19 May 2016
Astronomers find a group of stars dying too early
... chance to observe globular clusters without the need for using telescopes overseas, not only that, but HERMES is capable of analysing the chemical composition of up to 400 stars at a time. "This incredible advance is unique in that it combines multi...
18 April 2018
Ambitious Galactic survey to help find Sun's lost family
... to produce an unprecedented set of spectral data using the HERMES spectrograph on the AAT. "No other survey has been able...De Silva, of the University of Sydney and AAO, the HERMES instrument scientist who oversaw the working groups on this project....
31 December 2018
Spaceplane Hermes: Europe’s dream of independent manned spaceflight
... to its role as a satellite launcher - it was originally designed to carry the manned spaceplane Hermes. This comprehensive history covers everything from the Hermes concept and proposal phase to the complex reasons for its eventual demise. Other...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... on Mars from a previous Pathfinder mission, for example. The JPL employee redesigns the entire mission of the Hermes spacecraft using a flyby of Earth to return to Mars in a much shorter time. The Hollywood adaptation of Andy Weir’s book...
October 2016
Unlocking the potential of annular ion engines
... kW HET (Hall Effect Rocket with Magnetic Shielding, or HERMeS) under co-development by NASA and JPL for the Solar Electric...Thrust-topower ratio vs. specific impulse for SOA HET (BPT-4000 and HERMeS HETs), as well as SOA ION. Curve fits of data for ...
July 2021
Arecibo - an astounding legacy
... the second ever equal-mass binary Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), 1994 CJ1 - the first, (68230) Hermes, having been discovered by Arecibo in 2003. Arecibo Radar went on to have a record-setting year in 2015, detecting 95 NEAs...
