February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... an attractive possibility, as it grows plants in water instead of relying on a soil-like system. The latter adds weight to the spacecraft and the risk of particles floating around, two aspects that make it disadvantageous. The Advanced Plant Habitat...
10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
... Observatory in Puerto Rico, which has the most powerful astronomical radar system on Earth, to help track the spacecraft. Coupled with the large radar antennas at Goldstone and Green Bank, by working together to rediscover Chandrayaan-1 and...
28 December 2018
Dream Chaser spacecraft passes key NASA milestone
...’s confidence in the safety and maturity of Dream Chaser’s design. Owned and operated by SNC, the Dream Chaser spacecraft is a reusable, multi-mission space utility vehicle. It is capable of transportation services to and from low-Earth orbit, where...
09 September 2016
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on its way to study Bennu after successful launch Thursday
... much information as possible about Bennu well before then. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is expected to get close to Bennu in August 2018, when it ...contact with its surface to collect samples. The spacecraft is equipped with TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample ...
12 April 2019
Beresheet spacecraft crash lands on the Moon
...and China, to become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon. Although unlike its contemporaries, with the ...grey regolith were thwarted. "We had a failure in the spacecraft; we unfortunately have not managed to land successfully," Opher ...
13 December 2019
Starliner spacecraft could fly as early as next week
... 25 through 28 December. The status of flight hardware, software and the space station’s readiness to receive the Starliner spacecraft, were all approved during the full day of briefings and discussion, which was attended by dozens of representatives...
