Category: Solar system

Perihelion Sun 2023

January 20, 2023

Perihelion is the closest point in orbit to the Sun Earth’s closest approach to the Sun this year was January 4, 16:17 (UTC). On this day, the image captured from Sydney using a telescope and H-alpha filter has been posted.

Soyuz Leak Forces Russia’s Space Agency to Consider a Rescue Mission

January 7, 2023

Russia and NASA also reported leaking from Russia’s Soyuz crew capsule docked with the International Space Station. The leak started on December 14. 3 Russian astronauts are now stuck on the ISS. Russia is now trying to launch another Soyuz crew capsule to bring them back to Earth.

Posted by Orion on Nov 28.

December 29, 2022

Published by Lockheed Martin, maker of the Orion Capsule. Orion spacecraft captures live view of Earth and moon (video)

An autonomous landing of a probe on the moon was captured by its camera in the comment.
(Chang’e 3 – 2013, December 14)

December 24, 2022

1) Probe comes down by running engine in opposite direction to orbital motion and reducing horizontal speed. 2) Orientation of probe is controlled according to descent.3) Controls downward and lateral speed.4) Hover after reaching a certain height after reducing speeds. 5) Hover and take pictures of the lunar surface below and process the image to…

‘Rashid’ sent the first message

December 20, 2022

UAE’s ‘Rashid’ rover, the Arab world’s first lunar probe, sent its first message after launch. UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that the first message was sent to the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Khawaneej, the UAE space center. It was informed through…

This is a dream come true for 26-year-old Katya Ekyasarate

December 17, 2022

Born and raised in Vadalajara, Mexico, a girl named Katya Echazarate always dreamed of space travel. But Katya’s parents, friends and teachers all said that it is not possible for people like us. Now this 26-year-old has made her dream come true. As part of Blue Origin’s mission, Katya Echazarate became the first Mexican-American and…

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System.

November 23, 2022

This high-resolution image of Io, Jupiter’s fifth moon, taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft was published on December 18, 1997. Io’s surface is dotted with hundreds of volcanoes, some of which spew sulfurous plumes hundreds of miles high.

Aurora phenomenon

November 20, 2022

Aurora is mainly seen in colors like green, red, blue and pink in South Pole. Their color appears as particles coming from the sun collide with various gas particles in the Earth’s atmosphere.