Rocket Lab is known (mostly) for its orbital flights, but its interplanetary efforts will soon bear fruit. The startup has received an order to build two spaceships for ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), a mission selected by NASA to investigate how solar wind is removing the Martian atmosphere and changing the planet’s … Read more
“Juno carries a number of sensitive instruments that Ganymede can see in ways never before possible.” Ganymede is larger than the planet Mercury, according to NASA. The flyby will be the closest to Ganymede since 2000. Jupiter’s largest moon is getting visitors today. On Monday afternoon, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will come within 645 miles of … Read more
He and other officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly about the secret results of the report. Russia has invested heavily in hypersonic, believing the technology gives it an opportunity to evade American missile defense technology. China has also developed hypersonic weapons and included them in military parades. … Read more