Month: January 2024

Blue Origin has unveiled the features and capabilities of its Blue Ring space tug, which promises to revolutionize the commercial space industry.
Last October, the spacecraft was unveiled as an innovative space logistics and delivery solution capable of performing national security, civil and commercial missions.

Equipped with 12 docking ports, the Blue Ring can use a load of up to 500 kilograms per port, and the upper deck allows for the transport of loads weighing up to 2.5 tons.

One of its features is its ability to maneuver in different orbits with a change in speed of up to 3,000 meters per second. The main task of the Blue Ring is the deployment of satellites, as well as the transportation of other spacecraft, making it a functional transport with an operational life of 3 to 5 years.

Blue Ring can also carry out sub-commodification of other spacecraft. This can function as a refueling station where other spacecraft can approach, dock and receive fuel. As Hoffmann noted, the Blue Ring can refuel other vessels of the same type, which opens up prospects for the joint action of several Blue Rings during a space mission.

The first exciting images provided by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal the detailed characteristics of 19 spiral galaxies similar to our own Milky Way.

Launched in December 2021, JWST has the unique ability to record images of the most distant objects with the highest level of detail. Its infrared cameras allow it to reflect light in the infrared wavelength range invisible to the human eye, which opens access to dust clouds and objects hidden within them, as well as to objects beyond the reach of conventional telescopes.

The spiral galaxies imaged by the telescope are located between 15 and 60 million light-years from Earth. These new images are not only stunning in their beauty, but also provide scientists with a unique opportunity to study the structure and evolution of these cosmic formations.

The images show galaxies containing stars shining as bright blue points of light. Stars are located in the characteristic spiral structures of galaxies and accumulate in their centers. The dust clouds that surround the stars are represented as red and orange clouds, which may indicate possible remnants of exploded stars.