Mission Control intenta “sin descanso” rescatar una nave espacial a Mercurio

Una compleja misión a Mercurio ha comenzado su odisea espacio Hace seis años, el vuelo encontró problemas críticos de propulsión que, según los observadores, podrían poner en peligro los planes para estudiar el planeta más cercano a la Tierra. sol. pepe colombo, Una misión conjunta europeo-japonesa, está en camino de llegar a Mercurio el 5 … Read more

What China’s mission to collect rocks from the far side could reveal about the Moon

Later this week, China will embark on the world’s second-only trip to the Moon’s far side. The goal is to collect the first rocks from inside the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest impact crater on the lunar surface, and bring them back to Earth for analysis. A stack of four spacecraft needed … Read more

Apple’s ‘Mission Impossible’ promo fails

April 18, 1996: Apple unveils a massive $15 million promotional tie-in for the Mission: Impossible movie starring Tom Cruise. Designed to promote the PowerBook, which Cruise uses in the spy flick, the marketing campaign comes at a particularly bad time. Attempting to climb back into the black after reporting its largest quarterly loss ever, Apple … Read more

‘Franklin’ trailer shows founding father’s perilous mission to France

A Benjamin Franklin docudrama coming soon to Apple TV+ will have the founding father taking on the dangerous task of convincing the king of France to financially support the American Revolution. Legendary actor Michael Douglas has the title role of Franklin, a limited series premiering in April. This post contains affiliate links. Cult of Mac … Read more

Astro Pi Replay simulation tool launched for Mission Space Lab

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced a new simulation tool, Astro Pi Replay, to support participants in the European Astro Pi Challenge 2023/24, specifically for the Mission Space Lab. This educational project, run in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), allows young people up to 19 years old to write programs that operate on … Read more

Astro Pi Mission Space Lab coding competition launches once again

The team over at Raspberry Pi have once again launched the Astro Pi Mission Space Lab competition enabling young people all over Europe a chance to have their code for a science experiment run in space on the International Space Station (ISS). So if you are think you are up for the challenge this year’s … Read more