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2024-03-28T00:16:08.00Z
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233116
2024-03-28T00:16:08.00Z
2024-03-28T00:16:08.00Z
Matthew Connatser
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Matthew%20Connatser
Hyperfluorescent OLEDs promise more efficient displays that won't make you so blue
<h4>Novel design might also help reduce those annoying burn-in issues</h4> <p>A recent paper published in Nature demonstrates that hyperfluorescent OLEDs could significantly reduce the energy required to display the color blue – potentially mitigating, but not solving, screen burn-in.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233112
2024-03-27T20:57:13.00Z
2024-03-27T20:57:13.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
NASA gives IXPE observatory the Ctrl-Alt-Del treatment to make it talk sense
<h4>Hardware misbehaving in orbit? Time for a reset on the avionics</h4> <p>NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) space observatory has had a problem, prompting engineers on the ground to hit the reset button.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233097
2024-03-27T14:30:13.00Z
2024-03-27T17:14:12.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Boeing and subsidiary file trade secrets lawsuit against Virgin Galactic
<h4>Oh, and there's small matter of an alleged $26M in unpaid bills</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Boeing and its subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation have sued Virgin Galactic, alleging the space tourism company has misappropriated trade secrets.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233081
2024-03-26T19:00:07.00Z
2024-03-26T19:00:07.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Intricate mission to de-ice a space telescope is go: Euclid's 'eye' is clear
<h4>100 minutes of heating to melt a frozen heart... 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth</h4> <p>Boffins at the European Space Agency (ESA) are very pleased with themselves following confirmation that the de-icing process they devised for Euclid's optics has "performed significantly better than hoped."…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233024
2024-03-22T22:57:18.00Z
2024-03-23T08:00:21.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Labor watchdog wants SpaceX's gag clauses to disintegrate like its exploding rockets
<h4>This is why Big Biz wants to dismantle America's crucial regulators</h4> <p>The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has challenged SpaceX's severance agreements, alleging the paperwork unlawfully limits what staff can say and do once they leave the rocket maker.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232989
2024-03-21T17:15:14.00Z
2024-03-21T17:15:14.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
World's first Neuralink patient enjoying online chess, long Civ 6 sessions
<h4>While excited by the implant, Noland Arbaugh says it's not perfect and there's still work to be done</h4> <p>Neuralink's first human patient is now a public figure, with the company publishing a video yesterday showing him playing chess on a laptop and talking about how "freakin' lucky" he is to be involved in the tests.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232965
2024-03-20T17:41:44.00Z
2024-03-20T17:41:44.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
DARPA tasks Northrop Grumman with drafting lunar train blueprints
<h4>Um. Let's successfully land on Moon without immediately faceplanting first, amirite?</h4> <p>All aboard the space train – DARPA has commissioned defense contractor Northrop Grumman to figure out what would be necessary for a railroad network on the Moon.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232958
2024-03-20T12:30:07.00Z
2024-03-20T12:30:07.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Euclid space telescope needs de-icing
<h4>Warm water and a scraper not an option when you're 1.5 million kilometers from home</h4> <p>Less than 12 months into its six-year survey mission, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid telescope is experiencing optical issues that require European teams to devise a de-icing procedure.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232955
2024-03-20T07:30:10.00Z
2024-03-20T07:30:10.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
European Space Agency to measure Earth at millimeter scale
<h4>Awards contracts for spacecraft to bring the IoT to space</h4> <p>The European Space Agency has committed €76.6 million ($83 million) toward the development of Genesis – a flying observatory that will provide positioning services accurate to a single millimeter.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232932
2024-03-19T15:00:09.00Z
2024-03-19T15:00:09.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Swift enters safe mode over gyro issue while NASA preps patch to shake it off
<h4>Gamma-ray burst watcher almost two decades past use-by date</h4> <p>NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has dropped into safe mode after one of the spacecraft's three gyroscopes showed signs of degradation.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232867
2024-03-14T18:57:07.00Z
2024-03-15T16:06:16.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Caffeine makes fuel cells more efficient, cuts cost of energy storage
<h4>Boffins show less platinum may be needed for long-lived power source</h4> <p>Adding caffeine can enhance the efficiency of fuel cells, reducing the need for platinum in electrodes and significantly reducing the cost of making them, according to researchers in Japan.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232863
2024-03-14T15:30:51.00Z
2024-03-14T19:25:37.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Third time is almost the charm for SpaceX's Starship
<h4>Booster hit the water hard and monster rocket lost during re-entry, but otherwise a success!</h4> <p>SpaceX has launched its third Starship Super-Heavy rocket on a test flight that went almost entirely to plan.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232796
2024-03-14T13:15:09.00Z
