10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
... observe small asteroids several million miles from Earth, researchers were not certain that the radar could detect an... working together to rediscover Chandrayaan-1 and hunt down LRO, researchers have shown that it is possible to track and detect ...
11 April 2017
ESA to supply cameras for Russian lunar mission
... have been reached, that the European Space Agency will take part in lunar research," said director general of the NPO Lavochkin research and industrial association, Sergey Lemeshevsky. "It is quite possible that ESA will take part...
24 May 2017
Tests done on game changing nanotube material for thruster parts
...that much,” explains Michael Meador, Program Element Manager for Lightweight Materials and Manufacturing at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. “I’m not trying to be cliché, but that is a game changer!” The tensile properties of the COPV...
21 August 2017
First Slovak satellite launched into space
... for Space Activities (SOSA), skCUBE successfully blasted into space with the aid of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, when it hitched a ride along with 30 other satellites...
02 February 2018
How a year in space affects your body
... for the study into metabolomic and genomic markers of atherosclerosis (the hardening and thickening of the arteries). Research showed elevated inflammation biomarkers and a thickening of the carotid artery wall in Scott during and immediately after...
23 April 2018
CubeSats lead the way for new NASA missions
...Called ASTERIA, or the Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics, this new CubeSat satellite that has... brightness of stars, and works similar to TESS by allowing researchers to monitor the brief drop in brightness of nearby stars, ...
