To see the word’s premier astronomical observatory in its full-size glory, you need to go to Lagrange Point 2, a location in deep space on the opposite side of Earth from the sun that is farther away than any human has ever traveled. Or, soon, you can visit Colorado. Northrop Grumman, NASA’s lead contractor for …
James Webb Space Telescope Full-Size Model To Be Displayed By Space Foundation. Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 »
TRL Space Rwanda, a sister company of the Czech-based TRL Space, is spearheading an ambitious initiative to establish Africa’s first satellite and equatorial constellation hub. This pioneering effort has garnered significant acclaim, with the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, commending the initiative during his recent visit to the TRL Space office in Kigali, …
South Korea’s “artificial sun” has set a new fusion record after superheating a plasma loop to 180 million degrees Fahrenheit (100 million degrees Celsius) for 48 seconds, scientists have announced. The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) reactor broke the previous world record of 31 seconds, which was set by the same reactor in 2021.The …
Dana Weigel, the first woman to helm the International Space Station program manager, says she’s excited to oversee so much commercial space activity on the orbiting complex. Weigel officially took helm of the International Space Station (ISS) program manager position on Sunday (April 7), succeeding Joel Montalbano. She was previously deputy ISS program manager and …
1st Female ISS Program Manager Looks Ahead To New Spaceships, Space Stations. Read More »
A three-legged robot named SpaceHopper could help combat the challenges of exploring low-gravity environments, such as those found on asteroids or moons. The SpaceHopper program was first launched two and a half years ago as a student research project at ETH Zurich university in Switzerland. And recently, researchers tested the hopping robot in a simulated …
This Little Robot Can Hop In Zero-Gravity To Explore Asteroids. Read More »
In a press release by the African Astronomical Society (AfAS), the society announced its 4th Annual Conference at Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco, from 15 to 20 April 2024. This is the first time the AfAS annual conference will be held outside of the Secretariat’s host country, South Africa, since its relaunch at the Astronomy …
The 4th Annual Conference of the African Astronomical Society To Be Held In Morocco. Read More »
