Science & Exploration 28/09/2021 664 views 11 likes ESA’s new exoplanet mission, Cheops, has found a nearby planetary system to contain one of the hottest and most extreme extra-solar planets known to date: WASP-189 b. […]
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NASA Awards Civil Engineering Contract
NASA has selected AECOM Technical Services Inc. of Orlando, Florida; Infrastructure Solution Service of Viera, Florida; and Jones Edmunds & Associates Inc. of Titusville, Florida; to provide architecture-engineer services for civil engineering infrastructure, equipment, and […]
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for IMAP Mission
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which includes four secondary payloads. Source link
20 years of ice-cold research: extremophile tips for healthy living
Science & Exploration 25/09/2021 380 views 20 likes This year marks two decades since the first ESA doctor set foot in Antarctica, running research at one of the most extreme places on Earth in preparation […]
Copernicus sea-level satellite arrives safely in California
Applications 25/09/2021 603 views 16 likes The launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite – designed to measure the height of the ocean – is getting tantalisingly close. The satellite has now safely touched […]
We’re over the Moon for… well, for the Moon!
American advocates, NASA needs your help! The U.S. House of Representatives recently proposed to freeze NASA’s funding in 2021. We’re calling on you to urge your senators to reject this idea and to continue growing […]
Week in images: 21-25 September 2020
Week in images: 21-25 September 2020 Discover our week through the lens Source link
International Observe the Moon Night Is Here - Sky & Telescope
NASA founded International Observer the Moon Night in 2010. This year it will take place on September 26th. NASA / Jennifer Baer Get ready to admire our Moon! Saturday September 26th is International Observe the […]
SEOSAT-Ingenio arrives in French Guiana
Applications 25/09/2021 721 views 19 likes After leaving the Airbus premises in Madrid on 24 September, the Spanish high-resolution land imaging mission, known as SEOSAT-Ingenio, has arrived safely at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, where […]
NASA Report Details How Agency Significantly Benefits US Economy
NASA released Friday the results of its first-ever agencywide economic impact report. The report shows that, through all NASA activities, the agency generated more than $64.3 billion in total economic output during fiscal year 2019, […]
ESA - Tarawa, Kiribati
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Tarawa Atoll in the Republic of Kiribati – a remote Pacific nation threatened by rising seas. The Republic of Kiribati is an independent island nation consisting of […]
This Week’s Sky at a Glance, September 25 – October 3 - Sky & Telescope
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 ■ Yesterday evening, the Moon shone close to Jupiter. Now it’s Saturn’s turn to pair up with the Moon, as shown below. All week, as the Moon steps farther east, the two […]
Earth from Space: Tarawa, Kiribati
In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over the Tarawa Atoll in the Republic of Kiribati – a remote Pacific nation threatened by rising seas. See also Tarawa, […]
Can the Moon be upside down?
The difference between these orientations happens gradually. When you travel just a short distance from the equator, the Moon will still rise more or less due east and set more or less due west, and […]
LightSail 2 Video Submission Form
Have questions about your video submission? Email [email protected]. By uploading my video using the form above, I authorize The Planetary Society (“The Company”), The Company’s agents, successors, assigns, and designees to record my name, likeness, […]
NASA Invites Media, Public to Watch Cargo Launch to Space Station
NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is targeting 10:27 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 29, for the launch of its 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Source link
See Beyond the Celestial Sphere: Follow These Lines into Space - Sky & Telescope
It’s easy to see the sky as a celestial sphere that circles high above us. Everything on the sphere, all the stars, planets, and everything else we can see, appears to be at the same […]
NASA Invites Media to Hot Fire Test for Mega Rocket to Support Moon Missions
Media accreditation is now open for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Green Run hot fire test – the test of the rocket’s core stage and all of its integrated systems before its flight on […]
NASA Invites Students to Join the Artemis Generation at SciFest Virtual Event
Venture with NASA to discover the future of flight, understand the portrait of planet Earth, and take the next steps in exploration at SciFest, the virtual STEM expo from the USA Science and Engineering Festival […]
Week in images: 14-18 September 2020
Week in images: 14-18 September 2020 Discover our week through the lens Source link
Explore Caroline Herschel’s Celestial Showpieces - Sky & Telescope
Caroline Herschel discovered or independently observed some 14 star clusters and galaxies, all of which are suitable for small telescopes and binoculars. Hunter Wilson (NGC 205, 7789, 6819 and 253. NGC 7380 courtesy of Adam […]
SEOSAT-Ingenio soon to be launched
The Spanish high-resolution land imaging mission, known as SEOSAT-Ingenio, will soon be shipped from Airbus, in Madrid, to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana - where it will be prepared for launch later this year on […]
Satcom to foster resilient digital systems
Applications 23/09/2021 292 views 6 likes Telecommunications are becoming increasingly crucial to our society, economy and security. ESA is supporting the European satellite communication industry’s efforts to identify how to meet future worldwide demands for […]
A Goodbye, But Not Forever, From Emily…
Writing about the adventures of, and photos from, robots across the solar system has been a pleasure, but I began to get restless when the Cassini mission ended late in 2017. My first writing as […]