WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency will establish a committee with representatives from both inside and outside the space industry to develop options for a European human space exploration program.
The creation of what ESA called a "high-level advisory group" was one of the major outcomes of a one-day "space summit" held in Toulouse, France, Feb. 16 that brought together representatives of member states of both ESA and the European Union to discuss future European space initiatives.
NASA's InSight Mars lander bounces back from dust storm, but its days are numbered | Space
NASA's InSight Mars lander has shaken off the effects of a recent dust storm, likely allowing the spacecraft to collect science data for a few more months.
InSight went into a protective safe mode on Jan. 7, temporarily shutting down its instruments after a huge dust storm prevented the solar-powered lander from soaking up enough sunlight. The spacecraft emerged from safe mode on Jan. 19 , and things are now getting back to normal.
1st image from NASA's new IXPE X-ray telescope looks like a ball of purple lightning | Space
NASA's newly-launched X-ray hunting probe has snapped its first science image and — wow — it's spectacular.
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) probe launched Dec. 9, 2021, on a mission to observe objects like black holes and neutron stars in X-ray light, shedding much-anticipated light on the inner workings of the cosmos.
$1.45 million NSF grant to fund scholarships for future science teachers | NIU Newsroom
DeKalb, Ill. – Over the next five years, Northern Illinois University will award more than $1 million in scholarship and stipend support to students who dream of careers as high school science teachers.
The financial support comes through a new National Science Foundation grant to NIU’s Secondary Science Educator Licensure Program , which plans to provide as much as $40,000 in scholarships to each of roughly 20 select students.
39th annual Presidential Lecture: Proud Legacy, Promising Future | Iowa Now
From its earliest days, the University of Iowa has nurtured the creative spark of experimentation and has become a university dedicated to learning, discovery, health, and culture.
This year's 39th annual Presidential Lecture features presentations from three of Iowa's most distinguished areas: health care, writing, and space physics.
Students confirm errant rocket's Chinese origin, track lunar collision course
"We took a spectrum (which can reveal the material makeup of an object) and compared it with Chinese and SpaceX rockets of similar types, and it matches the Chinese rocket ," said UArizona associate professor Vishnu Reddy, who co-leads the Space Domain Awareness lab with engineering professor
China aims to complete space station, break launch record in 2022 | Space
China is aiming to eclipse a new national launch record set last year while also completing its three-module space station with six related missions in 2022.
The China National Space Administration is preparing to launch two new space station modules, named Wentian and Mengtian, on separate Long March 5B rockets in the coming months.
Not your grandparents' Apollo: Planetarium film captures NASA's new moon missions | CU Boulder
Banner image: NASA's Orion Spacecraft is slated to carry the first humans to leave Earth's orbit in more than 50 years. (Credit: NASA)
Who: Tickets still available
What: Forward! To the Moon public premiere
When: Friday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m.
Where: Fiske Planetarium
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