Aeolus control team wraps up successful reentry operations

Aeolus control team wraps up successful reentry operations

[ad_1] The Aeolus Mission Control Team in Germany is now wrapping up after a long week of complex operations. They have done everything they planned in what is a first-of-its-kind assisted reentry. Aeolus – a mission that revolutionised wind profiling – is now out of...
Secret Sky: An inverse black-drop effect

Secret Sky: An inverse black-drop effect

[ad_1] On Dec. 8, 2022, 3h02m17.1s UT, Louisiana amateur astronomer Roy Parish captured this view of Mars grazing the Moon. Processed here to black and white, it is remarkably similar to Thobern Bergman’s rendering of the black-drop effect that he observed during the...
ESA – Better SAFER than sorry

ESA – Better SAFER than sorry

[ad_1] Andreas Mogensen training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Virtual Reality Laboratory in Texas, USA.   Training for emergencies is crucial everywhere, including on the International Space Station. While astronauts hope they will never have to need those skills,...