Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample
(Source NASA) – Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars…
LDCM (Landsat) On track for launch early Monday
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission is a GO for a launch in the early morning hours Monday Feb, 11 2013. NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V…
NASA proves it can re-fuel a Satellite on Orbit
NASA’S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies For many years steps have been taken to develop technology to refurbish/refuel satellites while they are in orbit. This month NASA came…
Sunspot AR 1667 Unleashes C9 class Flare, CME could be Earth Directed
Update – The CME is not directly headed for Earth but should give us a glancing blow on Feb. 8-9. Aurora watchers should be on alert for some possible good…
Super-Tiger Balloon Breaks Records While Collecting Data
(Source NASA) – A large NASA science balloon has broken two flight duration records while flying over Antarctica carrying an instrument that detected 50 million cosmic rays. The Super Trans-Iron…
Curosity’s MAHLI First Night Imaging Under Ultraviolet Lighting
This cool looking image of a Martian rock illuminated by ultraviolet LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first set of nighttime images taken by the Mars Hand Lens…
Intelsat 27 lost in SeaLaunch Rocket Failure
SeaLaunch experienced a failure of it’s Zenit-3SL rocket on February 1st 2013. Early indications are that the RD-171M main engine engine shut down approximately 20 seconds after launch. A failure review board…
New definition may decrease the number of potential habitable planets
The number of potentially habitable exoplanets will be impacted A team of astronomers from Penn State led by Ravi Kumar Kopparapu and Ramses Ramírez, also PHL collaborators, announced a redefinition of…
