By Paul Scott Anderson, on March 11th, 2021
The zodiacal light is seen as a faint glow that extends upwards just before dawn or just after dusk. Scientists thought the dust that causes it came from asteroids or comets, but now new data from the Juno mission suggests the dust originated on Mars. Photo Credit: A. Fitzsimmons/ESO/Wikipedia
A team of scientists with […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 22nd, 2021
Perseverance’s touchdown on Mars. Photos: NASA/JPL
Since its successful landing on February 18 in Jezero Crater, mission scientists for the Perseverance rover have been providing updates on the status of the rover, and so far everything seems to continue to go well. Today, NASA held a media briefing to show the amazing video footage […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 18th, 2021
The first low-rez raw image sent back by Perseverance from the ancient lakebed in Jezero Crater, showing many small rocks. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
After a journey of 292.5 million miles (470.8 million kilometers), NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally reached its destination – an ancient lakebed in Jezero Crater on Mars. The rover, the most […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 14th, 2021
On Feb. 18, 2021, the Perseverance rover will land in Jezero Crater using the same sky crane technique that the Curiosity rover used in 2012. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA’s new Mars rover, Perseverance is in the final hours of its voyage to Mars, aiming for a landing in Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 7th, 2021
4x-flown #Falcon9 has delivered @Turksat communications satellite into orbit on 1st @SpaceX mission of 2021. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 13th, 2020
@SpaceX has successfully flown a #Falcon9 a record-breaking 5th time in a single calendat year, lifting @SiriusXM #SXM7 comsat to orbit. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 10th, 2020
It’s been a long wait, but the roar of @ULALaunch #MajesticDelta echoed across the Space Coast Thursday night, delivering #NROL44 to orbit for @NatReconOfc. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 9th, 2020
@SpaceX is ready for its 25th #Falcon9 mission of 2020 on Saturday, as it lifts @SIRIUSXM #SXM7 to orbit. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 8th, 2020
@ULALaunch is counting down to Thursday’s scheduled launch of snakebitten #MajesticDelta & long-delayed #NROL44 for @NatReconOfc. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 4th, 2020
NROL-44 will be the 12th flight of the gargantuan Delta IV Heavy. Photo Credit: ULA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is now targeting Dec 10 to launch the long-delayed NRO-44 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla, following repeated scrubbed launch attempts atop a Delta IV Heavy […]
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