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...
08 March 2021
New study determines best place and time to live in the Milky Way
... compounds that would reduce the amount of visible sunlight reaching the ground, thus causing global cooling. Marine life such as phytoplankton, which is crucial for the food chain and oxygen production, would be wiped out...
