MER-C lost*
MER-C is now officially lost. The rover, a copy of MER-A and MER-B, was supposed to perform a MCC Burn, but engineers lost contact a couple of days prior to the burn, so they were not able to send the required commands to the spacecraft. It was soon evident that reaching Mars was not an option anymore.
A full scale investigation is already underway. At this time it's believed to be faulty software, delivered by NASA.

Preparing to return to MSS*
After...

Hi everyone!

So last December I told everyone that I was moving out to live on my own (still have to post pics as promised ). Everyting is going smooth and I really enjoy it! Now I can run 2 computer at the same time, one with FSX, P3D or X-Plane and the other one with Oribter, while I'm at work, without anyone complaining about it

Work. The subject for this blog post.
February 25th of this year I received a call from my best friends dad. We had...

Less then 48 hours left on the countdown clock for MER-C, MSA's first interplanetary's mission. The rover will be send on a journey to the red planet to study one of the future landing sites for human missions. The landing site is known as the D. Weijers crater.

(Everything in red is not related to the article and is just some personal information I would like to give).

The mission
The rover is a twin of the original MER-A and MER-B rover. This was decided to...

Hi everyone!

Last Tuesday, I received an unexpected e-mail from the housing company in my city that one of the houses that I'd bid one was now available for me. That meant that I had 6 days to think about it, and eventually decide wether I'm going to do it or not.

The rent for this house is pretty low. They have a system here specially for the younger people in the city, where the rent is low and you have some perks. I'm 22 now, and although I'm fortunate enough to...

Hello, and welcome to a new blog full of updates about activities that are going on around MSA.

MSS receives third crew. Second cargo mission to launch end of the month
The MSS is now home to 4 new crewmembers of the Italian space agency. Antares, launched on March the 3th, docked with the station on March the 5th to begin a 4 week mission. The crew will perform at least 1 EVA to prepare the station for an upcoming Russian module to the station, named Mirny. This module will...