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The search for water on Mars could include a hunt from Red Planet skies. An early-stage vehicle, affectionately called MAGGIE, would search for water on Mars from high in the planet’s atmosphere. In fact, MAGGIE just received its first tranche of funding from NASA on the long road to getting ready for flight. While there’s …

Wild Mars Plane Concept Could Seek Water From High in The Red Planet’s Atmosphere. Read More »

Sierra Space has successfully tested a full-scale version of an inflatable module it is developing for commercial space stations. The company announced Jan. 22 that it performed a burst test of a full-sized version of its Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) module on a test stand at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, demonstrating that the …

Sierra Space Tests Full-Scale Inflatable Module . Read More »

Everything appears to be fine for our Red Planet robots — NASA can talk to Ingenuity again. I held my breath for a moment on Jan. 18, when scientists announced they’d lost contact with the Perseverance Mars rover’s helicopter friend, Ingenuity. Ingenuity had been nearing completion of its 72nd flight — a liftoff far past …

NASA Restores Contact With Mars Helicopter Ingenuity After Communications Dropout On Latest Flight. Read More »

 The Joint Programme Office (JPO) of the Satellite Navigation in Africa Support Programme III is spearheading the advancement of Satellite Navigation in Africa. As a key component of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) on regional integration and trade, its primary objective is to bolster safety in civil aviation by introducing satellite navigation technologies in Africa. …

SatNav Africa Director, JPO Semou Diouf , Shares What Lies Ahead for SatNav Africa JPO. Read More »

The two companies with NASA contracts to develop crewed lunar landers are also beginning work on cargo versions of their spacecraft. NASA has exercised options in Human Landing System (HLS) awards made to Blue Origin and SpaceX to begin initial design and development work of versions of their landers that can carry large amounts of …

Blue Origin And SpaceX Start Work On Cargo Versions Of Crewed Lunar Landers. Read More »

Japan’s high-precision “Moon Sniper” lander has touched down on the lunar surface in a first for the country, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has said. But the agency said it was still “checking its status” due to an issue with the craft’s power supply. Officials also said they needed more time to analyse whether …

Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ Makes Historic Lunar Landing. Read More »

A Kentucky city has come up with an out-of-this-world campaign to promote tourism. The Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau used an infrared laser to beam a message into space to invite extraterrestrial travelers. “The first thing you’ll notice as you descend through Earth’s atmosphere above Central Kentucky is the lush green countryside that surrounds Lexington’s …

Kentucky City Beams Message Into Space Inviting Extraterrestrial Visitors. Read More »

The milestone could help researchers better locate objects on the lunar surface. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently bounced a laser off India’s Vikram moon lander, marking a space-communications first. Vikram touched down near the lunar south pole on Aug. 23, 2023 on India’s pioneering Chandrayaan-3 mission, which also included a rover named Pragyan. Vikram …

NASA Moon Orbiter Beams Laser Off Indian Lander In Historic 1st. Read More »

The private Peregrine moon lander’s long journey is about to come to an end, back on its home planet. Peregrine will likely slam into Earth’s atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean today (Jan. 18) around 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT), according to its builder, the Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic. “Astrobotic has positioned the Peregrine spacecraft for …

Crippled Peregrine Moon Lander Expected To Crash To Earth Today Carrying Human Remains. Read More »