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NASA is back in contact with Voyager 2 after almost eight months of silence. Radio communication has not been possible because the Deep Space Station 43 (DSS43) in Australia is undergoing an upgrade, but on October 29 it sent a signal to Voyager 2, whi… Continue reading NASA sends first commands to Voyager 2 in eight months
MIT scientists have developed an acoustic system that acts like an underwater GPS, yet doesn’t need batteries to operate. The Underwater Backscatter Localization (UBL) system is powered by reflecting modulated audio signals to generate binary impulses…. Continue reading Underwater GPS system powered by sound could open up ocean exploration
Based on data from the Kepler Space Telescope and the Gaia mission, there may be up to 300 million habitable planets in the Milky Way galaxy, according to a team of scientists from the SETI Institute, NASA, and other international organizations. The re… Continue reading Up to 300 million planets in the Milky Way may be habitable
NASA engineers have successfully stowed the leaking sampler head containing material from the asteroid Bennu inside the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft’s Sample Return Capsu… Continue reading OSIRIS-REx successfully stows leaking asteroid sampler
Having conquered space toilets, NASA, with crowd-sourcer HeroX, have announced a new challenge that invites the public to submit novel ways to unload lunar payloads. NASA’s Lunar Delivery Challenge is offering US$25,000 in prizes for the best ideas for… Continue reading NASA announces public challenge to find ways to unload lunar landers
An ESA initiative is working with French engineering company Comex, the German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research, and the Austrian Space Forum to look for new combinations of materials to create spacesuits and other equipment that are more resi… Continue reading The hunt for spacesuit materials that can resist destructive lunar dust
NASA and ESA have formally entered into a partnership agreement for building NASA’s Artemis Gateway deep space outpost. The agreement signed on Tuesday is part of the US effort to attract international partners for the lunar exploration project.Continu… Continue reading NASA and ESA finalize agreement to build Gateway deep space outpost
Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech) has developed a concept for a new Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) engine and delivered it to NASA. Claimed to be safer and more reliable than previous NTP designs and with far greater efficienc… Continue reading New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars
Images returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid explorer have confirmed that the spacecraft’s sample collector head is slowly leaking some of the material it gathered from the surface of the asteroid Bennu on October 20, 2020.Continue ReadingCategory: Sp… Continue reading OSIRIS-REx is leaking asteroid samples due to jammed lid
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing have entered into a partnership to develop a scalable 100 kW to 250 kW-class High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon system for air and missile defenses.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTa… Continue reading General Atomics and Boeing team up on high-energy laser weapon