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Fifteen years after launch, Japan has announced the end of the “Planet C” mission, leaving humanity with no presence around Venus. In May 2010, Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the “Planet C” spacecraft – also known as “Akatsuki” or the Venus Climate Orbiter – towards Earth’s “sister planet”. The early stages of the mission did not go as planned. …

We’ve known for quite some time that molten rock gouged enormous tunnels into the surface of the Earth, the Moon, and Mars. In fact, scientists have proposed that the vast lava tubes under the surface of the Moon and Mars could one day serve as homes for space colonists that provide shelter from space radiation and micrometeorite strikes. Now, as …

Rocket Lab wants to bring NASA’s Perseverance rover samples back from Mars. As interest in Mars Sample Return (MSR) resurfaces, Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck says his company already has experience with the spacecraft and hardware needed to get the interplanetary job done. The MSR mission has taken on new urgency since a Sept. 10 NASA announcement that …

Why is Venus hell and Earth an Eden?  Hacker News Source link

Japan’s Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki was launched on May 21, 2010, and started its active mission in 2015 after an initial orbital insertion failure. Since that time, Akatsuki has continuously observed Venus from orbit until issues began to crop up in 2024 when contact was lost in April of that year due to attitude control issues. Japan’s space agency, JAXA, has …

If you were up before dawn, then you were lucky enough to see a breathtaking celestial sight. Many early-morning stargazers captured striking images of an eye-catching conjunction of the moon with Venus and Regulus, among the brightest stars in the night sky. Just before sunrise, the waning crescent moon, the brilliant planet Venus, and Regulus, the brightest star in the …

The Sky Today on Friday, September 19: Regulus, Venus, and the Moon line up  Astronomy Magazine Photos capture breathtaking view of three cozy celestial bodies in the early-morning sky  The Boston Globe How to see the moon, Venus and the bright star Regulus in an ultraclose conjunction tomorrow  Live Science Look Up This Week to See a Rare Triple Conjunction ‘Smiling’ Down  ScienceAlert Lunar …

One of the best naked-eye stargazing sights of the year is on offer to skywatchers this week — if you can rise before the sun Friday (Sept. 19). Just before sunrise, the crescent moon, the brilliant planet Venus and the bright star Regulus (the brightest star in the constellation Leo) will cluster together on the east-northeast horizon. There will be …

Pam Melroy, one of only two women to ever command a NASA space shuttle, is channeling her decades of experience across the U.S. Air Force, DARPA, the FAA and private industry to pioneer a revolutionary new rocket engine technology. Melroy, NASA’s former Deputy Administrator, has joined the Board of Directors for Houston-based startup Venus Aerospace just months after the company …

There’s No Place Like Venus If or when Earth’s large-scale subduction shuts off in about 3.5 billion years, kneecapping the planet’s ability to bury carbon, Kane and his team’s simulations indicate that the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere will rise anywhere from 0.1 bars to 0.8 bars. (For reference, the total atmospheric pressure at sea level today is 1 …