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  Alexandria VA (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 SCOUT Inc. has announced its latest Autonomy Software offerings: computer vision and guidance software to make navigation safer and less complex for space operators. These offerings include software-hardware integration providing: next-generation AI/ML-based autonomy, hybrid data fusion from various sensors, and closed-loop optical navigation control algorithms. "Our first SCOUT-Vision system was launched into orbit in June 2021 and the software packages we're offering today are due in part to the ... read more |
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Out of Pebble PurgatoryPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 28, 2022 The final two pebbles hitching a ride aboard our rover's bit carousel are gone but not forgotten. I'll give you the latest on why they are gone and then tell you why we are not forgetting them - or ... more  
Hat-trick for Exolaunch with SpaceX Transporter MissionsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 In its third dedicated rideshare mission with SpaceX, Exolaunch, the leading global provider of launch, in-space logistics and deployment services, successfully integrated and launched 29 small sate ... more  
China releases new-generation spacecraft OSBeijing (XNA) Jan 26, 2022 China has released SpaceOS III, a new-generation operating system for spacecraft. Developed by the Beijing Institute of Control Engineering under China Academy of Space Technology, the operati ... more 
Space Power to revolutionize satellite power using laser beamingGuildford UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 The University of Surrey and Space Power are tackling the problem of powering satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) during their eclipse period when they cannot see the sun. By collaborating on a spac ... more |
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China welcomes intl cooperation in space station, explorations: White paperBeijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022 China will employ its space station for carrying out astronomical observations, Earth science and research, and space science experiments in the next five years, according to a white paper published ... more 
NASA's MRO Finds Water Flowed on Mars Longer Than Previously ThoughtPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 27, 2022 Mars once rippled with rivers and ponds billions of years ago, providing a potential habitat for microbial life. As the planet's atmosphere thinned over time, that water evaporated, leaving the froz ... more  
Mysterious object unlike anything astronomers have seen beforePerth, Australia (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 A team mapping radio waves in the Universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and it's unlike anything astronomers have seen before. Th ... more  
Instant turn-over of magnetism by gyro motion of relativistic electronsOsaka, Japan (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 Magnetic fields are detected throughout the universe and widely participate in astrophysical dynamics. Various fundamental phenomena, including coronal mass ejections, solar flares, gamma-ray bursts ... more 
SwRI scientist helps confirm liquid water beneath Mars south polar capSan Antonio, TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 A Southwest Research Institute scientist measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures as cold as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm that salty water likely exists between grains of ice or sedi ... more |
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Tiny but very large wavelength perturbations solve Hubble TensionBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 It is generally believed that the Universe is isotropic and homogeneous on large distance scales, i.e., there is no preferred position or direction in the Universe. This hypothesis forms the basis o ... more 
Island in a lake of lava - the Martian volcano Jovis TholusBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 These images, created using data acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter, show the Jovis Tholus volcano and various other landscape features, such as ... more 
Sols 3367-3368: The Prow to take another bowPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 26, 2022 The weekend plan included a short drive (or bump) to get us closer to one of the interesting, more resistant ledges that are exposed in this area ("The Prow"), as Curiosity continues her climb up Mo ... more 
Sols 3369-3370: Ok Then, Maybe Not, MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 27, 2022 In the last blog my colleague Lucy expressed excited hope for today's planning of close-up imagery of the rocks we tried to approach at 'The Prow.' But, well, sometimes Mars does not read the script ... more 
Five Space Station Research Results Contributing to Deep Space ExplorationHouston TX (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 More than 3,000 experiments have been conducted aboard the International Space Station during the 21 years humans have been living and working in space. These experiments have provided insights help ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2022 
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station farewelled over 2000 kg of scientific experiments and hardware on Sunday 23 January as a cargo Dragon spacecraft began its return to Earth.
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer captured the resupply vehicle in all its glory as it departed the orbital outpost at 15:40 GMT/16:40 CET. It splashed down approximately 29 hours later off the coast of Flo ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 26, 2021 
Seattle-area company Radian Aerospace plans to build and commercialize a true spaceplane that could take off from a commercial runway, fly to space and return under its own power - a feat never achieved in aerospace history.
