Cav's Place

Ten years ago, I was wondering if the Hubble Space Telescope would still be operational in five more years, for its 30th anniversary, so it’s a pleasant surprise to see it still “alive” even today, on its 35th. And at least it seems that even the current dreadful budget proposals would maintain normal operations for […]

The fact that the news about possible evidence of life being detected on K2-18 b was taken up by mainstream media may offer a much-needed boost for space exploration in general, at least in terms of public awareness, especially now when NASA’s budget joins those of so many other important US agencies on the chopping […]

The announcement that Voyager 1 is once again returning usable data is a piece of good news that comes from pretty much as far as any news could possibly come from. It took some tricky reprogramming, but after the cause of the problem was identified, the team worked things out and, while more work is […]

I found something about a study about the best route for a spacecraft intended to leave the heliosphere while looking for space exploration news, and this reminded me of the serious problems that have been preventing Voyager 1 from returning any usable data for quite some time, and which may well lead to the end […]

Despite their obvious success, the fact that they use nuclear power even though solar is definitely feasible means that I never cared about Curiosity or Perseverance, but things were somewhat different when it came to the little helicopter, Ingenuity. It still wasn’t something that I regularly followed, but it was an interesting concept and an […]