Category Archives: Space Administration

NASA technology demonstrations, which one day could help the agency get astronauts to Mars, and science missions, which will look at the space environment around Earth and how it affects us, have launched into space on a Falcon Heavy rocket.

On 24 June 2019, NASA is sending an atomic clock into space. Not just any old atomic clock, either. It's up to 50 times more accurate than the atomic clocks aboard GPS satellites, its precision only changing by one second every 10 million years.

NASA issued ' June 21 for 'commercial destination development in low Earth orbit using the International Space Station.

The four-year trial programme, dubbed 'Project Darwin', will trial technology and end-to-end connectivity solutions, including 5G and satellite communications, with an eye on creating a new CAV industry vertical.

"Mars, in the public zeitgeist, is very hot right now," said Adam Steltzner, the chief engineer for a new unmanned NASA mission to Mars launching next year, called Mars 2020. This isn't NASA's first mission to Mars.

Reference: ' Other things to check out: ' NASA selects two new missions that aims to better understand extreme space weather ' has selected two missions to help scientists understand how the sun creates solar winds and how they drive extreme s .

A new flyby mission selected by the European Space Agency this week for launch in 2028 will be the first to intercept a new comet or interstellar object fresh from the frozen depths of the outer solar system, or beyond.

Then, suddenly, it stopped. After traveling 300 million miles to Mars, the probe got stuck just inches below the surface. It has remain wedged there since, but NASA hopes a delicate rescue operation could soon free it.

This may worth something: ' European Space Agency tests new device to rescue incapacitated astronauts on the Moon With its natural similarities to the surface of the moon,

Visitors look at a model of a Saturn V rocket and its launch umbilical tower, which were used during the Apollo moon-landing program, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

The government has launched Ireland's first national space strategy. John Halligan, the innovation minister, said the plan, which runs until 2025, would ultimately benefit 'our children's children's children'.

Not to change the topic here: ' The European Space Agency plans to 'intercept' and photograph a comet from the 'dawn' of our Solar System The three spacecraft will travel as one initially, collectively dubbed " ' "

Many things are taking place: ' Boeing Admits Flaw in 737 MAX Simulator Software 'Boeing has made corrections to the 737 MAX simulator software and has provided additional information to device operators to ensure that the simulator experience is .

The country's involvement in space has grown considerably in recent years, with 67 Irish firms last year contracted for work by the European Space Agency.

Publisher: Space Daily Reference: ' Quite a lot has been going on: ' Watch Scientists Torch a Satellite to Help Protect People From Space Debris Most defunct space debris burns up in Earth's atmosphere,

LRO is best known as a water hunter and high-definition mapper of the lunar surface. Both water and clear maps are essential for any human missions.