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NASA says that the weather forecast for the next decade is favorable – space weather, that is. Based on a new study, the space agency has announced that the Sun is moving into an 11-year period of minimal sunspot activity, which means that th… Continue reading NASA forecasts fair weather for astronauts over the next decade
A new study by researchers at Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, indicates that the subterranean world ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa may be more Earthlike than scientists believed. Visible-light spectrographic analysis show that yellow stains on Europa’s icy crust are common table salt, suggesting that the Europan ocean may be similar to its terrestrial counterparts.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is working on a specially radiation-hardened computer to control its Hera deep-space probe on its task to observe the effects of the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission. Scheduled to launch… Continue reading ESA developing radiation-hardened computer for Hera mission
NASA has greenlit two deep-space mining concepts for further development. The Phase III awards from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program are worth up to US$2 million over a two-year period and will fund a project to develop an… Continue reading NASA backs lunar exploration and asteroid mining technology concepts
A team of scientists led by Ken Amor from the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University has uncovered evidence of the largest meteor ever to strike the British Isles. Based on scattered debris material first discovered near Ullapool, … Continue reading Scientists uncover evidence of ancient giant meteor strike in Scotland
In a move emphasizing NASA’s desire to focus on deep space exploration instead of low-Earth orbit (LEO) activities, the space agency is opening the International Space Station (ISS) to limited commercial use, including hosting private astrona… Continue reading NASA opens up use of the ISS to private companies for commercial purposes
When Apollo 11 touched down in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969, it was more than a triumph of the human spirit, it was also the story of a cybernetic wonder called the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) that helped the Apollo astronauts s… Continue reading Apollo’s brain: The computer that guided man to the Moon
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has announced that it plans to send the first American unmanned rover to the Moon in July 2021. Under the direction of Robotics Institute director William “Red” Whittaker, the miniature four-wheeled robot will… Continue reading Carnegie Mellon University to send first US robotic rover to the Moon in 2021
MIT has unveiled the latest version of the robotic boats it is developing for the city of Amsterdam that are intended to autonomously move passengers, goods and maybe garbage along the city’s 165 canals in the near future. The new iteration o… Continue reading MIT developing autonomous self-docking Roboats to reinvigorate Amsterdam canals
If you thought SpaceX launching 60 Starlink satellites at once was impressive, Cornell University has managed 105 small satellites. The ChipSats, called Sprites, forming a swarm of cracker-sized nanosatellites were deployed from the Kicksat-2… Continue reading Swarm of 105 tiny Sprite ChipSats successfully deployed