02 October 2018
New technique could provide fresh insights into how the Moon was formed
By ‘unlocking’ information in volcanic Moon rocks with a state-of-the art 3D mapping technique, an international team of scientists might soon be able to determine how the Moon was formed. It has been nearly 50 years since the crew of the Apollo 12 ...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
..., transmitting data through the Deep Space Network (DSN) of InSight’s critical Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) phase. The ... power near Mars. Beyond acting as telecoms relays for Mars InSight, the MarCO CubeSats will be parked in a heliocentric orbit ...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
...of Mars and relay UHF telemetry received from the InSight lander directly back to Earth using an X-band ...is still plenty to discover. In 2018, NASA plans to launch the InSight spacecraft, led by Bruce Banerdt at JPL, to probe the interior of...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... begin thermal monitoring of Earth. The company’s orbital view of heat and cold could lead to serious economic insights and insights of other kinds, as hinted by the addition of Lockheed Martin and In-Q-Tel to the list of investors. Looking forward...
23 April 2018
CubeSats lead the way for new NASA missions
... manager for ASTERIA at JPL. One such other mission is NASA’s next robotic lander – InSight – which is heading for Mars next month. As InSight cruises along to the red planet, it will be joined on its journey by two CubeSats called...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
...ups do not plan to fly their own satellites: Orbital Insights, based in Palo Alto, recently received US$20 million in new... the investment arm of the US intelligence community. Orbital Insights gathers its data through contracts with EO data owners and...
