Vital research into health, climate, materials and more continues with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and colleagues aboard the Space Station this month. Get up to date with what was on their schedule with May's space science summary.
On 6 May 2022, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer made his return to Earth, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico and marking the end of his Cosmic Kiss mission, although post-flight debriefings and science data collection continue.
Diversity drives discovery, says Amazon's space solutions chief
One of the most interesting speakers at the Global Summit of Women 2022 was Mani Thiru, chief of Space and Satellite Solutions, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
A big part of Thiru’s role is to understand the space ecosystem and connect expertise in different countries to help governments or companies launch satellites or go on space-exploration ventures.
Frank Eparvier named new LASP lead scientist - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space ...
The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), the largest space science research institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, has appointed Frank Eparvier as its new associate director for science.
"It's a great honor to be selected as the lead scientist for an organization that's full of so many talented people," said Eparvier.
Chinese satellites evade US surveillance probe, then stare back, according to report
Earlier this year, two Chinese satellites were approached by an American space surveillance satellite after they reached geostationary orbit, according to the report published by Space News on June 16.
The Chinese satellites - Shiyan-12-01 and Shiyan-12-02 - took off in opposite directions as USA 270 drew near, and the Shiyan-12-02 then positioned itself to look back at the US satellite, the report said.
Spots still available for CPSB summer camps - American Press | American Press
The Calcasieu Parish School Board still has availability at two of their four summer camps: Energy Venture Camp and Astro Camp.
Energy Venture Camp will be June 27 -July 1. In this program, students will have the opportunity to interact with modern energy processes.
Webb's NIRSpec Acquires Multiple Targets – James Webb Space Telescope
The Webb team has now approved 10 out of 17 science instrument modes ; since last week we added (14) MIRI imaging, (2) NIRCam wide-field slitless spectroscopy, and our final NIRISS mode, (10) single-object slitless spectroscopy.
This week we asked Tracy Beck, Tony Keyes, and Charles Proffitt, all NIRSpec instrument scientists at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), to tell us about how Webb gets the targets lined up for observation with the NIRSpec instrument.
NASA's metal asteroid mission Psyche won't launch this year | Space
NASA's Psyche mission designed to visit a metal-rich asteroid is facing an uncertain future after software testing issues forced an extended launch delay expected to last at least until July 2023, mission managers announced Friday (June 24).
When asked by Space.com, Glaze hinted these options could include cancelation of the mission, on which NASA has spent $717 million to date, according to an agency statement (opens in new tab) .
Jupiter scientists need your help hunting for storms | Space
Such storms on Jupiter are the focus of a new citizen science project hosted on Zooniverse. Jovian Vortex Hunter (opens in new tab) launched Tuesday (June 21) to allow anyone around the world to help scientists search for storms on the largest planet of our solar system .
See the moon 'jump' over Uranus in the predawn sky this week | Space
Look to the eastern sky before dawn on Friday (June 24) and Saturday (June 25) and the moon will appear to have jumped over Uranus.
On Friday "the old crescent will shine a generous palm's width to the upper left (or 6.5 degrees to the celestial southwest) of the small, magnitude 5.8 speck of Uranus " writes Chris Vaughan, amateur astronomer with SkySafari Software who oversees Space.com's Night Sky calendar .
Get up to date on all the exciting #European @ISS_Research last month in orbit! @AstroSamantha took over from… https://t.co/8sedHWyNRo esaspaceflight (from Estec, Noordwijk) Fri Jun 24 17:21:30 +0000 2022
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