by rmil2k | Apr 16, 2023 | News
[ad_1] The New Horizons mission currently flying through the Kuiper Belt could be facing an unexpected change of plans. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is soliciting input on turning the spacecraft into a heliospheric science probe. The agency wants to do it much...
by rmil2k | Apr 16, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Science & Exploration 15/04/2023 18156 views 324 likes ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has taken its first monitoring camera images showing part of the spacecraft with Earth as a stunning backdrop.The mission launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s...
by rmil2k | Apr 16, 2023 | News
[ad_1] HOUSTON — On a humming museum floor, I came face-to-face with a NASA astronaut in the shadow of the moon.I was next to an image of Jessica Watkins, who in 2022 completed the first long-duration mission by a Black woman astronaut. (She flew on SpaceX’s...
by rmil2k | Apr 16, 2023 | News
[ad_1] JUICE launches to Jupiter and its moons. A new JWST image of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Machine learning cleans up the Universe, and improves images of a black hole’s event horizon. Terran 1 is dead, long live Terran R. JUICE Launch JUICE is on its way to...
by rmil2k | Apr 15, 2023 | News
[ad_1] This pair of images captures the rotation of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer’s solar arrays during their deployment after launch on 14 April.The images were taken by Juice monitoring camera 1 (JMC1), which is located on the front of the spacecraft and looks...