Tag: mission

China launches secret space plane on 3rd-ever mission

China has launched its reusable space plane for the third time. A Long March 2F rocket lofted China’s experimental spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday (Dec. 14) to conduct space science experiments and “provide technical support for the peaceful use of space,” according to Xinhua news. The launch comes just seven months […]

Perseverance Mars rover to climb crater rim next spring in bonus mission

Nearly three years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars as part of a decades-long effort to study if the now-barren planet ever hosted life. Jezero Crater once harbored a big lake and a river delta. The car-sized Perseverance, equipped with sophisticated cameras and science instruments, has so far been spending its days studying its […]

This ISS mission could ‘open some eyes’ about climate science

NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission has delivered the first-ever comprehensive map of minerals located across Earth’s dust source regions. Created with data collected up until Nov. 2023 by an imaging spectrometer based on the International Space Station (ISS), shows the precise locations of 10 important minerals based on how they reflect […]

Keena the canine is on a mission to find water leaks

DELAWARE — Del-Co Water Company, a member owned water provider proudly serving Delaware, Marion, Morrow and five other counties for over 50 years, has expanded its team. They are proud to introduce Keena, a leak detection canine. Keena is a full bred Belgian Malinois trained to detect the scent of treated drinking water. Zach Lohr, […]