Space technology is in its infancy, often a theoretical idea postulated long before the technology to make it a reality exists; it feels a lot like science fiction. Many of these ideas have indeed been used in science fiction. In Read More
Space-X successfully launched its first crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on November 15, 2020. On board was Crew-1 which included Japanese astronaut, Soichi Noguchi, and NASA astronauts, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins. Along with the Read More
The asteroid, Bennu, has been under scrutiny since the beginning of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in 2018. For two years, it surveyed the asteroid for a prime sampling location. Now the spacecraft is ready for its final journey back to Earth Read More
This image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is a composite mosaic of four images with a resolution of 10 meters. (Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0) Whether our species survives long enough to accomplish long-term space travel and habitation is questionable. Assuming Read More
Computers are neat, and so are scientists. Both are specialized, but one is short on nuance, the other on time, and this is where crowdsourcing saves the day. Volunteers have discovered 95 cosmic neighbors in nearby systems. These objects, known Read More
You may have noticed Google’s doodle on July 20, 2020, a nod to Turkish astrophysicist, Dr. Dilhan Eryurt. Let’s look closer at her career and contributions to astrophysics. Born on November 29, 1926, in İzmir, Turkey, Dr. Eryurt grew up Read More
The European Space Agency (ESA) is monitoring space debris and running the numbers. According to ESA estimates there are 34,000 space debris objects that are larger than 10-cm. Now compare this to the 900,000 objects that vary from 1-cm to Read More
Despite these grand plans to terraform Mars, it’s a pipedream for the moment with significant hurdles we don’t have the technology to overcome. (Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) This is a continuation of my June Out of This World Read More
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