by David Todd | Mar 25, 2013 | Science
Scientists from the Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA have presented their findings at the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, that the event that killed the dinosaurs may have been a comet impact rather than a meteorite or asteroid strike. While dust and...
by David Todd | Mar 21, 2013 | commercial launch services, exploration, History, Science, Seradata News
For those of you that may have missed a day or two of our space coverage, Flightglobal provides Space e-newsletter which lists the most important stories drawn from our main news and Hyperbola web pages during the past month. Click on the link below to see the March...
by David Todd | Mar 21, 2013 | NASA, On a Lighter Note, Science
There were some disheartening revelations at a Congressional review of warning systems and preparations for any potential large asteroid strike on the planet. The review on 19 March was prompted by the meteorite explosion over the Russian city of Chelabinsk earlier...
by David Todd | Mar 21, 2013 | exploration, Science, Seradata News
Mars Curiosity Rover fell into a safe mode on 16 March as result of on board data file size anomaly. A file meant for deletion was connected to active command file and the safe-mode entry was triggered when the command file failed a size-check by the...
by David Todd | Mar 14, 2013 | ESA, exploration, Russia, Science, Technology
After NASA found it could no longer offer launches for the ExoMars mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) approached Russia for help. As a result of long running discussions, on 14 March the ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and Head of Roscosmos...
by David Todd | Mar 13, 2013 | Science, Seradata News
Two major comets are due to become visible this year to sky-watchers – clear skies permitting. The first has now disappeared from view from the Southern Hemisphere, but while viewers there have lost out, “northerners” have gained...
