This Week in Rocket History: Voskhod 2
This Week in Rocket History: On March 18, 1965, Voskhod 2 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying Pavel Belyayev and Aleksei Leonov, who performed the first spacewalk on the flight.
Rocket Lab’s Latest Launch, They Go Up So Fast, Breaks Milestone
Rocket Lab launched their second Electron of 2021, They Go Up So Fast, the nineteenth launch overall of the Electron rocket, and broke the 100-satellite milestone.
CAS500-1 Launches Aboard Soyuz From Kazakhstan
On March 22 at 06:07 UTC, a Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat took off from pad 31-6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the CAS 500-1 satellite along with several other payloads.
New Fissure Eruption Near Fagradalsfjall in Iceland
A new fissure volcano, near Fagradalsfjall in Iceland, has begun to erupt, creating a small cone and growing lava field.
Cassini Data Used to Identify Rainfall-Caused Drop in Temperature on Titan
Bright ephemeral features on Titan and seen in Cassini data are used to find a rain-caused temperature drop on the surface of the Saturnian moon.
New Basalt Type Found Beneath Pacific Ocean
Scientists find new type of basalt in samples taken from deep below the Pacific Ocean, showing more powerful and voluminous early Ring of Fire eruptions.
Loss of Arctic Ice Sheets Will Lead to Methane Release
Sediment cores taken from deep below the Arctic show that methane was released in large amounts during two previous warming periods
Martian “Spiders” Form From Sublimation of Carbon Dioxide Ice
For many years, orbiting space probes have spied strange features on Mars that appear like sponge paintings but are actually carved into the surface of Mars.
How to Find Evidence of Life in Ancient Salt Crystals
What will finding evidence of life on Mars look like? Possibly microorganisms embedded in ancient salt crystals, as found here on Earth.
LPSC: Lunar and Asteroid Samples
Right now, three nations, in particular, are going all out on bringing rocks back to Earth: China (Moon), Japan (Ryugu), and the United States (Bennu).
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