05 June 2017
The world's largest airplane gets its debut
...the craft with a purpose to launch rockets directly into orbit from an altitude of 9,100 metres (30,000 feet). By.... “As we announced last fall, we will initially launch a single Orbital ATK Pegasus XL vehicle with the capability to launch up to three ...
26 September 2017
Rocket Lab to fly Planet and Spire satellites on second test flight
... the Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand. Rocket Lab’s Electron orbital launch vehicle will carry two Earth-imaging Dove satellites for..., the third-party error that meant we didn’t make orbit has been corrected and we’re focusing on the six Electron vehicles...
09 April 2018
Plans for first-ever luxury space hotel unveiled
...while seeing numerous sunrises and sunsets, as Aurora completes an orbit of the Earth every 90 minutes. “We developed Aurora ... to space agencies who are looking to achieve human spaceflight in orbit for a fraction of the cost – and only pay for ...
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]....
