11 March 2019
LAMP shows migrating water molecules on the Moon
...Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) instrument, on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a team of scientists have observed water molecules ‘hopping... wind. "Lunar hydration is tricky to measure from orbit, due to the complex way that light reflects off...
29 July 2020
Puzzling new gas signatures found on Mars
...’s long term martian resident, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), has spotted puzzling new gas signatures which ...Chemistry Suite (ACS) MIR instrument on ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), featuring the spectral signatures of carbon dioxide (CO2)...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... develop a cis-lunar outpost in a Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) around the Moon are beginning to take shape ...Zak, “NASA, ISS partners quietly completing design of possible Moon-orbiting space station,” The Planetary Society, 09 03 2017. [Online]....
23 November 2016
Massive ice deposits found under the surface of Mars
.... "It's important to expand what we know about the distribution and quantity of Martian water," said Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Deputy Project Scientist Leslie Tamppari, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. "We know early Mars...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
... of Bavaria, will test the ability to passively deorbit inactive, small satellites using atmospheric drag. The Electron orbital launch vehicle had its inaugural test flight in May 2017, followed by an equally successful demonstration mission entitled...
31 October 2016
Swarm constellation helps figure out why satellites lose their GPS signal
... scientists now know why GPS navigation systems on low-orbiting satellites sometimes black out when they fly over the equator ...positioning system so that operators keep them in the correct orbits. Not only that but the GPS also pinpoints where the...
