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On a 68GB SSD, the James Webb Space Telescope is capturing the universe

By Movindu Bandara in Space and Astronomy on 19 Jul 2022

You could be interested in how the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is storing its stunning pictures now that it is functional and taking them. According to IEEE Spectrum, it has an unusually small 68GB SSD, which is only big enough to store a day's worth of JWST…

US and Russian space station flights will swap seats

By Movindu Bandara, Resandu Marasinghe in Space and Astronomy on 18 Jul 2022

Despite the economic sanctions the US has imposed on Russia because of the war in the Ukraine, the two nations are still finding ways to collaborate in space. A long-awaited agreement to exchange seats on flights to the International Space Station has finally been signed by NASA and Roscosmos. NASA…