NASA Administrator Statement on President’s FY 2022 Funding Request
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the president’s FY 2022 budget request for the agency.
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NASA Awards New Spacecraft Avionics Development Contract
NASA has selected Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to provide development and operations support for the avionics software suite that will guide the agency’s next generation of human rated spacecraft on missions beyond low-Earth orbit.
Dark Energy Survey Catalogs 226 million Galaxies
The latest release from the Dark Energy Survey catalogs millions of galaxies, mapping the history of galaxy clustering across space and time. The post Dark Energy Survey Catalogs 226 million Galaxies appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Hubble Captures a Captivating Spiral
This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, in the constellation of Virgo.
Hubble Captures a Captivating Spiral
This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, in the constellation of Virgo.
Innovative video technology to call for new astronaut candidates
Video: 00:04:10 In the midst of COVID restrictions rendering travel close to impossible, ESA had to produce an ambitious video to call for applications to the 2021 astronaut selection. The challenge of this project was to show locations as varied as a spaceship, a city, a canyon, a forest, ESA’s satellite testing or control centres, …
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Commanding role for ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is expected to serve as International Space Station commander for Expedition 68, following an in-principle agreement by international partners on 19 May, pending consolidation of the Space Station’s operational plans and launch dates.
This Week’s Sky at a Glance, May 28 – June 5
Venus and Mercury conjoin in the post-sunset afterglow as Mercury fades away; bring binoculars! Arcturus stands over Spica. The Scorpion rears up, and the Big Dipper floats on high. The post This Week’s Sky at a Glance, May 28 – June 5 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Earth from Space: The Great Lakes
All five of North America’s Great Lakes are pictured in this spectacular image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission: Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
ESA signs contract for new generation of Galileo
Acting on behalf of the European Commission, ESA has signed two contracts for an overall amount of €1.47 billion, to design and build the first batch of the second generation of Europe’s Galileo navigation satellites.