16 September 2019
First European satellite with AI set for launch
... make up the FSSCat mission – an innovative mission concept consisting of two 6U Cubesats in support of the Copernicus Land and Marine Environment service. The two CubeSats, each about the size of a loaf of bread, will collect data using...
15 January 2020
Rising sea levels pose threat to KSC
... to be completed by the end of the year, is money well spent. But according to Leesa Souto, Executive Director of the Marine Resources Council and Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, sand dunes and sea walls...
12 February 2020
Planning is submitted for Europe’s first vertical launch site
... local habitat to ensure the planning application includes measures to address and minimise impacts on the land and marine environments. The agency has also said it aims to cut emissions and establish carbon offsetting solutions in order...
22 May 2020
Countdown to SpaceX’s historic Crew Dragon launch
... of two Space Shuttle missions each. Behnken was an Air Force flight test engineer. Douglas Hurley was a Marine Corps fighter pilot and test pilot who was part of the last Space Shuttle mission in 2011...
10 August 2020
Salty dwarf planet Ceres could be hiding an ocean
.... Helping to cement the hypothesis is the new detection of a compound called hydrohalite (NaCl.2H2O). Hydrohalite is very common in marine ice on Earth, but this is the first time that it has been detected beyond our planet. This...
04 December 2020
Asteroid sample from Hayabusa2 to land on Earth 6 December
... reason the capsule cannot be located, the team hope that the capsule’s parachute can be picked up with a marine radar system, which uses four stations deployed around the expected landing area. Drones will also...