2024-03-15T18:21:54.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Voyager 1 starts making sense again after months of babble
<h4>Veteran spacecraft shows signs of sanity with poke from engineers</h4> <p>Engineers are hopeful the veteran spacecraft Voyager 1 has turned a corner after spending the past three months spouting gibberish at controllers.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232833
2024-03-13T06:56:11.00Z
2024-03-13T20:31:52.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Japan's first private satellite launch imitates SpaceX's giant explosions
<h4>KAIROS detonated a few seconds after clearing the launchpad</h4> <p><strong>Video</strong> On another bad day for Japan's space industry, the nation's first private satellite launch failed within seconds of launch.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232816
2024-03-12T15:00:10.00Z
2024-03-12T15:00:10.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
NASA's FY2025 budget request means tough times ahead for Chandra and Hubble
<h4>But Artemis is still OK, so that's alright then</h4> <p>NASA has published its budget request for the fiscal year 2025, and it is not good news for the Hubble Space Telescope or the Chandra X-ray Observatory.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232791
2024-03-11T19:30:09.00Z
2024-03-11T19:30:09.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Stratolaunch's air-launched test vehicle hits supersonic speed
<h4>TA-1 test ticks off all the primary objectives, but hypersonic flight will have to wait</h4> <p>Stratolaunch has finally completed the first powered flight of the Talon-A test vehicle – TA-1 – which was dropped from its carrier aircraft – the monstrous Roc – for a planned dunking in the Pacific.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232764
2024-03-11T12:21:51.00Z
2024-03-11T12:21:51.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
UK and US lack regulation to protect space tourists from cosmic ray dangers
<h4>Damage to DNA, mutations, uncontrolled cell division and malignancy. Is space tourism worth the risk?</h4> <p>International regulations governing space flight lack rules to protect space tourism passengers from the ill-effects of cosmic radiation, according to researchers.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232750
2024-03-09T10:34:10.00Z
2024-03-12T02:06:05.00Z
Katyanna Quach
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Katyanna%20Quach
An engine that can conjure thrust from thin air? We speak to the designer
<h4>Chatting to Anmol Taploo about the race to develop tech for satellites</h4> <p><strong>Interview</strong> Will satellites be capable of generating their own thrust with propellant created out of thin air one day? Scientists at the George Washington University (GWU) and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory reckon so.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232763
2024-03-08T19:39:14.00Z
2024-03-08T19:39:14.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Grab a helmet because retired ISS batteries are hurtling back to Earth
<h4>'Luminous phenomena' on the cards, but half a ton of debris could survive</h4> <p>A pallet of used batteries from the International Space Station (ISS) is due to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at some point in the next day, and some parts of the 2.6 metric ton mass are likely to hit the ground.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232722
2024-03-07T04:29:10.00Z
2024-03-07T04:29:10.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Beijing plans at least three new rockets – maybe reusables too
<h4>With over 100 launches planned this year alone, matching Musk makes sense</h4> <p>China's Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has promised to launch three new rockets this year alone, and may also start to send reusable boosters into space next year.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232704
2024-03-07T02:33:08.00Z
2024-03-07T09:24:25.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Toyota, Samsung accelerate toward better EV batteries
<h4>Korean champ promises solid state kit that makes Li-Ion look flat by 2027</h4> <p>Samsung's SDI battery-making unit has announced it will start mass production of solid state batteries in 2027, and that the parts it pushes will have energy density of 900 watt-hours per liter (Wh/L), a figure lithium-ion batteries struggle to match.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232711
2024-03-06T17:45:08.00Z
2024-03-06T17:45:08.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Want to be a NASA astronaut? Applications are open
<h4>Time flies for The Flies</h4> <p>NASA has wheeled out its latest set of astronaut graduates, dubbed "The Flies," and announced that it is accepting applications for the next batch of astro-wannabes.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232706
2024-03-06T14:30:09.00Z
2024-03-06T14:30:09.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Russia plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon – with China's help
<h4>Roscosmos has had a few problems landing on the lunar surface recently</h4> <p>Roscosmos and China are considering putting a nuclear reactor on the Moon, according to the Russian space agency's boss.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232685
2024-03-06T11:00:08.00Z
2024-03-06T11:00:08.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Boffins propose fiber-optic network for the Moon
<h4>To detect seismic waves, silly</h4> <p>Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in the US are proposing the deployment of a fiber-optic network on the Moon to probe our natural satellite's interior by detecting seismic waves.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232667
2024-03-06T01:27:06.00Z
2024-03-06T08:49:19.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
NASA and Japan's X-ray satellite space 'scope sends first snaps of distant galaxies
<h4>Calibration is done, operations nominal, science starts in August</h4> <p>The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Monday that the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) – its joint mission with NASA – has transitioned into nominal operations.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232651
