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The guidance and navigation software help to control the spacecraft’s orientation as it flies through space and point its antenna toward Earth for communications and relaying data. “Our goals went beyond getting Psyche to the launch pad to improving JPL across the board as we work on missions that will help us better understand Earth, explore the solar system and the universe, and search for signs of life.”Įngineers wanted to be absolutely certain that the software would function as expected once the spacecraft takes flight. The results are gratifying,” said JPL Director Laurie Leshin in a statement. “We convened this board weeks after I stepped in as director and addressing the issues it raised has been a central focus in my first year as director of JPL. The analysis included ways to address issues with the mission as well as “JPL institutional issues” that caused the delay. The review board, which convened last summer when delays became evident in June 2022, provided a report with recommendations to NASA in November.

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The issue was corrected, but there wasn’t enough time for a full checkout and launch in 2022.Īn independent review board has found that steps taken by NASA and the California Institute of Technology to get the delayed mission back on track, including work on the mission as well as institutional steps, have been “outstanding,” according to the announcement. But the launch window opened on August 1 and closed October 11 before the spacecraft’s flight software was ready.ĭuring testing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, engineers discovered a compatibility issue in the software’s test bed simulators. The endeavor, known as the Psyche mission, was originally expected to lift off in 2022. The Chinese community is playing an active role in the scientific and technical aspects of SKA.The first NASA spacecraft designed to study a metallic asteroid is now set to launch in October, according to a Monday announcement made by the agency.

Currently Boththe China-Australia and China-UK Joint SKA PhD Programs are under way. New Zealand and South Africa have also joined this summer school series.

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As the training of the next generation of Chinese radio astronomers, The Chinese SKA Summer School Series have been organized every year since 2013. Chinese Astronomers have also actively contributed to the International SKA Science Book. In 2014, 'The Chinese SKA Strategy Report' and 'The Chinese SKA Science Book' were updated. Currently, the SKA activities in China are supported jointly by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 2012, the Chinese government approved China’s participation in the SKA pre-construction phase.

In 2011, the NAOC signed the SKAO Membership Agreement and became an initial member of SKAO (SKA Organisation) together with six other countries that lead SKA into its Pre-construction Phase (2012-2017). It will address fundamental unanswered questions about our Universe including how the first stars and galaxies formed after the Big Bang, how dark energy is accelerating the expansion of the Universe, the role of magnetism in the cosmos, the nature of gravity, and The SKA will extend to at least 3000 km from a central core region. The SKA will use thousands of dishes and up to a million antennas that will enable astronomers to monitor the sky in unprecedented detail and survey the entire sky thousands of times faster than any system currently in existence. It is a joint venture by more than 10 countries including China. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world's largest radio telescope, with a square kilometer of collecting area.