Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover features within Mercury’s magnetosphere
6 In June 2023, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) BepiColombo mission performed a…
Month: October 2024
Culturally Inclusive Planetary Engagement in Colorado
Planetary scientists and engineers from Boulder, as well as scientists from Florida, Maryland, and Alaska participated. ReaCH partnered with the…
Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time
Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time by Dan Kotlyar | Associate Prof Nuclear and Radiological Engineering,…
Hubble Observes a Peculiar Galaxy Shape
As this Hubble image reveals, NGC 4694’s dust forms chaotic structures that indicate some kind of disturbance. It turns out…
Is AI the key to predicting solar storms?
A superheated stream of plasma bursts from the Sun in this 2014 image captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite.…
Launch Roundup: Vulcan takes second flight; Hera mission set to study asteroid
Launch Roundup: Vulcan takes second flight; Hera mission set to study asteroid – NASASpaceFlight.com We use cookies to ensure that…
Impulse Space wins $34.5 million contract for U.S. Space Force missions
WASHINGTON — Impulse Space, a startup specializing in in-space transportation services, has secured a $34.5 million contract to support two…
NRO expanding satellite network designed to support military operations
WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office and the Pentagon are making strides in their collaborative effort to use surveillance satellites…
NASA selects X-ray and far-infrared space telescope concepts for study
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected proposals for X-ray and far-infrared space telescopes for additional study as part of a new…
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid — and the Hera mission will survey the aftermath
The Hera spacecraft — and its two cubesats — will survey the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos. Credit: ESA In 2022, NASA’s Double…