More evidence for ancient ocean on Mars from Chinese rover
View larger. | Artist’s concept of an ancient ocean on Mars. A new study of data from China’s Zhurong rover supports the existence of a vast ocean in the Utopia Planitia region in the northern hemisphere billions of years ago. Image via ESO/ M. Kornmesser. Did Mars ever have an ocean? Some studies have suggested […]
See the sun revealed in stunning glory by Solar Orbiter pictures
The sun’s upper atmosphere, or corona, in ultraviolet light ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team These fiery images are the clearest views we have ever had of the sun, taken by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Solar Orbiter, a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, is the most advanced instrument to orbit the […]
Why Elon Musk’s Starship rocket could launch more often under Trump : NPR
SpaceX’s Starship sits at its Boca Chica launch pad. The launch is set to happen on November 19. SpaceX hide caption toggle caption SpaceX Later today, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is set to conduct another test of the largest rocket ever built. If all goes as planned, sometime after 5 PM ET, the giant rocket, […]
SpaceX Starship Launch: Challenges and Successes
On November 19, 2024, SpaceX successfully launched its sixth Starship vehicle from the Boca Chica, Texas launch site. This flight marked a significant step forward in the company’s ambitious plans for space exploration but also highlighted ongoing challenges with booster recovery operations. Launch Overview The Starship/Super Heavy vehicle lifted off at precisely 5 p.m. Eastern […]
Various Launch Vehicles of ISRO (Part 1)
INDIAN ROCKETS AND LAUNCH VEHICLES Rohini Sounding Rocket Family Sounding rockets are one or two-stage solid propellant rockets used for probing the upper atmospheric regions and for space research. They also serve as easily affordable platforms to test or prove prototypes of new components or subsystems intended for use in launch vehicles and satellites. […]
Ripples and rivers | The Planetary Society
Is this the best space exploration image of 2024? You decide! Here you can see a color-enhanced view of the clouds surrounding Jupiter’s north pole, taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft this year. It’s a fantastic image, but is it the best of them all? Check out the other candidates in our Best of 2024 campaign […]
SpaceX launches India’s GSAT-N2 satellite on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) on the GSAT-N2 / GSAT-20 mission on Nov. 18, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched its third Falcon 9 rocket in less than 24 hours, bringing all three of its launch pads into play. Capping off this trio was its second […]
The Large Magellanic Cloud Survived its Closest Approach to the Milky Way
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a small galaxy, just a tenth of the Milky Way’s mass. It is about 160,000 light years away, which is remarkably close in cosmic terms. In the southern hemisphere it spans the width of 20 Moons in the night sky. While the galaxy seems timeless and unchanging to our short […]
Sentinel-1C fuelled ahead of liftoff
Applications 18/11/2024 303 views 11 likes Marking a major milestone in the preparation of Copernicus Sentinel-1C for its scheduled 3 December liftoff, experts have completed the critical and hazardous process of fuelling the satellite. Once in orbit, Sentinel-1C will extend the Sentinel-1 mission’s legacy, delivering radar imagery to monitor Earth’s changing environment to support a […]