Dec 27
In a few days, the ESA spacecraft dubbed Mars Express will streak past the largest moon of Mars, Phobos. The spacecraft will make the closest approach to Phobos ever made … Continue reading
Dec 26
Worried about an important satellite transmission? The UK’s Meteorological Office will begin offering daily space weather forecasts to warn against solar storms that can knock out power grids, radios, and satellite-based tech like GPS. Solar storm activity follows a 11-year cycle, and we’re approaching a maximum right now. [BBC]
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Dec 26
You know about those plans to visit an asteroid
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Dec 26
Naturally, NASA’s a big fan of light and portable things, so this rover made of poles and cables represents a way forward. No wheels. No bulk. All agility.
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Dec 26
NASA currently has a rover exploring Mars called Curiosity and it’s not the first rover to explore the red planet. The thing that most of the rovers NASA has sent … Continue reading
Dec 25
The astronauts who this week took to the vacuum of space to repair a malfunctioning ammonia coolant pump on the exterior of the International Space Station are safely back inside. … Continue reading
Dec 24
Today’s as good a day as any to ponder how massive amounts of stuff gets moved around the world. iPhones from China, sweaters from Bangladesh, chocolates from Switzerland—they all make the transcontinental journey in containers stacked like Legos on cargo ships. And these ships can seed their own clouds, tracing out their paths across the sea.
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Dec 24
For only the second time in NASA history, two astronauts made a spacewalk on Christmas Eve. Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins installed a new ammonia pump to fix the cooling loop on the ISS. You can’t beat that Christmas Eve, even if you’re Santa Claus.
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Dec 24
It’s pretty well accepted in the sci-fi world that whenever you’ve got twins, one of them is bound to turn evil. Unless both are pretty evil
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Dec 24
We have been following the efforts by NASA and astronauts on the ISS to repair the coolant system issues that have plagued the ISS. NASA ordered a spacewalk to fix … Continue reading
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