'Perseverance will get you anywhere': After 300-million-mile journey, NASA's Mars rover shares Twitter updates
Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:50
"I'm safe on Mars" isn't a tweet you see every day.
It's the update provided by the Twitter account for NASA's Perseverance rover (@NASAPersevere) after it successfully landed Thursday on the Red Planet. The tweet went out to a rapidly-growing audience of more than 1.2 million followers, with promises of more to come in the future.
The tweet, which gathered more than 480,000 likes as of Thursday night, punctuated a 300-million-mile voyage and coincided with the rover's 3:55 p.m. EST landing. "Perseverance will get you anywhere," indeed.
Perseverance landing wins broad political praise
Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:49
WASHINGTON — When the White House called to congratulate NASA on the successful landing of the Mars rover Perseverance, acting administrator Steve Jurczyk new immediately it was the real deal.
“About an hour after landing, I got a phone call from the president of the United States, and his first words were, ‘Congratulations, man,’” Jurczyk recalled during a Feb.
Etna erupts
Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:42
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Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has erupted twice in less than 48 hours, spewing a fountain of lava and ash into the sky. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image has been processed to show the lava flow in bright red. Astronauts training for space station missions
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Beijing (XNA) Feb 18, 2021
Chinese astronauts have started receiving intensive training for spaceflights tasked with building the nation's space station, the China Manned Space Agency said on Tuesday.
Several astronauts have spent the past year in hard training and are now in the prelaunch training phase, focusing on extravehicular activities and some other operations, it said in a news release.
The agency sai
Chinese astronauts have started receiving intensive training for spaceflights tasked with building the nation's space station, the China Manned Space Agency said on Tuesday.
Several astronauts have spent the past year in hard training and are now in the prelaunch training phase, focusing on extravehicular activities and some other operations, it said in a news release.
The agency sai On the quest for other Earths
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 18, 2021
In the search for planets capable of sustaining life, an international research team with members from ETH has taken a significant step forward. As the researchers reported recently in the journal Nature Communications, they found signs of a Neptune-sized planet in the Alpha Centauri star system, a mere 4.4 light years away from Earth.
This exoplanet is located in a zone that may offer sui
In the search for planets capable of sustaining life, an international research team with members from ETH has taken a significant step forward. As the researchers reported recently in the journal Nature Communications, they found signs of a Neptune-sized planet in the Alpha Centauri star system, a mere 4.4 light years away from Earth.
This exoplanet is located in a zone that may offer sui Northrop Grumman's SharkSat Payload Showcases Agility from the Ground to Orbit
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2021
A shark moves through the water with speed and agility, always focused on moving forward. It is in this same vein that Northrop Grumman recently developed SharkSat, a pioneering payload to demonstrate on-orbit mission agility and meet demands for rapid development and deployment in space.
In January, after completing a three-month stay at the International Space Station hosted aboard the c
A shark moves through the water with speed and agility, always focused on moving forward. It is in this same vein that Northrop Grumman recently developed SharkSat, a pioneering payload to demonstrate on-orbit mission agility and meet demands for rapid development and deployment in space.
In January, after completing a three-month stay at the International Space Station hosted aboard the c RUAG Space positions itself for the future
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 17, 2021
To respond to a changing market environment and to create the basis for the successful implementation of its growth ambition, RUAG Space is repositioning itself along a flatter organization that will take effect as of...
RUAG International's Space business is currently being reorganized as part of a project called Ambition 21. The reorganization is a response to a changing market environme
To respond to a changing market environment and to create the basis for the successful implementation of its growth ambition, RUAG Space is repositioning itself along a flatter organization that will take effect as of...
RUAG International's Space business is currently being reorganized as part of a project called Ambition 21. The reorganization is a response to a changing market environme Spaceflight readies its largest satellite contracted to date, Amazonia-1, for Launch
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Seattle WA (SPX) Feb 18, 2021
Spaceflight Inc has provided details about the upcoming launch of its largest customer satellite launch to date, the Amazonia-1 spacecraft. To accommodate the nearly 700-kilogram satellite, Spaceflight purchased an entire NewSpace India Limited's (NSIL) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The mission, named PSLV-C51/ Amazonia-1, is targeted for launch at the end of February from Satish Dhawan
Spaceflight Inc has provided details about the upcoming launch of its largest customer satellite launch to date, the Amazonia-1 spacecraft. To accommodate the nearly 700-kilogram satellite, Spaceflight purchased an entire NewSpace India Limited's (NSIL) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The mission, named PSLV-C51/ Amazonia-1, is targeted for launch at the end of February from Satish Dhawan Arch Mission Foundation announces first in series of Earth Archives
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2021
The Arch Mission Foundation, a nonprofit designed to preserve human heritage forever, has successfully placed the first in a series of terrestrial Earth Archives. The Lava Library is the longest lasting time capsule ever deployed on Earth, and follows the placement of Arch Mission's Lunar Library on the Moon in 2019.
