On September 24, in a highly choreographed operation, OSIRIS-REx will return to Earth and drop off regolith material for scientists to study. The samples will land in the Utah desert, while the spacecraft itself speeds off to another destination in space.
JWST data has provided new and intricate details of so many different objects in the universe: stars, galaxies, black holes, and even distant extrasolar planets, those outside our solar system. With the telescope's crisp infrared spectra, more detailed information can be garnered than ever before.
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission achieved the near-impossible, successfully landing near the lunar south pole and becoming the first spacecraft to do so. India now stands alongside Moon exploration veterans: the United States, Soviet-era Russia, and China.
On September 24, in a highly choreographed operation, OSIRIS-REx will return to Earth and drop off regolith material for scientists to study. The samples will land in the Utah desert, while the spacecraft itself speeds off to another destination in space.
JWST data has provided new and intricate details of so many different objects in the universe: stars, galaxies, black holes, and even distant extrasolar planets, those outside our solar system. With the telescope's crisp infrared spectra, more detailed information can be garnered than ever before.
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission achieved the near-impossible, successfully landing near the lunar south pole and becoming the first spacecraft to do so. India now stands alongside Moon exploration veterans: the United States, Soviet-era Russia, and China.
Hypergolic propellants are great for spacecraft. To start and stop the engine, you can just start and stop the flow of the two liquids. And you can keep them in tanks on your spaceship for years.