Russian spacewalkers focus on experiment radiator to pinpoint source of coolant leak

Russian spacewalkers focus on experiment radiator to pinpoint source of coolant leak

Two Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station on Wednesday to look for the source of a leak at or near a newly installed radiator on the Nauka lab module and to isolate the radiator from coolant lines. They also planned to attach a small synthetic aperture radar instrument to the hull of the … Read more

ISRO ‘very busy’ with various exploration missions in pipeline: Chairman | Technology News

ISRO ‘very busy’ with various exploration missions in pipeline: Chairman | Technology News

ISRO has lined up a series of exploration missions including to Mars, Venus and to the Moon again, apart from the maiden human spaceflight programme, Chairman S Somanath said. The space agency also has drawn up plans to launch missions for studying climate and weather conditions of the Earth, the space agency chief said, speaking … Read more

Geopolitics in space: Why great powers are scrambling for the moon

Geopolitics in space: Why great powers are scrambling for the moon

Artemis II moon mission crew members Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch pose for photographs after taking part in a news conference with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 18. | REUTERS One of the many testing chambers at NASA’s Marshall … Read more

$8M for space tech to measure Earth’s chemical composition

$8M for space tech to measure Earth’s chemical composition

Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI) technology Due to its launch expertise, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) secured an $8 million technology demonstration mission funded by the NASA Earth Science Technology Office’s competitive In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies program, one of only 15 awarded since 2012. Mechanical Engineer Lance Yoneshige sets … Read more

NASA capsule brings home asteroid samples dating back to the birth of the solar system

NASA capsule brings home asteroid samples dating back to the birth of the solar system

A saucer-shaped capsule carrying asteroid fragments that may hold clues about the birth of the solar system slammed into Earth’s atmosphere Sunday and descended to an on-target parachute-assisted touchdown in Utah to wrap up a dramatic seven-year, four-billion-mile voyage. Released from the OSIRIS-REx mothership four hours earlier, the 110-pound 31-inch-wide sample return capsule, loaded with … Read more

McCarthy offers bill to extend space flight learning period

McCarthy offers bill to extend space flight learning period

On Thursday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., introduced the Space Transformation And Reliability (STAR) Act, which proposes extending a regulatory learning period for space flight for eight more years, through September 30, 2031.  In a document obtained by Spectrum News, the bill — which is only the second piece of legislation McCarthy has introduced since … Read more

Researcher shows bodies of purported “non-human” beings to Mexican congress at UFO hearing

Researcher shows bodies of purported “non-human” beings to Mexican congress at UFO hearing

A journalist and researcher on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), or UFOs as they’re better known, presented the remains of purported “non-human” beings to lawmakers in Mexico on Tuesday during the country’s first public congressional hearing on the topic. Jamie Maussan brought two boxes containing what he said were the small, stuffed bodies of extraterrestrials recovered … Read more

Chandrayaan-3 healthy, everything going as planned, say Isro officials | Latest News India

Chandrayaan-3 healthy, everything going as planned, say Isro officials | Latest News India

Chandrayaan-3 is healthy and everything is going as per the plan, officials familiar with the development at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said on Saturday, a day ahead of the second de-boosting operation of the spacecraft, scheduled on August 20. Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 14. … Read more