The Arch Mission Foundation creates and maintains ultra-long-term data st
The Arch Mission Foundation, a nonprofit designed to preserve human heritage forever, has successfully placed the first in a series of terrestrial Earth Archives. The Lava Library is the longest lasting time capsule ever deployed on Earth, and follows the placement of Arch Mission's Lunar Library on the Moon in 2019.
The Arch Mission Foundation creates and maintains ultra-long-term data st French village says 'non' to Elon Musk's space-age internet
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Saint-Senier-De-Beuvron, France (AFP) Feb 19, 2021
To realise his dream of satellite-powered internet, tech billionaire Elon Musk needs to install antennas around the world. In northern France, a village hopes he'll decide to keep those antennas far away.
Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron, population 350, is none too thrilled to have been picked as a ground station for Musk's Starlink project for broadband from space.
"This project is totally new.
To realise his dream of satellite-powered internet, tech billionaire Elon Musk needs to install antennas around the world. In northern France, a village hopes he'll decide to keep those antennas far away.
Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron, population 350, is none too thrilled to have been picked as a ground station for Musk's Starlink project for broadband from space.
"This project is totally new. Air Force awards UToledo $12.5 million to develop space-based solar energy sheets
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Toledo OH (SPX) Feb 17, 2021
The military is adding fuel to the momentum of physicists at The University of Toledo who are advancing new frontiers in thin-film, highly efficient, low-cost photovoltaic technology to ensure a clean energy future.
The U.S. Air Force awarded UToledo $12.5 million to develop photovoltaic energy sheets that would live in space and harvest solar energy to transmit power wirelessly to Earth-b
The military is adding fuel to the momentum of physicists at The University of Toledo who are advancing new frontiers in thin-film, highly efficient, low-cost photovoltaic technology to ensure a clean energy future.
The U.S. Air Force awarded UToledo $12.5 million to develop photovoltaic energy sheets that would live in space and harvest solar energy to transmit power wirelessly to Earth-b Several tech payloads from ISS National Lab on Northrop Grumman CRS-15
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
KSC FL (SPX) Feb 18, 2021
On Saturday, February 20, no earlier than 12:36 p.m. EST, Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Cygnus spacecraft on an Antares rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), marking its 15th mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program.
The launch, which will take place from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, will deliver thousands of pounds of critical
On Saturday, February 20, no earlier than 12:36 p.m. EST, Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Cygnus spacecraft on an Antares rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), marking its 15th mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program.
The launch, which will take place from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, will deliver thousands of pounds of critical Earth from Space: Lusaka, Zambia
Thursday, 18 February 2021 09:00
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lusaka – the capital and largest city of Zambia.
Touchdown: NASA's Perseverance rover ready to search for life on Mars
Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:23
Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2021
After seven months in space, NASA's Perseverance rover survived a nail-biting landing phase to touch down gently on the surface of Mars on Thursday, ready to embark on its mission to search for the signs of ancient microbial life.
"Touchdown confirmed," said operations lead Swati Mohan at around 3:55 pm Eastern Time (2055 GMT), as mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasade
After seven months in space, NASA's Perseverance rover survived a nail-biting landing phase to touch down gently on the surface of Mars on Thursday, ready to embark on its mission to search for the signs of ancient microbial life.
"Touchdown confirmed," said operations lead Swati Mohan at around 3:55 pm Eastern Time (2055 GMT), as mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasade Mars landing will mark many firsts in space exploration
Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:23
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2021
NASA's planned landing of the Mars rover Perseverance at 3:55 p.m. EST Thursday will begin a process to advance exploration and understanding of the Red Planet by leaps and bounds - if all goes well.
New landing technology being employed is vital to future missions, especially if humans are ever to set foot on Mars, Steve Jurczyk, NASA's acting administrator, said in an interview Wedne
NASA's planned landing of the Mars rover Perseverance at 3:55 p.m. EST Thursday will begin a process to advance exploration and understanding of the Red Planet by leaps and bounds - if all goes well.
New landing technology being employed is vital to future missions, especially if humans are ever to set foot on Mars, Steve Jurczyk, NASA's acting administrator, said in an interview Wedne