2024-03-05T10:15:15.00Z
2024-03-05T10:15:15.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Juno fly-by detects lower levels of oxygen on Europa than expected
<h4>Less abundant molecular oxygen narrow chances of life being found on Jupiter's icy moon</h4> <p>Jupiter's moon Europa has a lot less free oxygen than previously thought, narrowing the odds that life may have evolved in this remote orb.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232647
2024-03-04T16:15:15.00Z
2024-03-04T16:15:15.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
NASA's satellite pit stop project runs out of gas
<h4>OSAM-1 – expensive, late, difficult, and no longer what the market needs?</h4> <p>NASA has finally pulled the plug on its ambitious mission to refuel and service working satellites via its OSAM-1 demonstrator.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232639
2024-03-04T07:29:11.00Z
2024-03-04T07:29:11.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
NASA's Mars Sample Return Program struggles to get off the drawing board
<h4>The tech just isn't ready and clunky collab with ESA isn't helping, auditor finds</h4> <p>NASA's Office of Inspector General, the agency's auditor, has found that the Mars Sample Return Program is struggling to get off the drawing board, never mind the launchpad.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232629
2024-03-02T00:30:31.00Z
2024-03-02T00:30:31.00Z
Katyanna Quach
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Katyanna%20Quach
The batteries on Odysseus, the hero private Moon lander, have run out
<h4>'Farewell' snap revealed by Intuitive Machines amid hope solar-powered craft may one day spring to life again</h4> <p>With it battery depleted and the lunar night approaching, the private-built Moon lander Odysseus has shut down quite possibly for good.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232576
2024-02-29T07:33:11.00Z
2024-03-10T22:07:26.00Z
Katyanna Quach
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Katyanna%20Quach
Uncle Sam explores satellites that can create propellant out of thin air
<h4>Very low Earth orbit birds could sip the outer atmosphere on their way up</h4> <p>Electric propulsion systems that generate power from the scant air in the outer edges of the atmosphere could drive satellites in very low Earth orbit (VLEO), without the need for conventional propellants – at least in theory.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232572
2024-02-28T19:15:14.00Z
2024-02-28T19:15:14.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
New solvent might end winter charging blues for EV owners
<h4>Subzero temperatures and batteries don't mix – but there may be a solution</h4> <p>Researchers have discovered that using "small molecule" solvents could help improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries, speeding up charging and ensuring they work at low temperatures.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232543
2024-02-27T18:00:12.00Z
2024-02-27T18:00:12.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Odysseus probe moonwalking on the edge of battery life after landing on its side
<h4>Controllers estimate 10-20 hours remain for Intuitive Machines lander</h4> <p>Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lunar lander is facing another countdown. This time the question is how much longer it can continue to operate until it exhausts what remains of the battery life.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232538
2024-02-27T16:15:07.00Z
2024-02-27T16:15:07.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
FAA gives SpaceX a bunch of homework to do before Starship flies again
<h4>You've heard of Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. How about an energetic engine failure?</h4> <p>The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has closed its investigation into the case of another exploding SpaceX rocket with a list of corrective actions to be implemented before Starship can fly again.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232533
2024-02-27T11:45:14.00Z
2024-02-27T11:45:14.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
ESA's ERS-2 satellite began to come apart earlier than predicted
<h4>Harmlessly entered over the North Pacific, but solar array was already bent</h4> <p>The European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite has re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. While no damage to property was reported, some impressive shots were taken of the spacecraft starting to buckle as it approached re-entry.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232528
2024-02-27T04:48:13.00Z
2024-02-27T04:48:13.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Japan's SLIM unexpectedly wakes up on Moon after month-long nap
<h4>How's that for resilient?</h4> <p>Against almost astronomical odds, Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has reestablished communication with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232509
2024-02-26T17:30:10.00Z
2024-02-26T17:30:10.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
72 flights later and a rotor blade short, Mars chopper loses its fight with physics
<h4>Perseverance images show violent end to Ingenuity's final flight</h4> <p>A little more light is being shed on the fate of NASA's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, thanks to fresh images snapped by the Perseverance rover.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232497
2024-02-26T14:45:13.00Z
2024-02-26T14:45:13.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Intuitive Machines' lunar lander tripped and fell
<h4>Still works, though, says CEO, promising pics any day now</h4> <p>Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander last week became the first American lander to touch down on the Moon in 50 years – albeit landing on its side.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232478
2024-02-23T21:03:08.00Z
2024-02-23T21:03:08.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Varda capsule proves you don't need astronauts for gravity-defying science
