University of New Hampshire to build NOAA solar wind sensors
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of New Hampshire, Durham, will build sensors to study solar winds under a $24.3 million contract announced Oct. 24. The Solar Wind Plasma Sensor contract,…
Measuring How Much Dust Spacecraft Kick Up When they Land
The arrival of spacecraft on alien worlds uses a number of different techniques from giant air bags to parachutes and small rockets. The use of rockets can pose a problem…
Challenges facing Space Force and commercial industry: Gen. Guetlein’s candid take
The vice chief of the Space Force said the service is committed to greater transparency with its commercial and international partners The post Challenges facing Space Force and commercial industry:…
NRO readies open call for satellite remote sensing
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – The National Reconnaissance Office will invite companies to propose remote sensing capabilities on an ongoing basis. In the past, the agency responsible for designing, building and…
NASA delays decision on Chandra and Hubble cuts
NASA has deferred any plans to reduce operations of two major space telescopes as a cost-cutting move until after the agency receives its final appropriations for fiscal year 2025. The…
Watch sun erupt in 1st images from NOAA’s groundbreaking new satellite (photos)
NOAA shared new images taken by the world’s first operational space-based coronagraph, CCOR-1, captured during a solar storm outburst.
NASA Awards NOAA’s Solar Wind Plasma Sensors Contract
NASA has selected the University of New Hampshire in Durham to build Solar Wind Plasma Sensors for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s…
Did Some of Earth’s Water Come from the Solar Wind?
The source of Earth’s water is an enduring mystery that extends to exoplanets and the notion of habitability. In broad terms, Earth’s water was either part of the planet from…
An Orange Blue Moon
NASA/Ben Smegelsky Clouds curling around the full “blue” moon gives the night sky an eerie feel in this image from Aug. 19, 2024. As seen here, a blue moon is…
Ion Engines Could Take Us to the Solar Gravitational Lens in Less Than 13 Years
Sending an object to another star is still the stuff of science fiction. But some concrete missions could get us at least part way there. These “interstellar precursor missions” include…