In November, NASA broke all distance records in optical communications with the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment and wanted to use its laser transmitter to lay the foundation for a new means of communication for spacecraft. But it was just the beginning. The American agency has once again broken this distance record – and above … [Read more…]
The largest solar flare in six years occurred on Thursday, causing disruptions in radio communications on Earth for about two hours. • Also read: New key elements for life discovered on a moon of Saturn • Also read: NASA mysteriously loses contact with its Voyager 1 spacecraft • Also read: First tomato grown in space: … [Read more…]
The largest solar flare in six years occurred on Thursday, causing disruptions in radio communications on Earth for about two hours. • Also read: NASA mysteriously loses contact with its Voyager 1 spacecraft • Also read: New key elements for life discovered on a moon of Saturn • Also read: Gyrostim: a device like NASA’s … [Read more…]
Will there be another human walking on lunar soil? This is the goal of NASA’s mission in collaboration with the private company Astrobotic. Photo: Oleg Yakovlev. Karen Teixeira Meteored Brazil Dec 5, 2023 9:00 am 7 min More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission The United States will try to land a spacecraft … [Read more…]
Ingenuity is an exploration helicopter that made its first flight on Mars more than two years ago. Tristan Bergen 11/26/2023 07:00 7 mins NASA has made particularly great progress in space exploration in recent years. For the planet Mars, for example, several rovers are also used a remote-controlled helicopter (Ingenuity) that made its first flight … [Read more…]
Enlarge / SpaceX’s Starship rocket stands on a launch pad in Texas and is waiting to take off for a test flight. SpaceX NASA managers are in South Texas this weekend as SpaceX prepares to launch its second full-size Starship rocket. If the rocket flies perfectly, it will enable further testing as early as next … [Read more…]
Like many Internet users, NASA seems to have succumbed to cat videos. But of course, after making one, the American agency took a small detour through space, about 30 million kilometers away. The operation was part of a very serious test of a new cutting-edge technology: a laser communications system that holds promise for the … [Read more…]