August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... or waves are of immense scientific interest as they help scientists to scan the planet’s interior in a similar way that an x-ray reveals the insides of a human body One of InSight’s primary objectives is to study seismic waves that originate either...
August 2018
Flying to the stars
... and therefore do not generate thrust. The second antimatter propulsion concept is based on heating up propellant via gamma rays. Although higher thrusts can be reached in this way, the exhaust velocity is reduced significantly. The only antimatter...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
...medium. A further seven instruments–MGNS (Mercury Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer), MIXS (Mercury Imaging Spectrometer), ...MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory), and SIXS (Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer) – will look at everything ...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
...from one crater to another, starting at Tycho with its impressive ray system. Then your eye moves southwards to the magnificent crater ... continuously As the rover reached the habitat the last rays of sun were glinting on the solar panel fields and...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
...dangerous space radiation environment. Astronauts are exposed to radiation originating from the solar wind, gamma rays, and cosmic rays. Considering mission transits on the order of months, such exposure is a significant threat to crew safety and can...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... radiation storms and geomagnetic storms. Radio blackouts occur when a strong burst of x-rays from a solar flare hits the Earth’s atmosphere. These x-rays can affect both high and low frequency radio signals by disturbing Earth...
