Tag: Nasa
D-1: the astronomical and space event of the decade will take place on December 25!
While it was initially planned for the end of the 2000s, then threatened with abandonment in 2011, the launch of the James-Webb observatory will take place on Christmas day 2021.…
NASA deploys new asteroid monitoring system
The US space agency has deployed its new asteroid monitoring system, Sentry-II. This algorithm, which is more precise than its predecessor, should make it possible to more effectively detect celestial…
March: Ingenuity threatened by the Log4Shell flaw?
Could the NASA helicopter landed on Mars be hacked? The Apache Foundation tweeted that Ingenuity uses Log4j, the library containing a major security vulnerability. What is it really ? You…
Perseverance rolls over igneous rocks and discovered organic matter
Astronomers believed them to be sedimentary, but new data returned to Earth by the NASA Perseverance rover shows that the rocks it has been rolling on since arriving on Mars…
Webb, the largest space telescope ever built, told by the French scientists who made it
A few days before the launch of the James-Webb, the most powerful space telescope ever built will finally fly aboard an Ariane 5 and continue the work of its predecessor,…
Gravitational assistance: what is it?
Gravitational assistance is a technique using the attraction of planets to give extra speed to an interplanetary probe. We also speak of the gravitational sling effect. This technique is now…
Seis seismometer: what is it?
Seis is the name of on-board seismometer aboard Nasa’s Lander InSight, the first mission dedicated to the internal study of Mars. InSight landed on Mars on November 26, 2018, and…
A first in history! NASA’s spacecraft Parker Solar Probe ‘touched’ the Sun
According to the news on NASA’s website, a spacecraft has come so close to the Sun for the first time in history, with the Parker Solar Probe flying through the…
Who are the 10 new astronauts recruited by NASA?
NASA has just presented a selection of ten candidate astronauts. Ten “Members of the Artemis generation”, the program that should bring men back to the moon in the current decade.…
Here are the 3 NASA projects for the future American space station
While the dismantling of the international space station could begin as early as 2025, NASA has selected three projects to succeed the ISS. Private partnerships that allow Americans to maintain…