... developed the MarCO (Mars Cube One) spacecraft as the first interplanetary cubesats, intended as pathfinders for the space science community. Two MarCO spacecraft are scheduled to launch on the same rocket as InSight in May 2018, but will...
... decades more advanced monitoring systems have been implemented and utilised. At the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Science and Technology, the UAE Meteor Monitoring network (UAEMMN) began operations in September 2018 with two observation...
... four of NASA’s Great Observatories - Hubble, Compton, Chandra and Spitzer – which gives him a fairly unique perspective on space science. ROOM’s US editor, Amanda Miller, delves into his engineering background and the key technologies of the Spitzer...
... capable of supporting a known organism”. This definition takes a step further than a common definition used in space science: “a habitable environment is one capable of supporting liquid water”. The former definition considers not just the liquid...
... case for a period of life thriving on Mars. About the author Bill Farrand is a senior research scientist at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He has a BA in Geology from Franklin & Marshall College and a MS and PhD in the Geosciences...
BisonSat aims at developing skills in space science and engineering. The first cubesat built at a Native ...current and past,” he told NASA. “So all of our names [are] in space.” While Olson was aware that the project would have a great impact on the ...