Nasa is delaying a spacewalk at the International Space Station because of a medical issue involving one of its astronauts. From a report: Officials announced the postponement on Monday, less than 24 hours before Mark Vande Hei was supposed to float ou…
Ispace unveils bigger moon lander capable of surviving lunar nights
Ispace, a Japanese space startup that aims to lead the development of a lunar economy, has unveiled its design for a large lander that could go to the moon as early as 2024. Tokyo-based ispace said this next-gen lander, dubbed Series 2, would be used on the company’s third planned moon mission. The lander is […]
Rocket Lab’s Mars mission gets green light from NASA
Rocket Lab is one step closer to going to Mars with NASA’s approval of the company’s Photon spacecraft for an upcoming science mission. If all continues according to plan the two craft will launch in 2024 and arrive on the red planet 11 months later to study its magnetosphere. The mission is known as the […]
Suing your way to the stars
Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! I’m back from a very fun and rehabilitative couple weeks away from my phone, my Twitter account and the news cycle. That said, I actually really missed writing this newsletter, and while Greg did a fantastic job while I was out, I won’t be handing over […]
NASA、 IPCC報告書を受けて将来の海面水位を予測するサイト公開
NASAは9日、世界の海面水位の将来予測を行う「Sea level projection tool」を発表した。このツールはNASAのもつ人工衛星の観測データを元に今後数十年の水位予測を地図上に表示したもの。9日に発表されたIPCCの第6次評価報告書を受けて作成したものだという（NASAリリース、IPCC第6回評価海面プロジェクトの視覚化に関する説明、読売新聞）。 このマップサイトによれば、2100年に神奈川県の三浦半島・油壺湾で0.97メートル水位が上昇するといった記載が出ている。このほかは宮城県…
After a dozen flights, NASA’s chopper has yet to come a cropper
Kitty Hawk a century ago. Mars today. Where 100 years from now?
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin goes toe-to-toe with NASA in federal court over award to SpaceX
Blue Origin, the space company helmed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is taking NASA to court. The company filed a complaint with a federal claims court on Monday over the agency’s decision to award a lunar lander contract solely to rival company SpaceX. The complaint, which Blue Origin successfully petitioned to have sealed, says NASA’s evaluation […]
Why Perseverance’s first Mars drilling test came up empty
Sampling might offer tantalizing clues about the past of the red planet.
NASA Has a New Challenge To Reaching the Moon by 2024: Its $1 Billion Spacesuit Program
Despite working on next-generation suits for years, they won’t be ready until 2025 at the earliest, an inspector general determined. From a report: Ever since the White House directed NASA to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 as part of its Artemis…
Color Your Worlds
Sharpen your Cosmic Latte colored pencil and explore the universe with the Exoplanet Travel Bureau Coloring Book. (Bonus: NASA coloring pages for kids.)