by David Todd | Sep 3, 2013 | History, On a Lighter Note, Science
Having been applauded for its good looks, the new skyscraper at 20 Fenchurch Street in the main business (and space insurance) district of London, now nicknamed the “Walkie Talkie” building due to is concave sided shape, has had a setback. It melts...
by David Todd | Sep 2, 2013 | Satellites, Science, Seradata News
The Goes-12 (GOES 12) spacecraft has been formally retired and sent to a “graveyard” orbit on 16 August. The spacecraft served as a weather satellite for the US National Oceanic and Atmopsheric Administration (NOAA) since its launch in July 2001. In...
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 6, 2013 | commercial launch services, exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
NASA has announced that it has selected a United Launch Alliance (ULA)-operated Atlas V 411 launch vehicle to launch its Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) asteroid sample-return mission. The mission is...
by Dan Thisdell | Jul 11, 2013 | ESA, exploration, Science, Seradata News, Technology
The European Space Agency’s next big science mission – an attempt to unlock the secrets of the so-called “dark matter” invisible to normal telescopes but and its sister mystery, “dark energy”, which may hold the key to the...
by David Todd | Jul 9, 2013 | Science
While many UK astronomers remain either sceptical or even fearful over attempts to contact extra-terrestrial life, this has not stopped them from setting up the UK SETI Research Network (UKSRN) which now has the Astronomer Royal himself, Martin Rees, installed as its...
