by Edward Green | Jun 22, 2021 | Space travel
NASA is working on a technique to detect earthquakes on Venus, the space agency writes. The researchers want to use balloons to explore Venus because the planet’s surface is extremely hot and inhospitable. Using highly sensitive barometers, which detect changes...
by Keith Jackson | Jun 21, 2021 | Space travel
Billionaire Jeff Bezos takes part in the first tourist flight of his space company Blue Origin. His brother Mark Bezos is also coming along. Bezos will board a Blue Origin rocket on July 20 for a short space journey. The trip takes place two weeks after his departure...
by Keith Jackson | Jun 20, 2021 | Space travel
Astronauts installed new solar panels on the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet needed a six-hour spacewalk, NASA reports. The old solar panels begin to show signs of decay after twenty years of service. The new ones are...
by Edward Green | Jun 10, 2021 | Space travel
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a new mission to the planet Venus. The space agency will launch a probe into orbit after 2030 to investigate connections between the atmosphere and geology. EnVision, as the probe will be called, will be launched sometime...
by Edward Green | May 31, 2021 | Space travel
The Japanese space company ispace will bring a robot ball from the Japanese space agency JAXA to the moon next year. The robot will take pictures there and enable research into the lunar dust. After landing, the two halves of the ball will slide open, allowing it to...
by Edward Green | May 23, 2021 | Space travel
A Virgin Galactic manned spacecraft has landed safely after a test flight, the space company has reported via Twitter on Saturday. The purpose of the test flight was to test the missile system, which is still in the development phase. The aircraft, the VSS Unity, was...
