The Solar Orbiter probe, from the European Special Agency (ESA) and the US Space Agency (NASA), was able to obtain unprecedented images when it reached less than 8000 km from the surface of Venus.
In the days before this approach, the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager, or SoloHI, telescope aboard the spacecraft captured an unexpected and fascinating view of the planet.
NASA plans resupply mission to ISS for Aug. 28
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – NASA is planning to launch its 23rd resupply mission to the International Space Station in the early morning hours of Aug. 28.
The space agency plans to launch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Cargo Dragon capsule at 3:37 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, according to NASA's website .
Red Dwarf Exoplanets Could Be Habitable Because They Dodge Deadly Radiation From Stars
A study has found that exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars may not be as badly affected by stellar radiation as scientists had previously suspected.
Red dwarfs are small stars that account for a large chunk of all stars in the galaxy. They are dimmer than our own sun, but that means it is easier for scientists to find smaller terrestrial planets around them.
Saturn's Rings Are Like a Seismometer That Reveal the Planet's Core - The New York Times
Saturn's icy rings are not just aesthetically wondrous marvels. One of them also records a beautiful planetary soundtrack.
The planet's interior, concealed beneath a shroud of mostly hydrogen gas, convulses. This causes shifts in the local gravity field, which pulls at particles in Saturn's expansive C ring and makes them dance.
Russian space officials try to blame NASA astronaut for Soyuz air leak in 2018 with baseless
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's head of human spaceflight says the agency stands behind its astronauts following claims that a U.S. crewmember at the International Space Station sabotaged a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 2018, causing an air leak at the orbiting laboratory.
"Serena is an extremely well-respected crew member who has served her country and made invaluable contributions to the agency," Lueders told reporters. "And I stand behind Serena — we stand behind Serena and her professional conduct and I did not find this accusation credible."
Could billionaires in space bring science back to the moon? | COMMENTARY - Baltimore Sun
The recent forays into the mesosphere by billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, of Virgin Records and Amazon fame, respectively, may indeed usher in a new era of space tourism, albeit for very wealthy individuals.
Similarly, as space access becomes cheaper, companies will turn to space-based manufacturing to create useful products in zero gravity, such as novel crystals and semiconductors. Solar panels could be deployed, as well, with collected energy beamed down to Earth.
Afghanistan's collapse: Did US intelligence get it wrong? - ABC News
As panicked Afghans watched Taliban fighters roll into the capital city of Kabul Sunday, sealing the collapse of the U.S.-backed government there, many Americans were left wondering how top Biden officials could have been so wrong in their recent proclamations that Kabul would not easily fall.
A Six-Exoplanet System Challenges Assumptions of How Planets Form – Now.
How are planets formed? Until recently, astronomers who study our planets and alien exoplanets thought they knew. Now, a discovery of a six-exoplanet star system some 200 light-years away named TOI-178 is challenging planetary formation theories.
Five of the system’s six planets revolve around their central sun in predictable patterns that repeat, with some planets aligning every few orbits.
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Arianespace readies 9th OneWeb mission |
Arianespace is readying its Flight ST34, which is itss shorthand for the upcoming launch of 34 extra OneWeb low Earth orbiting satellites.
ST34 will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on August 20th. The launch time will be 3.23am (Baikonur time). Once launched, the extra satellites will take the OneWeb constellation to 288 satellites, operating at 450 kms high in orbit.
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