space

extraordinary feat shows how space exploration can benefit small nations 0
- BUSINESS
- July 20, 2020
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched its Mars mission dubbed “Al Amal”, or “Hope”, from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan on July 20. This is the first space mission by the UAE, and the first Arab mission to Mars – making the world’s first launch countdown in Arabic a moment for the
READ MORE
Japan to test self-destructing satellite to shrink space junk with string and an inanimate carbon blob • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- June 9, 2020
Japan’s space agency (JAXA) has announced plans to test a self-destructing satellite in the hope of commercialising the technology so the proliferating fleet of low-orbit kit doesn’t become junk. The tech involved was developed with Japanese sat-killer startup ALE Co. and sounds simple: satellites will be equipped with a carbon nanotube cathode and an electrodynamic
READ MORE
Hooray, space boffins have finally got InSight lander’s heat probe back into Martian ground again • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- June 5, 2020
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH NASA’s Insight lander is back in business after the agency reported that its “mole,” a digging probe designed to burrow into the martian soil, is now back in action after suffering months of mishaps. Tilman Spohn, the principal investigator for the instrument officially known as the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package
READ MORE

Lockdown challenges – what evolution tells us about our need for personal space 0
- BUSINESS
- May 3, 2020
Humans are intensely social creatures. We all need company and social contact. But for many of us, being at home for long periods with a small group of people – even those we love best – can become frustrating. One key to understanding why constant contact with our family feels so unusual comes from looking
READ MORE
Apollo 13 set off into space 50 years ago today. An ignored change order ensured it did not make it to the Moon… • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- April 11, 2020
Part one Apollo 13 was launched 50 years ago today. Now regarded as a “successful failure,” the story of the aborted Moon landing began years earlier, with the design of mankind’s then most advanced spacecraft. The post-launch explosion that to led what was arguably NASA’s finest hour began, according to former director of Flight Operations
READ MORE
The super-boffin who applied his mathematical brain to nuclear magic, quantum physics, space travel, and more • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 29, 2020
Video Freeman Dyson, the eminent British-American physicist and mathematician best known for his theoretical work in quantum electrodynamics, died today. He was 96. His death was announced by his daughter Mia Dyson via Maine public television and the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) – the top research hub in Princeton, New Jersey, once home to
READ MORE

SEEKER NEWS