28 October 2015
Catalina Sky Survey spots object WT1190F – set to return to Earth on November 13
...’s atmosphere on November 13, and whatever doesn’t burn up will plummet into the Indian Ocean. As ROOM author Christopher J. Newman argued earlier this year, a new space ethics today is essential for assigning responsibility when it comes to dealing...
09 April 2016
Flawless launch for SpaceX Dragon
... health of the crew and their equipment over a long duration mission," said NASA deputy administrator Dava Newman. Dragon will be grappled at 7 am Sunday, 10 April by ESA’s British astronaut Tim Peake using the Station's Candarm2 robotic...
29 April 2016
SpaceX Announces Plans for Mars Mission.
... for long: the milestones include a post-mission review 60 days after landing. NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman briefly mentioned the revised agreement with SpaceX in an April 27 blog post that broadly discusses the agency...
19 April 2016
APSS 2016 Was Held in Beijing at the End of February
... visit the city of Beijing. Among the discussed problems, the following presentations were especially interesting: Kewin Newman (University of Arizona) – High performance focal plane masks for direct exoplanet imaging Pu Zou (Menlo Systems GmbH...
