Posts Tagged ‘spacecraft’

Moon minerals survive rock-melting blasts


BROWN (US) — Despite the unimaginable energy of large impacts on the Moon, they may not wipe the mineralogical slate clean, according to new research. Continue…

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 14:12 - 0 Comments


Science & Technology - Dec 4, 2012 15:56 - 6 Comments

Voyager 1 cruises ‘highway’ at solar system’s edge

JOHNS HOPKINS / CALTECH (US) — NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, soon to become the first human-built object in interstellar space, is now cruising along an unexpected “magnetic highway” on the outside edge of our solar system. (more…)

Top Stories - Sep 8, 2011 9:46 - 2 Comments

Satellite killers: Meteoroids vs. space junk

STANFORD (US) — Billions of tiny meteoroids do more damage to satellites and other spacecraft than all the space junk orbiting Earth, according to new research. (more…)

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