On Sunday, February 28, 3 astronauts will perform the first in a pair of International Space Station spacewalks to ready the station for solar array upgrades. How to watch live. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/watch-iss-spacewalk-feb-mar-2021…
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World’s first gas sample from deep space confirmed
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that the gas collected from the sample container inside the re-entry capsule of the asteroid explorer, Hayabusa2, is a gas sample originating from asteroid Ryugu. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-world-gas-sample-deep-space.html…
Dust From Japan’s Asteroid-Blasting Probe Returns to Earth
Long-time Slashdot reader reminds us that in 1999 scientists discovered the asteroid Ryugu flying 300 million kilometres (or 186,411,357 miles) from earth. In 2014, Japan launched a probe to collect samples from it. Today those samples returned to earth. The International Business Times shares pictures and report:
In a streak of light across the night sky, samples collected from a distant asteroid…
Where to watch the historic SpaceX Crew-1 launch this Saturday
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, November 14, 2020, for the historic launch of Crew-1, the 1st operational, contracted mission to launch as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Here’s how to watch the launch. If all goes according to plan, the crew will dock with the International Space Station on Sunday. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/historic-spacex-crew-1-launch-dock-iss-nov-2020…
SpaceX is about to send four astronauts to the ISS for six-month stay
A few months after SpaceX first sent astronauts into space, the company is now fully certified and will shuttle three NASA astronauts and one from JAXA to the International Space Station on 15 November Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259485-spacex-is-about-to-send-four-astronauts-to-the-iss-for-six-month-stay/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tel Aviv University builds and plans to launch a small satellite into orbit
The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite, approximately the size of a shoebox, is currently undergoing pre-flight testing at the Japanese space agency JAXA prior to a planned launch by NASA in the first quarter of 2021. TAU-SAT1 was entirely devised, developed, assembled, and tested at Tel Aviv University’s Nanosatellite Center, an interdisciplinary endeavor of the University’s Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Raymond…
Venus flyby on the way to Mercury
On Saturday, October 20, 2018, the BepiColombo space probe set off on its journey to Mercury from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The 6.40 meters high and 4.1 tons heavy BepiColombo space probe consists of two spacecraft: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), which was constructed by the European Space Agency, ESA, and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), which was…
First tests for landing the Martian Moons eXploration rover
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission will have a German-French rover on board when it is launched in 2024. The rover will land on the Martian moon Phobos and explore its surface for approximately three months. Initial landing tests are currently underway at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Landing and…
The detection of phosphine in Venus’ clouds is a big deal
Here’s how we can find out if it’s a sign of life. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/detection-phosphine-venus-clouds-sign-of-life…
Parker Solar Probe, Akatsuki and Earth-bound observers give rare top-to surface glimpse of Venus
Observations of Venus by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, JAXA’s Akatsuki mission and astronomers around the world have given a rare cloud-top-to-surface glimpse of the Earth’s neighboring planet. The results are being presented this week at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2020, which is taking place as a virtual meeting from 21 September-9 October. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-09-parker-solar-probe-akatsuki-earth-bound.html…