<h4>Space factory startup celebrates successful re-entry</h4> <p>Almost drowned out by last night's lunar landing, Varda Space Industries celebrated the re-entry and landing of the capsule from its W-1 mission in the Utah desert.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232468
2024-02-23T06:31:14.00Z
2024-02-23T12:46:02.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
NASA warns as huge solar flare threatens comms, maybe astronauts too
<h4>No, this was not the cause of cellular network outages that hit the USA on Thursday</h4> <p>NASA has warned of strong solar flares that have the potential to interrupt communications in space and down here on Earth.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232467
2024-02-23T03:31:10.00Z
2024-02-23T22:24:58.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Please stop pouring the wrong radioactive water into the sea, Fukushima operator told
<h4>Government takes TEPCO to task for caesium absorption tower incident</h4> <p>Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry minister has called on the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to improve its management of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after a leak was discovered earlier this month.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232457
2024-02-22T19:00:09.00Z
2024-02-23T00:47:15.00Z
Richard Speed and Katyanna Quach
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed%20and%20Katyanna%20Quach
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus prepares for Moon landing
<h4>It slides into orbit. Now comes (another) hard part</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Intuitive Machines has tweaked today's Moon landing time to 2230 UTC following the successful insertion of its Odysseus lander into lunar orbit.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232391
2024-02-20T13:27:10.00Z
2024-02-20T19:22:58.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Neuralink patient masters mind-mouse maneuvers – if Musk is to be believed
<h4>Brain-computer interface trial continues to display troubling lack of transparency</h4> <p>Founder Elon Musk has announced that the first human to receive a Neuralink brain-computer interface has fully recovered and can control a computer mouse pointer with their thoughts.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232380
2024-02-19T18:14:06.00Z
2024-02-19T18:14:06.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Japan launches satellite to eyeball derelict rocket stage
<h4>Mission a step along the road to commercial orbit decluttering</h4> <p>A Japanese satellite lofted by Rocket Lab is to monitor a chunk of space junk ahead of future missions designed to curtail orbital debris.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232376
2024-02-19T15:00:09.00Z
2024-02-19T15:00:09.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Chunks of deorbiting ESA satellite are expected to reach the ground
<h4>Danger to humans? Less than '1 in 100 billion', says agency</h4> <p>ESA's ERS-2 satellite is heading back to Earth this week and some substantial fragments are likely to survive re-entry, although the chances of anyone being injured by a hunk of space junk are vanishingly small.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232352
2024-02-19T09:34:10.00Z
2024-02-20T22:30:58.00Z
Rupert Goodwins
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Rupert%20Goodwins
Space nukes: The unbelievably bad idea that's exactly that ... unbelievable
<h4>Like the reality, the concept is blown up out of all proportion. So who launched it this time around?</h4> <p><strong>Opinion</strong> Space nukes. You're kidding, right? Not if scary reports for last week are true, and Russia is indeed reviving some of the Cold War's more ominous ideas. What's more, Russian leadership is denying it all, and you know what those guys are like.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232360
2024-02-16T22:02:10.00Z
2024-02-19T09:26:31.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
Cutting-edge robot space surgeon makes first incision in Zero-G
<h4>One giant leap for astronaut medicine</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> The world's first remote-operated robot space surgeon has been successfully tested, the team behind the device said this week.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232344
2024-02-16T15:30:05.00Z
2024-02-16T23:44:17.00Z
Katyanna Quach
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Katyanna%20Quach
OSIRIS-REx probe sucked up more asteroid crumbs than hoped
<h4>121 grams is the largest such sample secured, but NASA won't blow it all at once</h4> <p>NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft snagged 121.6 grams of material from asteroid Bennu – the largest quantity ever retrieved by such a mission.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232335
2024-02-16T10:32:07.00Z
2024-02-16T10:32:07.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
NASA extinguishes experiment about setting things on fire in space
<h4>Saffire concludes after eight years of flaming good times</h4> <p>NASA has concluded its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment (Saffire) with a test onboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft after it departed from the International Space Station (ISS).…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232328
2024-02-15T17:01:07.00Z
2024-02-15T17:01:07.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Intuitive Machines IM-1 heading for Moon on SpaceX rocket
<h4>Taking Disaster Recovery as a Service to lunar extremes</h4> <p>NASA is taking another crack at a commercial mission to the Moon with the launch of the Intuitive Machines' IM-1 mission this morning.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232304
2024-02-15T06:20:12.00Z
2024-02-15T06:20:12.00Z
Richard Speed
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WATSON picks up slack on Mars for SHERLOC as Perseverance gadgets show age
<h4>The curious incident of the instrument cover on the Red Planet rover</h4> <p>NASA's Perseverance is having trouble with one of its instruments – which could mean the rover will no longer be able to zap rocks with its laser.…</p>