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U.S. Senate is doing something to try to clean up space junk.

18 September 2022 grant 0

The Payload newsletter reports on a new law being debated by American legislators. The ORBITS act is intended to create new technologies for ADR – active debris removal – from… Read the rest “U.S. Senate is doing something to try to clean up space junk.”

Private space company eyes mission to seek life on Venus.

4 September 2022 grant 0

Vice reports on Rocket Lab’s plans to use privately funded spacecraft, supported by a research team at MIT, to explore the famously inhospitable surface of Venus for signs of life… Read the rest “Private space company eyes mission to seek life on Venus.”

Exploring alien planets (and Earth) by balloon

11 August 2022 grant 0

Science News looks at the recent breakthroughs in planetary research using an often-overlooked kind of vehicle, a lighter-than-air balloon, as a research platform in alien skies:

“Venus

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Voyager 1, the world’s most faraway space probe, is sending back weird signals.

30 May 2022 grant 0

Space.com is calling the mysterious set of signals a “telemetry issue,” and experts say it shouldn’t be surprising that an interstellar ship launched 45 years ago … Read the rest “Voyager 1, the world’s most faraway space probe, is sending back weird signals.”

Pluto might have an underground ocean, if those icy volcanoes are any indication.

17 April 2022 grant 0

Science magazine reports on new conclusions from the New Horizon spacecraft’s 2015 observations of ice volcanoes on Pluto, and what they could mean for the interior structure of… Read the rest “Pluto might have an underground ocean, if those icy volcanoes are any indication.”

There’s more than one speed of sound on Mars.

14 April 2022 grant 0

Science News describes one of the odd issues facing our robotic exploration of the Red Planet, because sound waves travel differently in the thin atmosphere of Mars. Not just a different… Read the rest “There’s more than one speed of sound on Mars.”

Russia’s war reaches into space, leaving an American astronaut potentially stranded.

12 March 2022 grant 0

ABC News reports on an unintended consequence of the war in Ukraine that’s creating a tricky situation far overhead. American astronaut Mark Vande Hei, currently serving aboard… Read the rest “Russia’s war reaches into space, leaving an American astronaut potentially stranded.”

Scientific illustration of the Hubble Space Telescope being loaded into the gleaming VPF.

Science Art: The Hubble Space Telescope is lifted into the workstands…, 1990

27 February 2022 grant 0

There’s a new space telescope getting ready to do its thing now, but here’s a look back to when the last one was brand new. It’s a NASA image hosted by the San Diego Air and… Read the rest “Science Art: The Hubble Space Telescope is lifted into the workstands…, 1990”

Somebody’s rocket is about to crash into the moon. We’re not really sure whose.

25 February 2022 grant 0

Space.com introduces a new wrinkle in the growing space-junk problem. There’s so much stuff flying around us, we’re no longer sure where it came from or how long it’s… Read the rest “Somebody’s rocket is about to crash into the moon. We’re not really sure whose.”

Scientific illustration of a communications satellite rocket lifting off.

Science Art: Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Lifts Off!, by NASA/Joel Kowsky, 7 Dec 2021

2 January 2022 grant 0

This is another unusual perspective of a space vessel in flight, though slightly less rare than the top-down image posted here on 28 November. We’re looking up at a United Launch Alliance… Read the rest “Science Art: Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Lifts Off!, by NASA/Joel Kowsky, 7 Dec 2021”

Scientific Illustration of a NASA Space-X Crew 4 Mission Patch.

Science Art: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission Patch, by Alexandra Lindgren

12 December 2021 grant 0

A dragonfly in space. Luck, and transformation.

This is the symbol for a joint NASA/ESA mission to the ISS, with Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins on the NASA side, and Samantha… Read the rest “Science Art: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission Patch, by Alexandra Lindgren”

Scientific illustration of the Dragon rocket getting ready to dock at the ISS, with its nose cone open.

Science Art: A Dragon Approaches, ESA/NASA, 2021

28 November 2021 grant 0

This is a view of the Dragon spaceship Endurance from an angle most of us never get to see – above the nose cone, which is open to allow the ship to dock at the International Space Station.… Read the rest “Science Art: A Dragon Approaches, ESA/NASA, 2021”

The Russians seem to have blown up one of their satellites, and the ISS is dodging the debris.

15 November 2021 grant 0

There’s going to be more news on this shortly, but a a couple of Near-Earth Orbit tracking services are reporting on the Russian satellite Cosmos 1408, which appears to not be there… Read the rest “The Russians seem to have blown up one of their satellites, and the ISS is dodging the debris.”

James Webb Space Telescope ready for launch.

11 November 2021 grant 0

The BBC reports that, after overcoming plenty of obstacles, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is ready to get into orbit and start gazing at the universe in mid-December:

Webb

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SONG: Rocks in the Sky

26 October 2021 grant 0

SONG: “Rocks in the Sky”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: NASA Press Release, 16 Oct 21, “NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to ‘Fossils’ of Planet Formation,” as used in the… Read the rest “SONG: Rocks in the Sky”

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