Japan and U.S. Signed Agreement on Space Debris Monitoring
SSN is a network of sensors located in 29 sites around the world designed to monitor objects in space (Credits U.S. SSN). Japan and the United... Read more →
SGAC Organizes Asteroids Search Campaign and Paper Competition on NEOs
The 2012 Find an Asteroid search campaign found 3 new Main Belt Asteroids (Credits: SGAC). On the morning of February 14, when a meteor... Read more →
First Radar Glance Reveals that Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a Moon
That's no moon....Oh, yes it is! (Credits: NASA/JPL). The asteroid 1998 QE2 which is making its pass this week, apparently has a moon, as shown... Read more →
Radar Telescopes to Observe Asteroid Fly-by
(Credits: NASA) Asteroid 1998 QE2 is going to pass at about 5.8 million kilometers from Earth, which is about 15 times the distance between our... Read more →
JPL Announces Curiosity Radiation Exposure Levels
Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard Curiosity rover (Credits: JPL) On May 30th, NASA and JPL held a teleconference to present the findings... Read more →
Art in a Fairing Vacuum Chamber Test
In mid-May, SpaceX posted a video of a vacuum chamber test conducted on its Falcon 9 fairing. The slow motion view of the bus-sized... Read more →