(Phys.org) —Some tricky manoeuvres are now under way to steer ESA's trio of Swarm satellites into their respective orbits so that they can start delivering the best-ever survey of our magnetic field.
Space Exploration
Feb 7, 2014
1
0
Just as Saturn's famous hexagonal shaped jet stream encircles the planet's north pole, the rings encircle the planet, as seen from Cassini's position high above. Around and around everything goes!
Space Exploration
Feb 4, 2014
0
3
Astrobiologists are developing 'intelligent' instruments that could help future robotic explorers make their own decisions about where and how to collect data. Although focused on Mars exploration for the time being, the ...
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2014
0
0
Dante Lauretta, who is leading the UA's OSIRIS-REx NASA mission, talks about what it takes to reach an asteroid and how an electric guitar plays a role in the mission.
Space Exploration
Jan 10, 2014
0
0
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station dimmed the lights, turned off unnecessary equipment and put off science work Thursday as NASA scrambled to figure out what's wrong with a key cooling unit.
Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2013
0
0
In the first 300 days of the Mars Science Laboratory's surface mission, the Curiosity rover cruised around the planet's Gale Crater, collecting soil samples and investigating rock structures while the onboard Radiation Assessment ...
Space Exploration
Dec 9, 2013
0
0
Now in orbit around the moon, NASA's newest lunar mission has completed the commissioning phase, and its science instruments have passed their preliminary checks.
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2013
0
0
The hot and energetic Universe and the search for elusive gravitational waves will be the focus of ESA's next two large science missions, it was announced today.
Astronomy
Nov 29, 2013
0
0
NASA's newest delivery service made its first-ever shipment to the International Space Station on Sunday, another triumph for the booming commercial space arena that has its sights set on launching astronauts.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2013
3
0
Repeat imaging of anthropogenic (human-made) targets on the Moon remains a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) priority as the LRO Extended Science Mission continues. These continuing observations of historic hardware ...
Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2013
0
0
