...

Space – Unique exoplanet photobombs Cheops study of nearby star system (ESA)

While exploring two exoplanets in a bright nearby star system, ESA’s exoplanet-hunting Cheops satellite has unexpectedly spotted the system’s third known planet crossing the...

Space – Unique use of ESA spacecraft ‘housekeeping’ data reveals cosmic ray behaviour (ESA)

Using data originally gathered for spacecraft ‘housekeeping’ aboard ESA’s Rosetta and Mars Express missions, scientists have revealed how intense bursts of high-energy radiation, known as cosmic rays, behave...

China – China releases new video, images from its Zhurong Mars rover (Al Jazeera)

The China National Space Administration has released new footage captured by the country’s Mars probe Tianwen-1 that was launched in mid-May. The videos and photos...

Space – European system speeds data flow with 50 000 links (ESA)

Valuable data is flowing rapidly from Earth observing satellites back to the planet, thanks to the most sophisticated laser communication network ever built. ESA -...

Space – NASA Helps Map Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Harmful Air Pollution (NASA)

Early in the pandemic, it was expected that satellite imagery around the world would show cleaner air as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns. But...

Space – NASA’s Webb Will Use Quasars to Unlock the Secrets of the Early Universe (NASA)

Quasars are very bright, distant and active supermassive black holes that are millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun. Typically located...

Space – NASA to Air Third Spacewalk to Install New Station Solar Arrays (NASA)

Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, June 25, for a third spacewalk to continue power system upgrades that are already increasing output...

Space – Operations Underway to Restore Payload Computer on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (NASA)

NASA continues to work to resolve a problem with the Hubble Space Telescope payload computer that halted on June 13. After performing tests on...

Space – Curiosity Spots Clouds Over Mont Mercou (NASA)

Curiosity Mars rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission. The image...