02 January 2018
2017 - What a year!
...on a Falcon 9 rocket sometime in March and its InSight Mars Lander is slated for a May 2018 launch date and arrival on... Mars in November 2018. Insight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat ...
03 April 2018
Astronomers unexpectedly find the most distant star ever discovered
... between 11 000 and 14 000 degrees Celsius making it blue in colour. “The discovery of LS1 allows us to gather new insights into the constituents of the galaxy cluster. We know that the microlensing was caused by either a star, a neutron...
27 December 2019
Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree
...He just went through a similar ordeal during the descent of NASA’s InSight probe to Mars’ surface in 2018, including the time lag for ... here. This descent, however, will look less like InSight’s than that of the Curiosity rover in 2012. While...
08 July 2020
NASA increases recommendations required by Boeing for Starliner flight
.... “It was an area where perhaps we just didn’t have quite the level of NASA insight as we should have in hindsight,” said Stich. This lack of insight has been placed on the agency’s historic partnership with Boeing that goes back...
08 February 2021
UAE Hope probe poised to enter Mars' orbit tomorrow
... available for scientists around the world to study. “The insights and data we gain from understanding the Martian climate will ...Mars and the other planets will help us gain deeper insights to find solutions for key challenges facing mankind on earth...
27 September 2021
Early findings from Chang'e 5 samples shows a mix of "exotic" materials
..., a new study is paving the way forward by giving an insight into the chemical make-up of the samples and how they link ...the Chang'e-5 landing site. These fragments could give insights into past episodes of explosive, fountain-like volcanic activity...
