Jan 26, 2023 | Mobility, Space
China’s Yutu 2 rover is still operating after four years on the moon and has returned new images from the lunar far side. Yutu 2 is part of the historic Chang’e 4 mission, which made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon in January 2019....
Jan 19, 2023 | Imaging, Space
A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever. A dark-energy camera on a telescope in Chile made the observations over two years, focusing on the Southern Hemisphere sky. The National Science...
Jan 12, 2023 | Broadband, Satellites, Space
SpaceX launched a second batch of OneWeb internet satellites late Monday, helping the London-based company fill out its orbital constellation after Russia blocked planned Soyuz launches last year in the wake of western sanctions. Liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space...
Jan 5, 2023 | Satellites, Space
NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Artemis I mission will send the uncrewed spacecraft around the moon to test the vehicle’s...
Jan 5, 2023 | Satellites, Solar, Space
Harnessing the power of the sun is all the rage right now. At the end of 2022, US scientists announced a nuclear fusion breakthrough that could, in a few decades, see a clean, renewable and essentially unlimited energy source powering the world. In reality,...
Jan 5, 2023 | Featured, Solar, Space
Following over a decade of research, including two years of testing origami-inspired components, a small prototype satellite designed to harvest solar energy launched yesterday morning aboard SpaceX’s most recent Falcon 9 rocket...
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