Turning Vanes inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel
NASA Men stand in front of turning vanes inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel (AWT) at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in this February 1944 publicity…
Sols 4493-4494: Just Looking Around
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Detecting Exoplanets by their Magnetospheres
There are a number of ways that exoplanets have been discovered over recent years but a team of astronomers have been exploring other ways. One particular exciting method is to…
Artemis 2.0: A model for really winning the new moon race
Right now, the remains of three private spacecraft rest on the moon, with one more lost in Earth orbit. And that is incredible. First came Israel’s Beresheet, which crashed on…
Webb Sees an Early Galaxy Blowing Away the Cosmic Fog
When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in December 2021, one of its primary purposes was to see the first galaxies in the Universe forming just a few million…
China’s megaconstellations take off, government backs commercial space
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GAO rejects TraCSS contract protest
The GAO has denied a protest from a company over a contract that is part of the Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic coordination system. The post GAO rejects TraCSS…
Webb Sees Neptune’s Auroras for the First Time
The outer planets remain somewhat of a mystery and Neptune is no exception. Voyager 2 has been the only probe that has visited the outermost planet but thankfully the James…
Sols 4491-4492: Classic Field Geology Pose
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U.S. military prepares to award new commercial satcom deals
The Commercial Satellite Communications Office last week issued a final solicitation for bids for the Marine Enterprise Commercial Satellite Services (MECS2) contract The post U.S. military prepares to award new…