by David Todd | Dec 16, 2013 | China, exploration, Science, Seradata News, Technology
At 1311 GMT on 14 December, China’s space programme managed to land its first rover exploration vehicle on another body when its Chang’e 3 lander touched down on the Moon. Following a breaking burn to reduce the velocity of the craft from 1.7km/s to...
by David Todd | Dec 3, 2013 | ESA, NASA, Science
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfSI60iuUEk[/youtube] The Comet Ison failed to live up to its billing as the so-called “Comet of the Century” as it passed close to the Sun in late November. Images from the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft’s Lasco...
by David Todd | Nov 25, 2013 | History, Science
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doLizp4PJmc[/youtube] The new blockbuster space jeopardy thriller Gravity (2013) has just been released and is now filling cinemas and movie theatres around the world. The film stars Sandra Bullock as Dr Ryan Stone on her...
by David Todd | Nov 25, 2013 | exploration, NASA, Science, Seradata News
NASA has reported that Mars Curiosity Rover has experenced a soff short/power leak between Curiosity’s chassis and a 32-volt circuit that routes power to systems throughout the rover. The voltage level fell from 11 volts to 4 volts on 17 November. This is the...
by David Todd | Nov 22, 2013 | commercial launch services, ESA, Satellites, Science
A Russian Rockot launch vehicle launched the three Swarm satellites at 1202 GMT on Friday 22 November from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. The three identical Swarm satellites which will be used to explore the Earth’s magnetic field. All three satellites...
by David Todd | Nov 19, 2013 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
An Atlas V 401 launch vehicle operated by the United Launch Alliance, successfully launched NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft to Mars at 1828 GMT on 18 November 2013. Lift off of the $671 million mission occured from the Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida, USA. The...
