AvatarJBAvatarAvatar17 hours agoJapan’s SLIM moon lander survives a second brutal lunar nightverified_publisherPopular Science - Andrew PaulIt's still upside down, but it's showing signs of life. SLIM, Japan’s first successful lunar lander, isn’t going down without a fight. After making history—albeit upside down—in January, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon continues to surprise mission control at Japan Aerospace Exploration …
AvatarJBAvatarAvatar23 hours agoNASA Will Send Astronauts To The Moon With Plants During Artemis IIIMashable - Harsh VardhanExperiments for the Artemis III mission have been finalised and one of it includes taking plants to the Moon. NASA has decided on three experiments that four astronauts will carry with them when they fly to the Moon in 2026. Artemis III will be the first landing mission under the Artemis Program to …
AvatarJBFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoEuclid Space Telescope’s Sight Restored, Ice No Longer Blocks Lenstechtimes.comEuclid Space Telescope previously suffered from ice on its lens; now, it is gone.
AvatarJBFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoNASA's Europa clipper survives and thrives in 'outer space on Earth'phys.org - NASAIn less than six months, NASA is set to launch Europa Clipper on a 1.6-billion-mile (2.6-billion-kilometer) voyage to Jupiter's ocean moon Europa. …
AvatarJBFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoCommander of First Boeing Astronaut Launch Issues Warningverified_publisherfuturism.com - Victor Tangermann"We’re going to find some stuff. That’s expected." Pobody's Nerfect NASA's Commercial Crew program was designed to provide a safe, reliable, and …
AvatarJBFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoProgress Continues on Europe's Gateway Space Station Contributionseuropeanspaceflight.com - Andrew ParsonsonESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander shared images of the International Habitat (I-Hab) and Habitation and Logistics …
AvatarJBFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoNASA optimistic about resolving Voyager 1 computer problemspacenews.com - by Jeff FoustWASHINGTON — A NASA official says he is optimistic that a problem with the Voyager 1 spacecraft that has kept it from transmitting intelligible data …
AvatarJBFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoBlack Hole at the Center of the Milky Way Has Beautiful Magnetic Spiralspetapixel.com - Jeremy GrayAstronomers using the groundbreaking Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have captured the first view of the magnetic fields surrounding the supermassive …
AvatarJBAvatarAvatar3 days agoJeff Bezos's Plan to Build a Space Station Just Passed Some Key Testsverified_publisherScienceAlert - Ellyn LapointeThe International Space Station won't be around forever, and NASA is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into its potential replacements. One …
AvatarJBFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoWhat came before the Big Bang? These are the best theories we have about the origin of the cosmosskyatnightmagazine.com - Govert SchillingIt’s the question that always comes up when thinking about the origin of the Universe: what came before the Big Bang? And if there was no ‘before’, …
AvatarJBFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNASA Slashes Budget for Chandra, Its Greatest X-ray Observatoryscientificamerican.com - Jonathan O'CallaghanAnother of NASA’s “Great Observatories” is facing its end. Between 1990 and 2003 the space agency launched four magnificent machines into Earth orbit …
AvatarJBFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRussia's space agency aborts launch of 3 astronauts to the International Space Station; all are safeground.news - Star Tribune• Three individuals, including an astronaut, a cosmonaut, and a spaceflight participant, were aboard the Soyuz spacecraft during a last-minute launch …