#Reducing the risk of space debris collision

“#Reducing the risk of space debris collision” Credit: CC0 Public Domain As humanity expands its horizons beyond the Earth and begins to consider space missions with extended duration, sustainability necessitates the launch of more space vehicles, increasing the risk of collision with existing space debris. One method of clearing this debris involves a tug vehicle…

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#NASA’s next Mars rover honors medical teams fighting virus

“#NASA’s next Mars rover honors medical teams fighting virus” This photo provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech in June 2020 shows a 3-by-5-inch (8-by-13-centimeter) aluminum plate between the wheels at center and right, which commemorates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and pays tribute to the perseverance of healthcare workers around the world, attached to the Perseverance Mars…

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#4,000th comet discovered by solar observatory

“#4,000th comet discovered by solar observatory” The 4,000th comet discovered by ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA’s SOHO observatory is seen here in an image from the spacecraft alongside SOHO’s 3,999th comet discovery. The two comets are relatively close at approximately 1 million miles apart, suggesting that they could have been connected together as recently…

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#When Vega met satellites

“#When Vega met satellites” Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo du CSG – P. BAUDON The upper composite containing 53 separate satellites being attached to the rest of the Vega launcher, ahead of Friday morning’s launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This will be the inaugural launch of Vega’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser, providing a…

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#Tunisia’s first satellite to highlight country’s technology

“#Tunisia’s first satellite to highlight country’s technology” In this photo taken on Thursday Nov. 28, 2019, Mohamed Frikha, CEO of Tunisia’s Telnet Group, speaks with the Associated Press in Tunis. Telnet is preparing to launch the country’s first satellite, which will improve the provision of data from the earth, including climate information. The small satellite…

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#Martian rover motors ahead

“#Martian rover motors ahead” Mars Sample Return overview infographic. Credit: ESA–K. Oldenburg European engineers, together with Canada, are working on the technologies needed to find and retrieve samples from Mars, as part of ESA’s plans to send material from the Red Planet to Earth. The Sample Fetch Rover will need to navigate autonomously, detect tubes…

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#China delays launch to complete GPS-like Beidou network

“#China delays launch to complete GPS-like Beidou network” In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, a model of Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System is displayed during the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2018, in Zhuhai city, south China’s Guangdong province. Citing technical reasons, China has delayed the launch…

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