Mars rover trials
Video: 00:01:00 Rover trials in a quarry in the UK showing a four-wheeled rover, known as Codi, using its robotic arm and a powerful computer vision system to pick up sample tubes. The rover drives to the samples with an
Debris from DART impact could reach Earth
In 2022 NASA’s DART spacecraft made history, and changed the Solar System forever, by impacting the Dimorphos asteroid and measurably shifting its orbit around the larger Didymos asteroid. In the process a plume of debris was thrown out into space. The
Earth from Space: Sentinel-2 captures Sentinel-2
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite captured this image over Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 2 September, just ahead of the Sentinel-2C launch. ————— Free Secure Email – Transcom Sigma Transcom Hosting Transcom Premium Domains
First metal part 3D printed in space
Image: ESA’s Metal 3D Printer has produced the first metal part ever created in space. The technology demonstrator, built by Airbus and its partners, was launched to the International Space Station at the start of this year, where ESA astronaut
New Galileo satellites operational after successful in-orbit testing
The two new Galileo satellites launched in April have entered service, completing the second of three constellation planes. With every addition to the constellation, the precision, availability and robustness of the Galileo signal is improved. The next launch is planned
NGFS views of a wildfire in Oregon
True-Color imagery from the CSPP Geosphere site, 1956 UTC on 7 September 2024 (Click to enlarge) True-color imagery from the CSPP Geosphere site, above, is annotated to identify a wildfire in progress. This is one of several fires over Oregon,