18 July 2016
NASA unveils new Mars 2020 rover
... divert to safe ground nearby," said Allen Chen, Mars 2020 entry, descent and landing lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "With this capability, we can now consider landing areas with unsafe zones...
03 August 2016
Aladin gets ready for Aeolus
... from Aeolus is also expected to be important over oceans in both hemispheres for determining the position and evolution of jet streams and atmospheric fronts,” explained Källén. Aladin: the first wind lidar in space. Image: ESA/ATG medialab...
27 September 2016
Astronomers observe possible water vapour plumes on Europa
... vapour plumes. The other is Saturn's moon Enceladus, which In 2005, was detected by NASA's Cassini orbiter to produce jets of water vapour and dust emanating from its surface. Scientists will have to wait until 2018, when...
23 November 2016
Massive ice deposits found under the surface of Mars
... distribution and quantity of Martian water," said Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Deputy Project Scientist Leslie Tamppari, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. "We know early Mars had enough liquid water on the surface for rivers...
05 December 2016
VSS Unity makes successful first glide flight test
... required for the test flights underneath WhiteKnightTwo – the companies custom-built, four-engine, dual-fuselage jet aircraft. Captive carry has the advantage of acting like a flying wind tunnel, allowing engineers to collect valuable...
30 December 2016
NEOWISE spots two new objects heading our way
... of 2017 and according to Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object (NEO) Studies at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, "has a good chance of becoming visible through a good pair of binoculars, although we can't be sure...
