by David Todd | Sep 19, 2013 | commercial launch services, exploration, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, Space Shuttle
Our previous article outlined the fact that the later Block 1A and Block 2 versions of NASA’s SLS were probably too small for proper manned exploration (according to studies two SLS launch vehicles will be needed for a manned lunar mission). We went...
by David Todd | Sep 13, 2013 | exploration, NASA, Science, Seradata News
According to NASA, its Voyager 1 spacecraft has officially become the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 billion miles (19 billion kilometers) from our sun. As the result of a coronal mass ejection from the...
by David Todd | Sep 9, 2013 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
The newsblog of Nature has broken the news that the EPOXI (Deep Impact) spacecraft is in a spin since August after a software uplink. Engineers are rushin to try and recover the spacecraft to a properly solar illuminated condition before the battery power runs out. ...
by David Todd | Sep 9, 2013 | exploration, NASA, Satellites
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission was launched successfully by a Minotaur 5 (spin stabilised delivery version) rocket at 0327 GMT on 7 September 2013 from the Wallops Island launch site on the Eastern seaboard of USA. The $80...
by David Todd | Sep 2, 2013 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science
The Neowise (NEOWISE) spacecraft will be reactivated during September by NASA which plans to use it for a further three years in an attempt to discover and analyse a further 150 asteroids passing close to Earth. The original Wise mission spacecraft was designed to...
by David Todd | Aug 16, 2013 | exploration, Russia
The joint Russo-Indian Chandrayaan 2 mission to land a rover on the Moon, may now be an all Indian-affair according to Indian media sources quoting anIndian government minister. According to the reports, an attempt to change the mission by Russia following the...
