ACS3, NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System
[ad_1] What is solar sailing? Light is made up of particles called photons. Photons don’t have mass, but they have
Read more[ad_1] What is solar sailing? Light is made up of particles called photons. Photons don’t have mass, but they have
Read more[ad_1] Perseverance continues preparations to collect its first sample. The NASA Mars rover scoured off a rock’s outer crust to
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Read more[ad_1] Why is ESA sending the JUICE spacecraft to Jupiter? Iconic missions to the outer solar system like Voyager 1
Read more[ad_1] Making Plutonium-238 Plutonium-238 poses a problem: it is constantly disappearing. Unlike fission nuclear power, where energy production can be
Read more[ad_1] Jupiter’s icy moons are among the top destinations in the search for life. Callisto, Ganymede and Europa (pictured) all
Read more[ad_1] Earth-like worlds of interest The first exoplanets — worlds orbiting stars besides our own — were discovered in the
Read more[ad_1] It’s an exciting time to search for life on other worlds. From NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars to the
Read more[ad_1] How will Psyche study Psyche? The Psyche spacecraft will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in July 2022
Read more[ad_1] The James Webb Space Telescope is getting ready to ship to its launch site. NASA reports that testing of
Read more[ad_1] Space is inspiring Not every child who dreams of becoming an astronaut will get that opportunity. This is a
Read more[ad_1] Europa facts Average surface temperature: -160 degrees Celsius (-260 degrees Fahrenheit) Average distance from Sun: 5.2 AU Diameter: 1,940
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Read more[ad_1] Planetary science Webb is armed with four science instruments to process the light captured by its gold-coated mirrors. They
Read more[ad_1] They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this doesn’t even come close to the value of
Read more[ad_1] What is a non-governmental mission? None of the Inspiration4 crew members are professional astronauts. Until now, all crewed orbital
Read more[ad_1] What is the Drake equation? The Drake equation is named after Frank Drake, an astronomer who in 1960 led
Read more[ad_1] The newest issue of The Planetary Report is here! The September equinox issue is all about space telescopes, with
Read more[ad_1] How will KPLO study the Moon? KPLO will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sometime around August 2022
Read more[ad_1] NASA’s TESS mission continues to rack up exoplanet discoveries. One of its latest findings is a “super hot Jupiter”
Read more[ad_1] How Mars Express works The main body of the orbiter is roughly cube-shaped, less than 2 meters (6 feet)
Read more[ad_1] VIPER officially has a landing site. On September 20, NASA announced the rover — slated to launch in 2023
Read more[ad_1] Why is ESA launching a mission to Venus? Venus is a hellscape. Its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere creates a
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