This view is one of the first from the MESSENGER probe’s Oct. 6, 2008 flyby of Mercury. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. As such, it circles the sun faster than all the other planets, which is why Romans named it after their swift-footed messenger god. The Sumerians also knew of Mercury since […]
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Laser tuning fork
Technology image of the week: What looks like an abstract sculpture is actually the laser equivalent of a tuning fork To source
Cold plasma freshens up French fries
Bad smells from deep-fat frying in restaurants and take-away food venues could soon be eradicated thanks to experiments funded by ESA on the International Space Station. To source
Moon-Race Team Reserves Rocket to Land Rovers Near Apollo 17 Site
Artist’s rendering of PTScientists’ Audi lunar quattro rover driving to the Apollo 17 lunar roving vehicle on the moon. A Berlin-based group of rocket scientists and engineers are aiming to land a pair of privately funded Audi-branded robotic rovers on the moon and drive them to inspect NASA’s Apollo 17 lunar roving vehicle, marking 45 […]
Living with Space 4.0
Faster Internet, forecasting our weather, navigation, safer air traffic, telemedicine, precision farming, natural disaster monitoring – just some of the benefits for us all To source
To Find Life on Mars, Perhaps We Should Look Here
Gusev Crater as imaged by NASA’s Spirit rover. Did NASA’s now dead Spirit rover find evidence of life on Mars before it got stuck in a sand trap and confirmed lost by NASA in 2010? Possibly, say two geoscientists who have found a location on Earth shaped by microbes that closely resembles a particular area […]
New Chinese Commercial-Launch Company Advertises High Launch Rate, Low Price
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC) has created a commercial-launch venture, called Expace Technology Co., to market the solid-fueled Kuaizhou rocket globally. The company expects to make 10 launches per year between 2017 and 2020. PARIS — A Chinese commercial launch-service provider created earlier this year to bid for small-satellite business worldwide expects to […]
ESACM16 media briefing
Watch the media briefing on the conclusion of the Ministerial Council, 2 December To source
Arctic freeze slows down
ESA’s CryoSat satellite has found that the Arctic has one of the lowest volumes of sea ice of any November, matching record lows in 2011 and 2012. Early winter growth of ice in the Arctic has been about 10% lower than usual. To source
[Aeronautical Technology Directorate] [PR brochure] JAXA Aeronautics Magazine "FLIGHT PATH" No.13/14
Message from Director General of the Aeronautical Technology Directorate”Shaping Dreams for Future Skies” ＜Feature 1＞Challenges of the SafeAvio projectFor safe and comfortable air travel ＜Feature 2＞FQUROH: Ready for flight demonstrationDeveloping quiet aircraft technologies to reduce airport community noise Let’s block ads! (Why?) To source
[Interview] Jin Mayama, Novelist "Space Is No Longer Just a Dream"
The novelist Jin Mayama produces book after book that examines the light and dark elements of modern society, and challenges the hypocrisy behind ‘common sense’ views. Mayama’s work Baikoku (Treason), published in 2014, tells the story of a prosecutor from the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office who becomes involved in […]
What Will We Do When Hubble Dies?
For a generation, the Hubble Space Telescope has been exposing the universe’s deepest, darkest secrets. From imaging the volcanoes of Jupiter’s moon Io, to watching the dramatic breakup of comets, imaging baby galaxies, and helping to nail down the universe’s age, its data has been instrumental in today’s understanding of the cosmos near and far. […]
Mares machine
Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Thomas Pesquet prepares for muscle measurements in space To source