A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items (find previous roundups here): ** Asteroids and Comets ** OSIRIS-REx set to touch down briefly on Bennu – The Long Arm of NASA: The OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Gets Ready To Grab An Asteroid Sample – IEEE Spectrum Sixteen years after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission … Continue reading Space sciences roundup – Oct.19.2020
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items (find previous roundups here): Mars ** Monitor NASA’s Perseverance rover as it travels to Mars: Follow NASA’s Perseverance Rover in Real Time on Its Way to Mars The last time we saw NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, … Continue reading Space sciences roundup – Sept.2.2020
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items (find previous roundups here): Mars ** Launch of the UAE Hope Mars mission on a Japanese H-IIA rocket on July 19th was a success. The spacecraft is on course to reach Mars and go into orbit in February. It’s primary mission is … Continue reading Space sciences roundup – July.26.2020
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items (find previous roundups here): Mars ** The Perseverance rover is set to launch to Mars on July 20th: The Launch Is Approaching for NASA’s Next Mars Rover, Perseverance – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is just over a month … Continue reading Space sciences roundup – June.20.2020
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items (find previous roundups here): Mars ** The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is getting ready for its launch in a few weeks. The launch period opens on July 17, 2020 and the target date for landing on Mars is February 18, 2021. Here … Continue reading Space sciences roundup – May.21.2020