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Spaceships will reach Jupiter in 2103, and Saturn in 2132
A group of scientists from the USA, China and the Netherlands has calculated the launch of manned missions to Jupiter and Saturn. The introductory data were the distances to these planets and the time to cover it. The manned mission to the remote parts of the Solar System will be the longest since the space…
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Voyager-1 is slightly unwell
The orientation system of the device began to give out frankly garbage telemetry that does not correspond to reality. At the same time, so far it performs its main function and keeps the antenna of the device pointed at the Ground (without this, communication with it will instantly stop). At the moment, it is unclear…
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Chinese rover “Zhuzhong” found traces of water at its landing site
The Chinese rover “Zhuzhong” has found evidence that water remained on Mars in liquid form much longer than previously thought. It is believed that Mars was wet at least 3 billion years ago — during the so—called Hesperian period, named after the Hesperides plateau – and later became dry and cold. The data obtained by…
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Ingenuity temporarily stopped responding to requests
At the end of last week, the Ingenuity helicopter managed to restore communication with the Perseverance rover after a short-term disruption: its onboard computer turned off due to lack of power. Ingenuity was put into a state of reduced power consumption because the charge of six lithium-ion batteries fell below a critical level. Now the…
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China plans to launch the world’s most powerful telescope by the end of 2023
In terms of power, it surpasses the famous Hubble by 350 times. The new heavy-duty telescope was named “Xuntian”. Experts expect that in 10 years of work he will explore 40% of the celestial surface. As explained by Liu Jifeng, deputy director of the National Astronomical Observatory of China, in an interview with Xinhua, Hubble…
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission to land on the Moon in August
Chandrayaan 3 will be India’s second attempt to land a rover on the lunar surface. The apparatus consists of a flight module and a descent platform with a lunar rover. The southern circumpolar region of the Moon was chosen as the landing site for the mission. The first attempt to land an Indian spacecraft on…
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The James Webb Space Telescope has covered more than three-quarters of its intended path
More than two weeks after the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, it has flown over 1,126,540 kilometers from Earth, more than three-quarters of its total path. Prior to this, JWST had successfully deployed a secondary mirror, which is a key element of its working optics. The space telescope will then deploy the primary…
