Jumat, 08 Januari 2021

Processing images of the cosmos and returning… - The Planetary Society

Moon

Beresheet2 will launch to the Moon in 2024. The mission will build on lessons learned from Beresheet1, which crashed on the Moon in 2019. Israeli non-profit SpaceIL says the mission will include two landers and one orbiter, and that children, students, and scientists around the world will be able to communicate with the orbiter and perform experiments. Pictured: The Beresheet1 lander returned this photo of the Moon from an altitude of 22 kilometers before its unfortunate landing failure. Image credit: SpaceIL.

Mars

The European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2016 mission still hasn’t found any methane on Mars. The findings come from data collected by the Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft between 2018 and 2019 and support earlier preliminary results. Methane is produced naturally by both life and non-life processes and has been detected by other space missions. How much Martian methane exists and where it comes from is an area of active study.

Earth

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply spacecraft left the International Space Station on Wednesday. The vehicle arrived in October and is named after Kalpana Chawla, the first female astronaut of Indian descent. After departure, the Cygnus will autonomously conduct experiments in orbit before reentering the atmosphere for destruction.

Earth

As part of a surge in last-minute Trump administration space policies, the White House released a report on planetary protection. The report identifies work to be done with commercial companies to develop guidelines for private missions to places like Mars. NASA has its own set of planetary protection guidelines that do not cover missions unassociated with the agency.

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