Applications 29/04/2024 705 views 7 likes The European Galileo navigation system has two more satellites in orbit following their launch in the early morning of Sunday, 28 April, at 01:34 BST/02:34 CEST. With 30 satellites now in orbit, Galileo is expanding its...
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Boeing Starliner astronauts conduct dress rehearsal ahead of May 6 launch (photos, video)
Even in quarantine, the first NASA astronauts to fly aboard Boeing Starliner are still practicing their mission just a week before launch.NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams finished a big dress rehearsal on Friday (April 26) for their...
The reasons why numbers go on forever
An artistic conception of the Milky Way, estimated to contain 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) stars. Credit: NASA/JPL. Why don’t numbers end? – Reyhane, age 7, Tehran, Iran Here’s a game: Ask a friend to give you any number and you’ll return one that’s bigger....
Psyche is Still Sending Data Home at Broadband Speeds
When I heard about this I felt an amused twinge of envy. Over the last year I have been using an unimpressive 4G broadband service and at best get 20 Mbps, NASA’s Psyche mission has STILL been getting 23 Mbps at 225 million km away! It’s all thanks to the...
Week in images: 22-26 April 2024
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Mars exploration, new rockets and more: Interview with ESA chief Josef Aschbacher
Shaping an ambitious and steady space agenda for Europe requires not only diplomatic aplomb but also a firm grounding in science and engineering. Indeed, those attributes are must-haves in working with the 22 member states of the European Space Agency...
The Milky Way, to ancient Egyptians, was probably mixed Nuts
The beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 83, which our Milky Way may resemble. Credit: ESO. Astronomy was the basis of many key beliefs for the ancient Egyptians. They used skywatching to fix the dates of religious festivals, to predict the annual flooding of the...
Next Generation Ion Engines Will Be Extremely Powerful
During the Space Race, scientists in both the United States and the Soviet Union investigated the concept of ion propulsion. Like many early Space Age proposals, the concept was originally explored by luminaries like Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Hermann Oberth –...
Einstein Probe opens its wide eyes to the X-ray sky
Science & Exploration 27/04/2024 722 views 9 likes The first images captured by the innovative mission were presented at the 7th workshop of the Einstein Probe consortium in Beijing. They illustrate the satellite’s full potential and show that its novel...
Russia vetoes UN resolution against nuclear weapons in space
Russia vetoed a United Nations resolution that was aimed at preventing a nuclear arms race in space.The resolution was sponsored by the United States and Japan and called upon all nations to never deploy nuclear weapons in outer space. The resolution comes on...