“During this operation, we mainly checked the status of several instruments by turning on switches and applying loads,” JAXA said on social media platform X. “Although there are some glitches in some of the MBC's functions, it still works, so we are carefully checking its condition,” it said, referring to the multi-band camera used to […]
“SLIM managed to survive a night on the lunar surface while maintaining its communications function!” It added that communications were “terminated after a short time, as it was still lunar noon and the temperature of the communications equipment was very high”. But it also says: “Preparations are being made to resume operations once the equipment's […]
“After following supernovae and searching for compact objects for more than three decades, it is exciting to finally find the missing evidence for a neutron star,” said lead author Claes Fransson, professor of astrophysics at Stockholm University in Sweden, to JWST. Thank you.” According to the study published in Science Journal. “Neutron stars are extremely […]
The remaining merchandise was sent on behalf of Intuitive Machines' private customers, and includes 125 stainless steel Mini Moons created by artist Jeff Koons. The cargo can last for seven days before lunar night falls, rendering Odysseus inactive. NASA paid Intuitive Machines US$118 million to ship its hardware under a new initiative called Commercial Lunar […]
In addition to Astrobotic’s failed effort, two other private initiatives folded: Beresheet, run by an Israeli nonprofit, collapsed in 2019; Whereas Japanese company iSpace also had a “hard landing” last year. Only five nations have succeeded: first the Soviet Union, then the United States, which is still the only country that has even put people […]
SLIM’s goal was to create a crater where the moon’s mantle, typically the deep interior layer beneath its crust, is thought to be exposed at the surface. JAXA said the two probes successfully separated — one with a transmitter and the other designed to orbit around the moon’s surface to send images to Earth. This […]
Emission mechanisms from various astronomical sources such as black holes, neutron stars, active galactic nuclei, pulsar wind nebulae, etc. arise from complex physical processes and are challenging to understand. The precise nature of the emissions from such sources still poses deep challenges to astronomers. Polarimetry measurements add two more dimensions to the understanding, the degree […]
“These tests include operating reusable spacecraft in new orbital regimes, experimenting with future space domain awareness technologies, and based on NASA-provided materials,” the U.S. Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office said in a statement last month. “Includes investigating radiation effects.” It said this is the first time that the The size of a […]
Despite not being habitable, they are remarkable in another way: all six planets are precisely coordinated with each other in their orbit. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered two exoplanets orbiting the star for the first time in 2020. The satellite, known as Exoplanet Hunter, spotted the pair by measuring changes in brightness as […]
European astronomers on Tuesday released the first images from the newly launched Euclid space telescope, designed to uncover the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy – hidden forces thought to account for 95 percent of the universe. The European Space Agency, which leads the six-year mission as a partner with NASA, said the images […]
In a quiet room of a museum in Washington, cameras and cell phones focus on a small piece of rock, no bigger than a piece of gravel. The fragment may seem insignificant, but it is a sample taken from the asteroid Bennu, which scientists are studying in the hopes of finding out whether the asteroid […]
Jing, Zhu and Gui traveled to China’s Tiangong space station in late May and remained in orbit for 154 days. He spent time conducting scientific experiments and conducted about eight hours of spacewalk. A new crew replaced them after the Shenzhou-17 mission lifted off from the Jiuquan launch site in the country’s northwest last week. […]
Yuri Borisov, the head of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, supported Putin’s position as a means of maintaining the country’s capabilities in manned space flight. “The ISS is aging and will be retired around 2030,” Russian agencies told reporters. “If we do not start large-scale work on creating a Russian orbital station in 2024, it […]
“This is the first study that shows that mammals may be able to thrive in space,” Yamanashi University and the National Research Institute Riken said in a joint statement Saturday. “This is the world’s first experiment to culture early-stage mammalian embryos under the full microgravity of the ISS,” the statement said. It added, “In the […]
“This is the crew of astronauts with the lowest average age since the launch of the space station construction mission,” Beijing’s State Council Information Office said in a statement. The all-male trio will be led by Tang Hongbo, who is on his first return mission to the Tiangong space station. “In the past two years, […]