by David Todd | Jul 4, 2013 | Science, Seradata News
NASA said goodbye to its successful GALEX – Galactic Evolution Explorer spacecraft which performed a survey of 100,000 galaxies in the sky by imaging light the UV spectrum and making spectroscopic measurements was finally retired on 28 June 2013, ten years...
by David Todd | Jun 28, 2013 | Science
A Pegasus XL air launched rocket successfully putd NASA’s IRIS spacecraft into orbit on 28 June 2013. The four stage rocket was air dropped from an L-1011 converted transport aircraft off the California coast at 0227GMT, with the first stage motor igniting...
by David Todd | Jun 18, 2013 | ESA, Science, Technology
While its main role is vegetation mapping, the European Space Agency’s Proba-V spacecraft is also being used to carry an aircraft tracking payload. While primary radars can give direct positioning of aircraft by their radar returns, and transponders can give...
by David Todd | Jun 10, 2013 | Science
Russian aerospace sources report that the MKA-FKI PN1 (ZOND PP) small science satellite has been out of communications with Russian ground stations after its onboard computer failed on 1 June, Attempts to restore connection with the craft have failed. ...
by David Todd | Jun 7, 2013 | Science
The Comet Lovejoy made its sun-grazing pass of the Sun in 2011. By observing this passage, it has allowed scientists to model the Sun magnetic field’s effect on a comet’s tail. The full story is in our sister...
by David Todd | Jun 3, 2013 | Science, Seradata News
The “close pass” of Earth (well actually it was 5.8 million km away) on at 2059GMT on 31 May by an asteroid 1998 QE 2 which even had its own moon, continues to make some fret that one day an asteroid or comet fragment may have...
