by rmil2k | Dec 24, 2023 | News
Missions focusing on small bodies in the solar system have been coming thick and fast lately. OSIRIS-Rex, Psyche, and Rosetta are all examples of projects that planned or did rendezvous with a small body in the solar system. But one of their biggest challenges is...
by rmil2k | Dec 24, 2023 | News
Wrapping presents is all part of the Christmas experience – here’s a notable example from ESA’s technical centre ESTEC. This is the ESA Young Professionals Satellite, YPSat, seen fully wrapped in multi-layer insulation blankets, exactly as it will be when it launches...
by rmil2k | Dec 24, 2023 | News
If there is indeed a multiverse where in every possible outcome happens, then in one of those universes Marv Murchins, one half of the “Wet Bandits” from “Home Alone,” is serving as NASA administrator.As unlikely as that might seem, such a...
by rmil2k | Dec 23, 2023 | News
In addition to great discoveries, the JWST works with other telescopes to produce magnificent images, like this of the M74 “Phantom Galaxy.” Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team The ground in French Guiana literally shook as...
by rmil2k | Dec 23, 2023 | News
NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) has been responsible for maintaining contact with missions venturing beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) since 1963. In addition to relaying communications and instructions, the DSN has sent breathtaking images and invaluable science data back...