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NASA has released a high-resolution image taken by the Juno deep space probe during its close encounter with Jupiter’s moon Io on December 30, 2023. The image of the volcanic satellite not only shows remarkable details, but an usual kind of lighting.Co… Continue reading Stunning Juno flyby image shows Io lit up by “Jupitershine”
In a teaser of things to come, BAE Systems has displayed a model of its future drone at the World Defense Show in Riyadh. Steeped in more mystery than a Raymond Chandler novel, it gives us a hint of what future military drones might look like.Continue … Continue reading BAE Systems shows off mystery drone at defense show
Northrop Grumman’s Passive Refueling Module (PRM) has been tapped by the US Space Force as the preferred model to set the standard for Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to refuel satellites in orbit to extend their mission life.Continue Reading… Continue reading US Space Force wants orbital filling stations for its satellites
Aurora Flight Sciences has updated the design of its Liberty Lifter seaborne military heavy-lift transport – a highly efficient X-plane the company is developing for DARPA that achieves bulk lift by using wing-in-ground effect.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading DARPA’s ground-effect X-plane will haul 100 tons of cargo
Japan’s SLIM Moon lander has gone back into sleep mode as the Sun sets on its landing site. The robotic spacecraft began to lose power as the lunar day came to its end and it now faces the freezing cold 14-day lunar night, which it may not survive.Cont… Continue reading Japan’s Moon lander goes into what may be its final sleep as Sun sets
Two ambitious space projects move ahead as Voyager Space and Airbus announce that the partners have selected SpaceX’s Starship rocket to boost their Starlab space station into orbit sometime before the International Space Station (ISS) is abandoned.Con… Continue reading SpaceX’s Starship tapped to launch Starlab space station into orbit
On January 21, 2024, a meteor disintegrated over Germany near Berlin. That’s not so unusual, but NASA was able to give warning of its approach 95 minutes before impact thanks to the space agency’s international planetary defense network.Continue Readin… Continue reading NASA gives 95-minute warning as meteor burns up outside Berlin
Japan’s SLIM lunar lander is back online and transmitting data. JAXA has confirmed that the Sun has moved into a position where light is landing on the robotic spacecraft’s solar panel, allowing it to finally charge its battery.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Japan’s SLIM Moon lander back on line thanks to sunshine
NASA has declared the end of its Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission. Originally scheduled to last a month with five flights, it lasted for three years with 72 flights before being grounded by damaged rotors after its last flight.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter will never fly again
Thanks to a pair of tiny lunar rovers, the mystery of Japan’s crippled SLIM Moon lander has been solved. Images returned by the two robots show that the spacecraft bounced and is sitting on its nose, preventing its solar panels from charging.Continue R… Continue reading Mystery solved – Japan’s SLIM Moon probe landed on its nose