NASA outfitted its aging communications network with a hybrid antenna that allowed it to receive both radio frequency and laser signals for the first time, helping the space agency keep up with its increasing number of missions traveling through deep space. Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: 3 Things We Love and Hate Deep Space Station 13, … Read more
NASA’s diligent lunar orbiter transmitted a laser beam to a dome-shaped aluminum device the size of a billiard ball on India’s Vikram lander, pinging its location on the Moon. This laser-enabled technique could one day help NASA astronauts find their way on the lunar surface. Moon Knight Gives Us Hope The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) … Read more
A NASA spacecraft is about to embark on a 2.2 billion mile journey through space to reach a rare, metal-rich asteroid beyond the orbit of Mars. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View The Psyche mission is set to launch on Thursday at 10:16 a.m. ET, if weather conditions permit; the … Read more
Wedged between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the main asteroid belt contains over 1 million rocky objects, but perhaps few of them are as intriguing as Psyche. The metal-rich asteroid might have once been an ancient planetary building block that was stripped of its outer rocky shell as our solar system came to be. … Read more
A week before it was set to launch to a distant metal rich asteroid, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is forced to remain grounded until the space agency resolves an issue with its thrusters. NASA Delays Return to Earth’s Evil Twin, Venus NASA delayed the launch of its Psyche mission by a week, now targeting October 12 … Read more