Images Captured From A Distance Of Nearly 500 Million Miles
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has acquired its first images of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON). The images were taken by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Imager over a 36-hour period on Jan. 17 and 18, 2013, from a distance of 493 million miles. Many scientists anticipate a bright future for comet ISON; the spaceborne conglomeration of dust and ice may put on quite a show as it passes through the inner solar system this fall.
Rapidly Expanding Commercial Space Sector Means Job Opportunities For Graduates
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University plans to launch the nation’s first bachelor’s degree in Commercial Space Operations. The new degree program, which would be offered at the school's Daytona Beach, FL, campus, will supply the commercial spaceflight industry with skilled graduates in the areas of space policy, operations, regulation and certification, as well as space flight safety, and space program training, management and planning.
Two Satellites To Be Boosted Into Orbit Thursday Evening
Arianespace’s year-opening Ariane 5 mission has been given the “go” for liftoff on Thursday, February 7 following Wednesday launch readiness review for this dual-payload, heavy-lift flight from the Spaceport in French Guiana. The readiness review – which is held prior to all Arianespace missions – validated the status of Ariane 5, its Amazonas 3 and Azerspace/Africasat-1a spacecraft, along with the Spaceport’s infrastructure and the system of downrange tracking stations.
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