Day: April 16, 2024

An abundance of gases, including carbon and oxygen, are being stripped away from Venus’ atmosphere, according to flyby data from Europe’s BepiColombo space probe. This data was obtained as the Mercury-bound spacecraft flew past Venus, and could shed new light on the leaky atmosphere of our planetary neighbor. Down the line, the findings could help …

Venus Is Leaking Carbon And Oxygen, A Fleeting Visit By BepiColombo Reveals. Read More »

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara was prepared for her first spacewalk — but not for the view. O’Hara, along with SpaceX Crew-7 NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, conducted the fourth all-woman spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 1, 2023. They spent 6 hours and 42 minutes performing station maintenance, such as replacing a bearing …

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara Missed The Total Solar Eclipse, But Saw Earth ‘Moving’ Below Her During Spacewalk. Read More »

Venus Aerospace has completed the inaugural test flight of a drone fitted with its “rotating detonation rocket engine” (RDRE) — accelerating it to just under the speed of sound. The company wants to one day build superfast commercial jets using this new type of engine. In the test flight, conducted Feb. 24, the company flew …

Superfast Drone Fitted With New ‘Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine’ Approaches The Speed Of Sound. Read More »

A NASA solar sail mission meant to test new space travel materials in Earth’s orbit is scheduled to lift off no sooner than April 24, the space agency announced on Thursday (April 11). Named the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, or ACS3, the mission’s primary goal is to test the deployment of solar sails using …

Rocket Lab To Launch NASA’s New Solar Sail Technology No Earlier Than April 24. Read More »