Confirmation of loss of contact with Voyager 2, currently approximately 21 billion kilometers from Earth. On July 21, commands sent from Earth to Voyager 2 accidentally caused Voyager’s High Gain Antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth. Therefore Voyager cannot currently receive messages from Earth or send messages in the direction of Earth. A…
In the 1960s, while the United States was constantly trying to touch the moon, the Cold War pushed the Soviet Union to touch Venus. Of the 28 probes they sent in succession, only 13 penetrated the atmosphere of Venus, and of those, Venera 13 was able to take the best color image. They beat America…
This image was taken as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) — one of Webb’s largest first year science programs. Though data is still coming in, JADES is already revolutionizing what we know about galaxies and star formation in the early universe. Light from distant galaxies is stretched to longer wavelengths and…
Saturn’s largest moon. It is bigger than our moon and Mercury. Another is that streams, rivers, lakes, etc. are found here like ours. (not water.. made of ethane, methane) It has a thick atmosphere, one and a half times the Earth’s atmospheric pressure.None of the other 177 known moons in the Solar System have an…
This Earth-like planet orbits within the habitable zone (habitable zone) of its parent star. In the background, its other Earth-like sister planet, TOI 700 d, can also be seen a distant speck. We are not alone in this vast universe.? right..?? Photo and other information credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Robert Hurt.
Galileo’s journey to the moons has begun for Joyce. Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto—Jupiter’s Galileo moons. All three are made of ice. Juice will travel 660 million kilometers in eight and a half years and reach Jupiter’s orbit in July 2031. Travel with gravity assists to reduce travel costs. It is a technique that uses the…
The largest rover ever to go to the moon is on the way. The event is the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover being developed by space company Venturi Astrolabe. It will be launched in 2026. The rover will be carried to the moon by Starship, a huge rocket under construction by the SpaceX company….
Christina Koch Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen Victor Glover Pilot Commander Reid Wiseman Christina Koch is the astronaut who set the record by spending more than 300 consecutive days in space. Christina is a professional engineer on Artemis 2. Jeremy Hansen is going to orbit the moon as a mission specialist. The pilot of the mission…
We all have an answer to the question of who was the first woman in space. Valentina Tereshkova. On June 16, 1963, the Vostok 6 spacecraft made that trip. But it took 20 years for a second woman to reach space. The second trip was in 1982, and that too was by Soviet Union cosmonaut…
