G-FOLD Diversion Test – NASA JPL
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory tested its G-FOLD (Fuel Optimal Large Divert Guidance Algorithm) divert algorithm experimental landing system on September 20, 2013 at the Mohave Air & Space Port in Mojave, Calif.
Category: Unmanned Space Flight
New Horizons Spacecraft is Fast Approaching Pluto – NASA
After an eight-year long journey, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is quickly approaching Pluto. As of 21 January 2014, its distance from Pluto is about 4.29 AU (An AU is roughly the distance of the Earth...
Rosetta Satellite Visit a Comet
A. After more than two years in a deep sleep, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has woken up. A signal confirming its alert status was received by controllers in Darmstadt, Germany, at 18:17 GMT. The Rosetta...
Space Navigation (2) – 1967 NASA
Here is part 2 of a basic introduction to lunar and interplanetary navigation for manned spaceflight. The film was made in 1968 and the footage shows, through animation and live photography, the use of computers and...
Space Navigation (1) – 1967 NASA
Part 1 of an old NASA film on space navigation. Spacecraft navigation comprises two aspects: (1) knowledge and prediction of spacecraft position and velocity, which is orbit determination, and (2) firing the rocket motor...
Chinese Space Program – The Past and Future
A history of the Chinese space programme made a few weeks before Jade Rabbit landed on the Moon.
Gaia’s 1 Billion Pixel Camera
ESA’s Gaia mission will produce an unprecedented 3D map of our Galaxy by mapping, with exquisite precision, the position and motion of a billion stars.
Gaia Launch Highlights
ESA’s Gaia mission blasted off on 19 December 2013 on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its exciting mission to study a billion suns.
Footage Released of China Jade Rabbit Moon Landing
Released footage of the Jade Rabbit and its lander landing on the Moon. Chinese state television had so far only shown a computer-generated image of its path as it approached the surface of the moon...
The Vostochny Cosmodrome
The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport currently under construction, located at 51 degrees north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to become the main centre for Russia’s...
Jade Rabbit Separates From Lander
China’s first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, separated from the lander early on Sunday, several hours after the Chang’e-3 probe soft-landed on the lunar surface. Here is video footage of the Jade Rabbit...
ISON Update On This Week At NASA
An update on ISON, Orion and other NASA news from this weekly update.
China’s Jade Rabbit Animation
Here is an animation of the China’s current moon mission. Chang’e 3 is a lunar exploration mission operated by China National Space Administration, incorporating a robotic lander and a rover. Chang’e 3 successfully launched on...
China LAUNCHES ‘Jade Rabbit’ Rover To The Moon
China launched its first rover mission to the moon on Monday. Sending a robotic rover named Jade Rabbit to surveythe lunar landscape, examine its geology and beam images back to Earth. Here is video...
The Rosetta Mission 2014
In 2014, the Rosetta mission will intercept a comet and send a lander to its surface — helping us find out more about the origins of the Solar System. The International Rosetta Mission was approved...
Maven Launch – 18th November 2013
A new Mars orbiter, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, was launched on November 18, 2013, on top of an Atlas V-401 vehicle. It managed to successfully launch on the first day...
Mars Orbiter Mission – Indian Space Research Organisation
Information on Mars and the Indian Space Research Organisation first mission to Mars.
