Tag: NASAs
A Japanese on the Moon before the Europeans: what is behind NASA’s surprising decision
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist April 13, 2024 at 3:29 p.m. 1 Konnichiwa! (actually, it’s Buzz Aldrin, you will recognize him) © NASA This April 10, the American space agency threw…
Pieces of asteroid may crash into Mars and it’s NASA’s fault
NASA successfully diverted the trajectory of an asteroid during the DART mission. But the ship’s impact may have created collateral damage. Rocks ejected from the asteroid would be heading towards…
What is NASA’s new lunar delivery program?
Called CLPS for “Commercial Lunar Payload Services” (“Commercial Lunar Cargo Services”, in French), this program should only be used to transport equipment, not humans. However, he must help prepare the…
Thales: contract for NASA’s NEO Surveyor mission – 02/13/2024 at 10:20 a.m.
(CercleFinance.com) – Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announces that it has signed a contract with Ball Aerospace, industrial prime contractor, for the supply…
Discover the PACE satellite, NASA’s new flagship for Earth observation
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist February 7, 2024 at 7:01 p.m. 0 Last view of the PACE satellite on Earth, as it is placed under the Falcon 9 fairing. © NASA/Denny…
It’s over: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter will never fly on Mars again
The dreaded end of Ingenuity’s mission has arrived. NASA’s small helicopter flew for the last time on Mars. It is now too damaged to continue circling near the Perseverance rover.…
Does Peregrine’s failure call into question NASA’s plans?
Peregrine failed to reach the Moon. The first of NASA’s CLPS programs, this failure of the lander postpones the return of the United States to the Moon via private companies.…
NASA’s Psyche probe tests a laser link with Earth… And streams the video of a cat!
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist December 20, 2023 at 7:24 p.m. 9 The images of Taters the cat traveled more than 30 million kilometers, sent by the Psyche probe. © NASA/JPL-Caltech…
There is a mysterious bug in NASA’s Voyager 1 interstellar probe
NASA still has a difficulty with its Voyager 1 interstellar probe. The mission does not return usable data. Fixing the problem could take weeks. Houston, we have a problem. NASA,…
NASA’s Martian helicopter is very silent: is it alive?
Would Ingenuity live its last days? The helicopter that arrived on Mars 2 years ago seems to have some communication problems with the Perseverance rover. But be careful not to…
Light, flexible, technical, here is NASA’s new outfit for walking on the Moon
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist March 16, 2023 at 5:45 p.m. 14 With your moonwalker look… Credits Axiom Space One step after another to return to tread the lunar soil. This…
NASA’s small “CubeSat” format lunar missions are piling up problems
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist February 20, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. 3 So small, in such a big space… Credits NASA One more disappointment at the start of the year for…