by David Todd | Feb 28, 2014 | commercial launch services, JAXA, Satellites, Science
A spacecraft called Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory which has been to measure rainfall on Earth has been launched by an H-IIA launch vehicle from the Japanese launch site at Tanegashima on 28 February 2014. The mission, which was valued at...
by David Todd | Feb 12, 2014 | China, exploration, Science, Seradata News
It had been reported that China’s Yutu (“Jade Rabbit”) lunar rover has failed to reactivate and return telemetry signals two days after its second lunar night ended. Responding to these media reports, the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) via...
by David Todd | Jan 20, 2014 | commercial launch services, Science, Seradata News, Technology
The UK-based air-breathing rocket developer, Reaction Engines Limited, has announced that it has joined forces with the US Air Force Research Laboratory to develop its engine technologies. Under the Cooperation Rasearch and Development Agreement (“CRADA”)...
by David Todd | Jan 17, 2014 | ESA, Satellites, Science
Having made a burn on 20 December 2013, the day after it was launched, and a supplementary rocket engine burn on 7 January 2013, ESA’s Gaia astronomy mission finally entered a halo orbit around the L2 Lagrangian point after making a final engine burn on 14...
by David Todd | Jan 3, 2014 | On a Lighter Note, Science, Seradata News
Young children love the Doggie Doo game (see below) for obvous reasons, but now there actually could be some science behind this activity as well. For next time you see a dog owner having to pick up a warm steaming one with their plastic bagged hand, just have a...
by David Todd | Dec 20, 2013 | commercial launch services, ESA, Science
The European Space Agency’s GAIA ( Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics) mission was successsfully launched from Sinnamary launch site, near Kourou, French Guiana, at 0912 GMT on 19 December by a Soyuz ST-B (Fregat MT). GAIA is to study the...
