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Tuesday, 27 December 2022 08:02
New study models the transmission of foreshock waves towards Earth
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Dec 27, 2022
An international team of scientists led by Lucile Turc, an Academy Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki and supported by the International Space Science Institute in Bern has studied the propagation of electromagnetic waves in near-Earth space for three years. The team has studied the waves in the area where the solar wind collides with Earth's magnetic field called foreshock region, an
An international team of scientists led by Lucile Turc, an Academy Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki and supported by the International Space Science Institute in Bern has studied the propagation of electromagnetic waves in near-Earth space for three years. The team has studied the waves in the area where the solar wind collides with Earth's magnetic field called foreshock region, an
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Tuesday, 27 December 2022 08:02
New technique reveals changing shapes of magnetic noise in space and time
Princeton NJ (SPX) Dec 27, 2022
Electromagnetic noise poses a major problem for communications, prompting wireless carriers to invest heavily in technologies to overcome it. But for a team of scientists exploring the atomic realm, measuring tiny fluctuations in noise could hold the key to discovery.
"Noise is usually thought of as a nuisance, but physicists can learn many things by studying noise," said Nathalie de Leon,
Electromagnetic noise poses a major problem for communications, prompting wireless carriers to invest heavily in technologies to overcome it. But for a team of scientists exploring the atomic realm, measuring tiny fluctuations in noise could hold the key to discovery.
"Noise is usually thought of as a nuisance, but physicists can learn many things by studying noise," said Nathalie de Leon,
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Tuesday, 27 December 2022 08:02
Moon water imager integrated with NASA's Lunar Trailblazer
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 27, 2022
JPL's cutting-edge instrument, which will provide insights into the lunar water cycle and composition of the Moon's surface, has been incorporated into the small satellite. Lunar Trailblazer, NASA's mission to understand lunar water and the Moon's water cycle led by Caltech in Pasadena, California, is one step closer to launching next year. Earlier this month, the agency's Jet Propulsion Laborat
JPL's cutting-edge instrument, which will provide insights into the lunar water cycle and composition of the Moon's surface, has been incorporated into the small satellite. Lunar Trailblazer, NASA's mission to understand lunar water and the Moon's water cycle led by Caltech in Pasadena, California, is one step closer to launching next year. Earlier this month, the agency's Jet Propulsion Laborat
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Tuesday, 27 December 2022 08:02
HAARP to bounce signal off asteroid in NASA experiment
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Dec 27, 2022
An experiment to bounce a radio signal off an asteroid on Dec. 27 will serve as a test for probing a larger asteroid that in 2029 will pass closer to Earth than the many geostationary satellites that orbit our planet.
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research site in Gakona will transmit radio signals to asteroid 2010 XC15, which could be about 500 feet across. The Univer
An experiment to bounce a radio signal off an asteroid on Dec. 27 will serve as a test for probing a larger asteroid that in 2029 will pass closer to Earth than the many geostationary satellites that orbit our planet.
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research site in Gakona will transmit radio signals to asteroid 2010 XC15, which could be about 500 feet across. The Univer
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Tuesday, 27 December 2022 08:02
InSight goes silent as Martian dust and cold ends mission
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 27, 2022
The InSight Mars mission is history. On 20 December 2022, NASA declared the mission over. The two attempts from Mission Control Centre at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California to reach the lander via relay satellites in Mars orbit have been unsuccessful. This almost certainly means that InSight's solar-powered batteries are no longer supplying enough power, a condition en
The InSight Mars mission is history. On 20 December 2022, NASA declared the mission over. The two attempts from Mission Control Centre at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California to reach the lander via relay satellites in Mars orbit have been unsuccessful. This almost certainly means that InSight's solar-powered batteries are no longer supplying enough power, a condition en
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Tuesday, 27 December 2022 08:02
No oxygen required to make these minerals on Mars
St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 27, 2022
When NASA's Mars rovers found manganese oxides in rocks in the Gale and Endeavor craters on Mars in 2014, the discovery sparked some scientists to suggest that the red planet might have once had more oxygen in its atmosphere billions of years ago.
The minerals probably required abundant water and strongly oxidizing conditions to form, the scientists said. Using lessons learned from Earth's
When NASA's Mars rovers found manganese oxides in rocks in the Gale and Endeavor craters on Mars in 2014, the discovery sparked some scientists to suggest that the red planet might have once had more oxygen in its atmosphere billions of years ago.
The minerals probably required abundant water and strongly oxidizing conditions to form, the scientists said. Using lessons learned from Earth's
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Tuesday, 27 December 2022 08:02
NASA explores a winter wonderland on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 27, 2022
When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into a truly otherworldly holiday scene. Snow, ice, and frost accompany the season's sub-zero temperatures. Some of the coldest of these occur at the planet's poles, where it gets as low as minus 190 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 123 degrees Celsius).
Cold as it is, don't expect snow drifts worthy of the Rocky Mountains. No region of Mars g
When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into a truly otherworldly holiday scene. Snow, ice, and frost accompany the season's sub-zero temperatures. Some of the coldest of these occur at the planet's poles, where it gets as low as minus 190 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 123 degrees Celsius).
Cold as it is, don't expect snow drifts worthy of the Rocky Mountains. No region of Mars g
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Tuesday, 27 December 2022 08:02
Hickenlooper Bill to clear space junk, protect space exploration, passes Senate unanimously
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 27, 2022
U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper applauded Senate passage of his Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act, a bipartisan bill to establish a first-of-its-kind demonstration program to reduce the amount of space junk in orbit. The bill passed the Senate unanimously.
"From satellite communications to rockets carrying humans into deep space, space debris is a massive threat to space operations," said
U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper applauded Senate passage of his Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act, a bipartisan bill to establish a first-of-its-kind demonstration program to reduce the amount of space junk in orbit. The bill passed the Senate unanimously.
"From satellite communications to rockets carrying humans into deep space, space debris is a massive threat to space operations," said
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Sunday, 25 December 2022 11:55
NASA begins construction on asteroid-detecting space telescope
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 23, 2021
Construction is set to begin on NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor, a space telescope designed to search for hard-to-find comets and asteroids that approach the area near Earth.
The NEO Surveyor passed a technical programmatic review and will now move into the construction phase.
"The mission supports the objectives of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) at NASA He
Construction is set to begin on NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor, a space telescope designed to search for hard-to-find comets and asteroids that approach the area near Earth.
The NEO Surveyor passed a technical programmatic review and will now move into the construction phase.
"The mission supports the objectives of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) at NASA He
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Friday, 23 December 2022 15:19
Video: Flight control, space weather and debris: What an astronaut needs to know
Recently, Andreas Mogensen, now getting ready for his "Huginn" mission to the ISS in 2023, stopped by ESA's ESOC mission control center in Darmstadt, Germany, to meet with some of the experts who keep our satellites flying.
Andreas usually works at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston as an ISS "capcom," and we don't often see him in Europe. A few months back, while returning to Germany for some training at ESA's Astronaut Center in Cologne, we seized the opportunity to ask him if he'd like to stop over in Darmstadt for a look behind the scenes at mission control, and he immediately answered, "yes!"
Andreas studied aeronautical engineering with a focus on "guidance, navigation and control of spacecraft" and we thought he'd be delighted to meet with the teams at mission control doing precisely that sort of work for our robotic missions.
We figured he'd also enjoy meeting colleagues from our Space Safety program, especially the ones working on space debris and space weather, as these are crucial areas that influence the daily life of astronauts on the ISS.
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