by Sebastian | Jul 4, 2019 | Lander, NASA, Technology
On June 27, 2019, NASA announced its next destination into deep space where no man’s gone before: Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and the solar system’s second largest satellite behind Ganymede (Jupiter). A unique icy world, Titan presents NASA a significant challenge...
by Sebastian | Jun 24, 2019 | NASA, Planetary Defense
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test Mission, also referred to as DART, is a planetary defense program designed to test technologies to prevent impacts from Earth’s most notorious nemeses: hazardous asteroids. For the first time in our planet’s history, our...
by Sebastian | Apr 24, 2019 | NASA, Space Observatory
Twenty-nine years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit, beginning one of NASA’s greatest missions that completely altered the way our civilization views the Cosmos. The first of NASA’s Great Observatories, Hubble launched on April 24, 1990 aboard the...
by Sebastian | Apr 15, 2019 | Space Observatory, Technology
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents NASA’s technological prowess and innovation as humanity’s premier space observatory of the 2020s. NASA expects to launch it into orbit sometime in 2021, though the ambitious project has already had some schedule changes...
by Sebastian | Apr 6, 2019 | NASA, Space Observatory
The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) is an infrared space telescope launched in 2003, its mission ongoing. It is the final installation of NASA’s Great Observatories Program, following the Hubble Space Telescope, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, and the Chandra X-ray...
by Sebastian | Apr 2, 2019 | Orbiter, Technology
The Europa Clipper is a spacecraft under construction set to launch in 2023 to orbit Europa, one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons. During its mission, the orbiter will observe and analyze Europa, to determine whether the giant ice ball possess all the ideal...
