NASA plans to send a probe where no probe has been before, flying to the edge of the heliosphere by the early 2030s to understand how the solar system formed.
The heliosphere is the bubble of space surrounding the sun and enclosing all the planets, from Mercury to Neptune and is affected by solar winds.
So far Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched in 1977, are the only probes to venture outside the heliosphere, currently 14 and 11 million miles from Earth respectively.
The Voyagers discovered the edge of the bubble but left scientists with many questions about how our star interacts with the local interstellar medium.
26 February 2021, 5:13 am EST By Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument, short for Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, detected a bright rim around the edge of the planet that may be nightglow light emitted by oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere that recombine into molecules in the nightside. ( Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory/Guillermo Stenborg and Brendan Gallagher )
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has finally released the stunning image captured by the space agency s Parker Solar Probe, and a spacecraft sent to study our host star.
Solar Probe Captures Venus
In a blog post published by NASA, the space agency explained the importance of the unique planet in our solar system, saying that it s vital for making sure the solar probe can fly further to the Sun and capture some details that o
DART delayed to November launch as environmental testing begins
February 19, 2021
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has been moved to its secondary launch window as it begins thermal and environmental testing. The new launch date of November 24, 2021 is a delay from an original target of July 21.
DART is NASA’s first planetary defense demonstration, planned to change an asteroid’s orbit by a kinetic impact. DART is a simple technology demonstrator which will attempt to impact Dimorphos, a moonlet of the asteroid Didymos.
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) senior leadership requested a risk assessment to determine the viability of the primary and secondary launch windows. After this assessment was completed, teams determined the primary launch window was no longer viable and the DART team was told to pursue the secondary date.
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December 14, 2020
Thomas “Tom” L. Roche, 86, unexpectedly passed away Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.
A native Washingtonian, he was born in Washington, D.C., May 21, 1934, to James and Llewelyn Roche.
Tom was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and a lifetime member of the VFW of Ocean View.
He was married for 54 years to the love of his life, Jean (Pigott), who predeceased him in 2018. They raised their two daughters, Andrea Barron-Hughes, of Canton, Ga., and Karen (Gil) Briggs, of Olney, Md.
Tom had an extensive 38-year career at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., where he worked as an aerospace engineer. He received numerous awards including the Missile Defense Technology Pioneer Award for his work. During his time there, he was a member of the APL softball team, gun, golf, bowling and garden clubs.