by Matt Wilson | Oct 20, 2016 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
At 0547 GMT on 19 October, the NASA probe, Juno, entered a “safe mode” 13 hours before it reached “perijove”, the low point of its orbit, around the planet Jupiter. Operators have reported that the spacecraft behaved as expected when entering...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 20, 2016 | ESA, exploration, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Science, Technology
The main Russian-launched Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) research element of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars mission was successfully injected into its planned orbit around Mars. But the “exciting” part of the mission, ESA’s Schiaparelli lander, crashed into...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 19, 2016 | exploration, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz, space station
At 0805 GMT, 19 October 2016, a Soyuz-FG rocket lifted off from Site 31/6, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the Soyuz MS-02 craft containing crew members of Expedition 49/50 to the International Space Station (ISS). The new crew members are two Russian...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 17, 2016 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science
On 14 October, NASA released a press release stating that a planned engine burn, referred to as a Period Reduction Manoeuvre (PRM), intended for 19 October would be postponed to allow for an investigation into a anomaly observed with the spacecraft’s fuel...
by David Todd | Oct 17, 2016 | ESA, exploration, Russia, Satellites
The European-Russian ExoMars mission has undergone a key moment on its way to the Red Planet. On 16 October 2016, at 1442 GMT, and at a distance of over 850,000 km from the planet Mars, the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) released the Schiaparelli Entry, Descent and Landing...
by David Todd | Oct 12, 2016 | exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Technology
While not a noted proponent of long range space exploration (he often stood in its way), President Barack Obama has seen fit to characterise the last days of his US Presidency by strongly advocating a manned mission to orbit Mars to take place by the mid-2030s with a...
