Mars Exploration Rover NASA / JPL-Caltech / Maas Digital Matijevic Hill Panorama Opportunity took the hundreds of component images for this panorama with her stereo panoramic camera (Pancam) from Nov. 19, 2012 through Dec. 3, 2012. Named in honor […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The RIMRES project combines the hexapod CREX (red robot at middle) and its transporter, SHERPA German robots could team up to explore lunar craters By Jason Falconer March 6, 2013 While Japan is gearing up to send a miniature […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Commentary Another ‘Successful Failure’ for SpaceX by rand simberg On its last trip to the International Space Station (ISS), the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lost an engine in ascent, losing a little performance but achieving orbit anyway. On Friday’s flight, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CASTOR 30XL prepares for static fire ahead of providing Antares boost March 5, 2013 by Chris Bergin ATK’s CASTOR 30XL Upper Stage motor is deep into preparations for a static fire test, set to take place this spring at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Orbital Delivery Four types of unmanned cargo spacecraft are currently in use. A new spacecraft (Cygnus) is to join them soon. Home Top of page
Dennis Tito TUESDAY, MARCH 05, 2013 Laying Odds on Tito’s Mars Mission by Brian Orlotti Dennis Tito, the engineer and multimillionaire entrepreneur who founded Wilshire Associates, an investment firm with $12.5 trillion dollars of assets currently under management, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Measurements from ESA’s SMOS mission show the thickness of seasonal sea ice. ESA NATURE | NEWS ESA’s climate-eye dilemma Scientists face difficult choice for Europe’s next Earth-observation mission. Quirin Schiermeier 05 March 2013 Snow, trees or the air we […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Herschel and Rosette Nebula Herschel’s cryostat vacuum vessel Integrating the instruments Herschel Herschel to finish observing soon 5 March 2013 ESA’s Herschel space observatory is expected to exhaust its supply of liquid helium coolant in the coming weeks after spending […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
UK’s TechDemoSat-1 to ride uphill on Russian Soyuz March 5, 2013 by Chris Bergin An innovative UK satellite has been confirmed for a late 2013 launch on a Soyuz rocket. Led by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Cosmic Warning Shots | Moonandback
on March 7, 2013 at 5:46 pmCommentary Cosmic Warning Shots by henry vanderbilt It’s one thing to know intellectually that you live in the middle of a shooting gallery. It’s another to calmly anticipate a long-spotted near-miss by a city-killer sized asteroid, then be startled […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…