A newly established group called the Moon Farside Protection Permanent Committee has begun framing issues and solutions to guard against RFI corruption of the moon's far side.
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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 4, episode 8 review: A not-awful installment for its TV return
It's not terrible; it's just not as good as it could've been. And it could've been really good
Billionaire plans three more flights with SpaceX, culminating in Starship mission
Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman, and Sarah Gilles pose with prototypes of Starship vehicles in South Texas. The four will fly into orbit on the Polaris Dawn mission. Credit: Polaris Program / John Kraus
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire businessman who bankrolled the first human space mission with all private citizens last year, announced plans Monday for up to three more SpaceX flights, a privately-funded program that will include the first commercial spacewalk, and ultimately a ride on the giant Starship rocket ship.
Inventing the future of Navigation
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Many of the experts that designed and oversaw the Galileo satnav system are now supporting cutting-edge European companies in the development of new navigation technologies and services. The result is ESA’s Navigation Innovation and Support Programme, NAVISP.
NAVISP is looking into all kinds of clever ideas about the future of navigation: ways to improve satellite navigation, alternative positioning systems and, new navigation services and applications. Working in partnership with European industry and researchers, more than 200 NAVISP projects have been initiated so far.
NAVISP is divided into three elements, the first looking into improving and expanding satellite navigation, as well as establishing novel ‘positioning, navigation and timing’ (PNT) services. NAVISP’s second element focuses on innovation for competitiveness, developing all kinds of new PNT products and services. Its third element covers support to Member State priorities, including support for national testbeds and programmes.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Hubble’s Law
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll expand your horizons with today’s topic: Hubble’s Law!
In 1929 astronomer Edwin Hubble made a remarkable measurement. Earlier in that decade, he had discovered that the Andromeda Nebula was not a nebula at all, but an entirely different galaxy completely separated from the Milky Way by millions of light-years of cold, hard nothing. He then expanded that initial discovery and began compiling a catalog of galaxies and their distances from us.
The singular pull of black holes in games
As mysterious as they are dangerous, black holes in games allow us to reach the unreachable and teach us something along the way.
Watch Russia launch a fresh cargo ship to the International Space Station today
A new Russian cargo ship will blast off Monday (Feb. 14) with tons of supplies and equipment for the Expedition 66 crew. Here's how you can watch it live.
'Invisible' earthquake caused mysterious 2021 tsunami, scientists find
Scientists argue that we need to build better monitoring systems to spot earthquakes of this type.
Want to use the James Webb Space Telescope? Here's how scientists book time with the giant observatory.
The hottest commodity in astronomy these days is time — specifically, time using NASA's brand-new, ultra-powerful observatory.
Space stowage in 360° | Cosmic Kiss
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Tour the Italian-built Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) of the International Space Station in 360° with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer.
India orbits three satellites in first space launch since failure
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off with the EOS 4 radar satellite. Credit: ISRO
An Indian radar satellite and two rideshare payloads rode a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle into orbit Sunday, returning India’s space program to flight after the failure of a different type of rocket last August.
The out-of-control rocket about to hit the moon is not a SpaceX Falcon 9, astronomers now say: report
A rocket set to hit the moon March 4 might not be from SpaceX after all, astronomers now say. It may be a Chinese rocket stage.
Musk Shows how They’re Planning to Catch SuperHeavy Boosters
SpaceX’s entire business model is based on the reusability of its rockets. That business model has proven viable time and time again as boosters continue to land safely only to be reused later. But as the rockets they’re using get bigger and bigger, the harder and harder it will get for them to land directly on the ground, as models they’ve completed so far have. So for its SuperHeavy Booster, designed to launch its Starship craft into orbit, SpaceX has to develop a new way of capturing the rockets without damaging them. Its head, Elon Musk, has shared a Twitter video showing how it will do just that.
Live coverage: Indian PSLV set for launch with radar imaging satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the EOS 4 radar remote sensing satellite and two rideshare payloads. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Heliosphere
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll push the boundaries with today’s topic: the heliosphere!
If you want a handy definition of what’s “inside” the solar system, then the heliosphere is your best bet. This is a region dominated by particles constantly emanating from the Sun, and the Sun’s own magnetic field. This region extends out to millions of kilometers, well past the orbit of Pluto.
What would a Super Bowl on Mars look like? Spacesuits and lower gravity for sure (video)
In a new video from NBCLX, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno and NBC sports producer Brad Fosler explain what Super Bowl LVI would look like on Mars.
Moon-crashing SpaceX rocket will create new crater – here's what we should worry about
It’s not often that the sudden appearance of a new impact crater on the Moon can be predicted, but it’s going to happen on March 4, when a derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into it.
A new Chinese rocket company has raised more than $100 million
One of China's newest launch startups has been raising serious amounts of money for its range of increasingly complex "Gravity" launch vehicles.
India will launch its first space mission of 2022 tonight. Here's how to watch live.
India's first launch of 2022 will send a new Earth observation satellite to space after a sibling satellite was lost last year.
A THIRD Planet Found Orbiting Nearby Proxima Centauri
In August of 2016, astronomers with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced that they had discovered an exoplanet orbiting in neighboring Proxima Centauri. Based on Radial Velocity measurements (aka. Doppler Photometry), the discovery team estimated that the planet was roughly the same size and mass as Earth and orbited with Proxima Centauri’s Circumsolar Habitable Zone (HZ). In 2020, this planet was confirmed by follow-up observations.
James Webb’s First Pictures are Out! But it’s a Work in Progress
Scientists from the James Webb Space Telescope shared the first images from space taken by the new telescope. Since the 18-segment mirror is in the early stages of being aligned, the first image is understandably blurry and a bit jumbled. But its exactly what the team wanted to see.
