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Sierra Space has rolled out its first Dream Chaser spaceplane, called “Tenacity,” that will be used to ferry cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS) after it is shipped to NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility for environmental testing… Continue reading Sierra Space’s first spaceplane capable of visiting the ISS rolls out
The second of three major solar eclipses in a mere six-year period swept across the United States last week. We managed to catch the first one back in 2017, and …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 22, 2023
Blue Origin has taken the wraps off Blue Ring, its multi-orbit, multi-mission space platform that will provide a wide variety of logistical services to commercial and government customers, from medium Earth orbit to interstellar space.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading New Blue Origin space platform to act as a cosmic multi-tool
There may not be any air in space, but there’s wind – solar wind, made up of charged particles thrown off by the Sun. The exact mechanism behind this phenomenon remains murky, but now ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has observed previously unknown “tiny… Continue reading Newly discovered Sun “nanoflares” could be source of solar wind
You could practically hear the collective “PHEW!” as NASA announced that they had reestablished full two-way communications with Voyager 2 on Friday afternoon! Details are few at this point — …read more Continue reading Voyager 2: Communication Reestablished with One Big Shout
NASA has lost contact with its Voyager 2 deep-space probe. On July 21, 2023, Mission Control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) sent a series of commands that “inadvertently” caused the robotic spacecraft to turn its antenna away from Earth.Continu… Continue reading NASA loses contact with Voyager 2 but detects a “heartbeat”
At the dawn of the Space Race, when computers were something that took up whole rooms, satellites and probes had to rely on analog electronics to read from their various …read more Continue reading Discussing The Finer Points Of Space-Worthy Software
In cramped spacecraft or space stations, there typically isn’t room to store multiple robots that are each designed for a specific task. The Mori3 system was designed with that fact in mind, as it can be used to create different types of robots as need… Continue reading Modular Mori3 tech could let astronauts build the robots they need
ESA is preparing to test a very cool new fold-out heat shield for protecting spacecraft on re-entry. The Pridwen won’t burn away like ablative heat shields, and it’ll also slow falling satellites down enough to be caught in a hover net.Continue Reading… Continue reading ESA to test a reusable origami heat guard for spacecraft
In a close encounter of the Jovian kind, NASA’s Juno deep space probe has made its closest flyby yet of Jupiter’s volatile moon Io. During its 51st orbit of the giant planet, the solar-powered robotic spacecraft came within 22,600 miles (35,500 km) of … Continue reading Jupiter probe Juno has close encounter with fiery Io