Solar Orbiter is an unmanned solar exploration spacecraft developed by ESA with the participation of NASA. It is the first mission of the Cosmic Vision midrange program. ESA and NASA have published a series of images and recordings made by…
The Glenn Research Center has received a grant from NASA to develop the A Titan Sample Return Using In-Situ Propellants mission project. Its goal is to return Titan soil samples using local resources. Titan is one of the most interesting…
Jakarta is one of the fastest growing cities on Earth. While in 1930 it was home to half a million people, by 2020 this figure had increased 20-fold, exceeding 10 million people. When agglomeration is taken into account, the population…
Scientists of Novosibirsk State Technical University NETI together with Reshetnyov Information Satellite Systems JSC developed and patented electric energy converter for power supply systems of aerospace vehicles, allowing to reduce the weight of the power supply system, thereby increasing the…
James Webb Telescope (James Webb Space Telescope) has become one step closer to space. Experts NASA and the company Northrop Grumman has successfully completed the final test to open the main mirror of the device, during which it was transferred…
SpaceX has submitted a plan to the FCC for the first orbital test of its new Starship prototype spacecraft. The test date is unknown at the moment, but company officials have repeatedly said they plan to test it this year.…
On May 15, the landing platform of China’s Tianwen-1 mission made a successful landing on Mars. It delivered the Mars rover Zhuzhong to the surface of the Red Planet. Thus, China became the third country (after the USSR and the…
This photo was taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on April 9. On that day it made its final flyby of the asteroid Bennu (101955 Bennu). The purpose of the visit was to map the surface of the small body and…
On May 15, Rocket Lab conducted its 20th launch of the Electron small rocket. The main purpose of the mission was to orbit two BlackSky satellites, designed for remote sensing of the Earth. The company also wanted to re-test the…
Scientists at Belgorod State National Research University (BelSU), together with colleagues from Japan, have been able to increase the accuracy of measurements of particle parameters in colliders several times, the RIA Novosti website reports. According to the authors, the new…