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Mask’s spaceship, Printer rocket and hybrid engine: what will fly into orbit in 2023
Los Angeles-based startup Relativity Space aims to become the first space company to launch a fully 3D-printed launch vehicle into orbit. After almost eight years of development, the company planned the first orbital flight of the Terran 1 rocket on January 31, 2023. Another new company that plans to conquer space in the coming year…
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The Juno device experienced a malfunction in the onboard computer’s memory
On December 14, Juno passed the periovium of its orbit for the 47th time. After completing the flyby, Juno started transmitting the collected data to Earth and encountered a glitch. The problem was the inability to access the onboard memory. According to the researchers, it was caused by the impact of the most powerful radiation…
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Northrop Grumman has developed a technology for transferring solar energy from orbit to Earth
The company announced the completion of ground tests of critical technologies needed to conduct a demonstration experiment on the transfer of solar energy from orbit to Earth in 2025. The key element tested is the transmission of converted solar energy in the radio band by a directed beam to special receiving antennas. It is planned…
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Scientists have proposed a plan for a “safe” search for life on Enceladus
An international group of American and French astronomers believes that the landing of the probe is not necessary: it is enough to fly over the surface of the satellite several times and analyze the composition of the gases emitted by it. This will allow us to determine with confidence the presence of life on Enceladus…
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ESA has published a new image of the galaxy NGC 7469 from James Webb
The diameter of the object is 90,000 light—years, the distance from Earth is 220 million light-years. Using various instruments of the telescope, scientists have discovered very young areas of star formation, as well as direct evidence of the destruction of small dust clusters within a radius of several hundred light-years from the core, which in…
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Juno will explore a volcanic satellite
The Juno probe, operating in the Jupiter system since 2016, continues to study its satellites. On December 15, scientists sent a team to it, which will transfer it to a new orbit. On it, the device will be able to teach Io during close flights. Juno has previously studied the other two of Jupiter’s four…
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The Perseverance rover recorded the sound of a Martian dust vortex passing over it
With the help of a microphone mounted on the SuperCam instrument, the Perseverance rover working in the Lake crater managed to record the sound that accompanied the passage of a dust vortex over it. It was possible to calculate that the vortex was 25 meters across and 118 meters high. He was moving at a…
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Parker Solar Probe undergoes another approach to the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe continues to travel around the Sun and explore its atmosphere. Today is the 14th rendezvous of the spacecraft with our star. At the closest point to the surface of the Sun, Parker Solar Probe was located at a distance of 8.5 million kilometers. At that time, he was moving at a…
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Tiny hidden galaxy Peekaboo allows you to look into the past
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that a peculiar little galaxy is one of the most incredible examples of galaxies with extremely low metal content. This suggests that the chemical composition of the galaxy has hardly changed in more than 13 billion years. Shortly after the Big Bang, only hydrogen and helium were present in…
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Perseverance took the first samples of Martian dust to send them to Earth
The team conducted two more soil samples on Mars in the Jezero crater. Studies of the Martian regolith will be valuable not only from the point of view of studying the geology of the planet, but also for a better understanding of the impact of this fine dust on instruments and the human body.
