Our week through the lens: 23-27 January 2017 To source
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Japanese Cargo Spacecraft Will 'Fly' a KITE | Video
By Steve Spaleta | January 27, 2017 07:51pm ET H-II Transfer Vehicle 6 (HTV-6) is carrying the The Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment (KITE), which will be demonstrated in the days before the cargo spacecraft is deorbited. The technology being tested could one day be used for the removal of space debris and more. Dan Huot from […]
Hail To The NASA Chief – Charles F. Bolden Retrospective | Video
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50th Anniversary of Apollo 1 Fire: What NASA Learned from the Tragic Accident
This time of year is always a somber one for NASA as the space agency remembers the astronauts who died in three horrific spaceflight disasters. Today (Jan. 27) marks the 50th anniversary of the first major, deadly disaster for the U.S. space program: the Apollo 1 fire . On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire erupted […]
Tiny Spacecraft Sees Water at Rosetta's Comet While Stranded in Solar Orbit
A tiny Japanese spacecraft stranded after a botched engine burn nixed its mission to an asteroid has provided a key measurement of water in the comet that hosted Europe’s Rosetta mission. The finding supports measurements made of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the Rosetta orbiter, which circled the comet for two years. Astronomers used a telescope aboard […]
China's Moon-Sampling Mission Targeted for November
Artist’s concept of China’s Chang’e 5 lunar sample-return mission, which the nation aims to launch in November 2017. China is working to launch a sample-return mission to the moon before the end of 2017. The mission, known as Chang’e 5, will be the first to bring lunar material to Earth since the Soviet Union’s Luna […]
What to Do With Nukes? Blow Up Dangerous Comets, of Course
When the comet Siding Spring was detected early in 2013, initial predictions suggested that there was a “non-negligible chance” that it would hit Mars the following year. Thought to be up to half a mile wide, the comet ended up missing the Red Planet by a cosmic hair’s breadth , much to the disappointment of […]
'Astronauts' Start 8-Month Mars Simulation in Hawaii
On Jan. 19, “astronauts” once again started populating the isolated HI-SEAS Habitat in Hawaii, where they are simulating aspects of a human mission to Mars for eight months. Another long-term space simulation is underway at the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, where six crewmembers entered a small, isolated dome Jan. 19 as a part of […]
First SmallGEO launch
Watch the first launch of ESA’s new SmallGEO platform from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana atop a Soyuz launcher. Streaming starts at 01:46 CET on Saturday 28 January To source
Western Texas
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of Western Texas and the Sierra Madera impact crater, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Japanese Craft Leaves Space Station to Conduct Space-Junk Experiment
A Japanese cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station today (Jan. 27) and will spend the next week doing a science experiment in orbit before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 5). HTV-6, also known as Kounotori 6, is Japan’s sixth cargo resupply mission to the space station. It arrived […]
NASA Touches Down at Super Bowl Festival
NASA and some spaceflight companies will be involved in the nine-day festival accompanying the 2017 Super Bowl in Houston. It’s almost time for the 2017 Super Bowl, and visitors to the game’s host city of Houston should make their way to Discovery Green in the city’s downtown starting tomorrow (Jan. 28). There, they’ll find a […]
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] KOUNOTORI6 Leaves the ISS
KOUNOTORI6 Leaves the ISS Last Updated: January 28, 2017 KOUNOTORI6 being released by the ISS robotic arm（Credit: JAXA/NASA） Grappled by the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), KOUNOTORI6 was moved to the releasing point below the ISS and was released at 0:45 a.m., January 28. KOUNOTORI6 initiated separation maneuvers to leave the ISS proximity. Later, […]