Tag: telescope
Euclid of Alexandria is considered to be the 'father' of geometry. In his most famous work, 'Elements', he brought together the knowledge of mathematics available in his time, presented it in a consistent way and defined a strict method...
Astroscale and Momentus have joined forces to propose a mission to reboost the Hubble Telescope to NASA. The mission would use a Momentus Vigoride orbital service vehicle (OSV) with Astroscale’s RPOD technology built in. Astroscale’s RPOD technology would approach...
The European Union, together with several larger aircraft manufactures, has an ambitious goal: to make hydrogen-fuelled airplanes a reality by 2030.
This is a necessary step to turn air travel into a climate friendly enterprise, but one that comes...
The Gemini North Observatory is one of the largest and most advanced optical and infrared telescopes in the world. It is located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, one of the world’s premier astronomy locations. The Gemini North telescope has...
Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, built and delivered the ground test and flight operations systems in support of the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope and its interstellar observation mission.
The RI&S ground software that “flies” the...
When tested in space-like conditions, the instrument on ESA’s Euclid space telescope set to measure the velocities of fast-receding galaxies abruptly stopped operating.
Blindsided, the mission team feared it might take weeks or even months of extra time to uncover...
Jannuary 28th, 2021mtex and GTM are collaborating to develop, manufacture and test the structure for the TIM telescope.
The TIM telescope is a balloon-borne telescope that will be used for studying cosmic star formation history. This highly precise device could...