Friday, July 8, 2022

NASA

 NASA is objecting to Russia's use of ISS in "propaganda."

NASA is also challenging what it sees as China's plan to dominate the Moon.

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Sounding Rockets

 NASA will use sounding rockets to probe the habitability of the Alpha Centauri system.

  The rockets will carry instruments to measure ultraviolet radiation.

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Bennu

 Researchers have found a landslide and a huge crater on the asteroid Bennu.

Bennu has been hit over time by even smaller bodies.

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Europa Clipper

 NASA's Europa Clipper may end its mission by crashing into Ganymede or  Callisto rather than Jupiter itself.

It would be a cost cutting measure.

Monday, July 4, 2022

Pathfinder

 Pathfinder landed on Mars on July 4, 1997.

It carried Sojourner, the first rover on Mars.


Saturday, July 2, 2022

Power Grid

 Scientists and engineers are concerned the electric power grid may be vulnerable to a major space weather event.

A collapse of the power grid could be disastrous.

Friday, July 1, 2022

ABC Siting

 NASA is looking for a site for its Artemis Base Camp.

It will be in a polar region, but finding a good site-- one with access to water ice and constant solar power, for example-- is complex.