Bidding to be the first paying customer on the New Shephard rocket from Blue Origin approached $3 million on Thursday, with additional bids to be placed in the coming days. According to the company’s website, the highest bid is $2.8 million, up from $2.4 million on Wednesday. The identity of the top bidder is not … Read more
Bidding to be the first paying customer, on Blue Origin’s New Shephard rocket topped $3 million on Monday, flying alongside company founder Jeff Bezos and his brother. According to the company’s website, the highest bid to ride on the July 20 flight is $3.2 million, up from $2.8 million in late May. The identity of … Read more
Lagrangey McLagrangeFace? European Space Agency is calling on the public to help rename its Lagrange spacecraft that will fly ‘behind’ Earth to spot potentially hazardous solar storms ESA is asking for the ‘best and liveliest’ suggestions for its new weather satellite The craft will spot potentially hazardous solar storms before they reach the Earth ‘Lagrangey McLagrangeFace’ … Read more
A stunning image showing Mars as a bright sunlit crescent has been taken by the China‘s Tianwen-1 spacecraft, currently in a parking orbit around the Red Planet. The uncrewed spacecraft entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars on February 24 in anticipation of landing a rover on the surface by the end of June. The … Read more
NASA conducted its first splash test for the Orion spacecraft in advance of the upcoming Artemis lunar missions. Cameras captured the 11-foot capsule dropping into the ‘hydro impact basin,’ a large tank of water at Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research Facility in Hampton, Virginia. However, the drop was hardly a long fall -the … Read more
China’s Tianwen-1 space probe currently orbiting Mars has sent back stunning new images of the Martian surface taken during its first month orbiting the Red Planet. The uncrewed spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in the coming months. The China National Space … Read more
Three robotic explorers launched by three different nations are due to reach Mars within days of each other, after hurtling hundreds of millions of miles through space. The United Arab Emirates’ orbiter, called Hope, reaches Mars on Tuesday, followed less than 24 hours later by China’s orbiter-rover combo, Tianwen-1. NASA’s rover, Perseverance, will arrive a week later, on … Read more
NASA’s Hubble spacecraft discovers evidence of a WEATHER system on nearby ‘Hot Jupiter’ exoplanet – despite blistering surface temperatures of 2,192°F Researchers examined images of WASP-31b taken by the Hubble telescope WASP-31b is an extremely hot ‘puffy planet’ 1,305 light years away from Earth It is tidally locked, with one side facing the star and the … Read more
Rolls-Royce and UK Space Agency team up to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft engine that could get us to Mars in just three months The firms will explore the potential of nuclear power as a source of energy A nuclear-powered spacecraft engine could cut journey times to Mars in half They could also reduce the dose of … Read more
Government announces new spacecraft to track down comets and map them in 3D will be built in Britain By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 GMT, 14 December 2020 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 14 December 2020 A new spacecraft to track down comets and map them in 3D will be built in Britain, … Read more