Juno Completes its Closest Flyby of Io Yet

Juno Completes its Closest Flyby of Io Yet

[ad_1] Jupiter’s ocean moons capture most of our attention because of their potential habitability. But Io, Jupiter’s bad-boy volcanic moon, is in a class of its own. There’s nothing else like it in the Solar System, and NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured new images of...
Information session on the outcome of ESA’s 317th Council

Information session on the outcome of ESA’s 317th Council

[ad_1] ESA Member States met for the 317th session of the ESA Council on 18 and 19 October.Watch the replay of the information session in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun share the outcome of the meeting. They give an...
What astronauts do: Science, spacewalks and chores

What astronauts do: Science, spacewalks and chores

[ad_1] Back to Article List It’s definitely not all glory. What astronauts do is a combination of research, maintenance and, always, exercise. Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Credit: NASA. The stars, planets, and galaxies that speckle the cosmos are not the...
Blue Origin Reveals its Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle: Blue Ring

Blue Origin Reveals its Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle: Blue Ring

[ad_1] The Jeff Bezos-founded aerospace company, Blue Origin, recently announced its new and upcoming Swiss army knife-style spacecraft platform, Blue Ring, which comes after very little public discussion by Blue Origin regarding this project. For example, a January...