The company emerged from secrecy in an announcement last week that said a former Boeing official who oversaw that company's X-33 spaceplane program, Livingston Hol ... more |
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 San Antonio, TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 
A Southwest Research Institute scientist measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures as cold as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm that salty water likely exists between grains of ice or sediment under the ice cap at Mars' south pole. Laboratory measurements conducted by SwRI geophysicist Dr. David Stillman support oddly bright reflections detected by the MARSIS subsurface sounding radar ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022 
China will employ its space station for carrying out astronomical observations, Earth science and research, and space science experiments in the next five years, according to a white paper published Friday.
The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective", was released by China's State Council Information Office.
The country plans to complete the construction of it ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 25, 2022 
The EU launched Tuesday a billion-euro fund to support startups in the space sector with the hope it will be a "game changer" and attract private investors into the key sector.
Named the Cassini fund after the 17th century Italian astronomer, it was launched as part of the European Investment Fund (EIF) which provides risk financing to small and medium-sized businesses across Europe.
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 Guildford UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 
The University of Surrey and Space Power are tackling the problem of powering satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) during their eclipse period when they cannot see the sun. By collaborating on a space infrastructure project, the joint team will develop new technology which uses lasers to beam solar power from satellites under solar illumination to small satellites orbiting closer to Earth during ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 
The forensic evidence left in the 14 Her giant planetary system suggests an active dynamical past. Two giant planets, several times more massive than Jupiter, in highly eccentric orbits around a solar-type star were found orbiting at nearly right angles to each other.
In the recently published paper "14 Her: a likely case of planet-planet scattering," Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi-a senior m ... more |
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 Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 
Planets like Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn with global magnetic fields of their own are surrounded by so-called radiation belts: Trapped in the magnetic field, fast moving charged particles such as electrons, protons, and heavier ions whiz around thus forming the invisible, torus-shaped radiation belts. With their high velocities reaching almost the speed of light, the particles can ionize other mo ... more |
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 Gainesville FL (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 
After three consecutive years of worldwide declines, the number of shark bites picked up in 2021, with a total of 73 unprovoked incidents. The data, published this week by the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File, also included 39 provoked shark bites and nine fatalities that occurred throughout the year.
The number of unprovoked bites in 2021 aligns with the ... more |
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 Xian (XNA) Jan 26, 2022 
A health check on all 52 in-orbit satellites of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has been completed, according to the Xi'an Satellite Control Center.
The center said the satellites met all key indicators, meaning the constellation can provide services without issue.
The evaluation was conducted without interrupting the satellites' usual navigation services, and develo ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 21, 2022 
Chinese scientists published the country's lunar rover travelogue of its first two years of service that depicted the unique and untrodden moonscape on the moon's far side, revealing its notable differences with the near side with in situ evidence.
The study published on Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal, Science Robotics, described cloddy soil, gel-like rocks, and fresh small craters ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 26, 2022 
For the second time in its mission so far, the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through the tail of a comet. Predicted in advance by astronomers at University College London, UK, the spacecraft collected a wealth of science data that now awaits full analysis.
For a spacecraft designed to conduct unique studies of the Sun, Solar Orbiter is also making a name for itself exploring ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 
Satellogic Inc., a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection has completed its previously announced business combination with CF Acquisition Corp. V (Nasdaq: CFV) ("CFV"), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald. The business combination was approved at a special meeting of CFV stockholders on January 24, 2022. Beginning Wednesday, J ... more |
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 Newark NJ (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 
New findings published Jan. 27 in the journal Nature Astronomy have called into question decades of theoretical understanding used by astrophysicists to interpret an observational phenomenon central to understanding energy released during powerful eruptions from the Sun, known as solar flares.
Solar flares, which are triggered when magnetic field lines break and reconnect above the Sun's s ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 
A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering mechanics alumnus made important contributions to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which arrived at its home in distant orbit Monday.
The telescope, the world's largest and most powerful space science observatory, launched on Dec. 25, starting its journey toward its destination about 1 million miles from Earth.
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 Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 
Astronomers discovered a black hole unlike any other. At one hundred thousand solar masses, it is smaller than the black holes we have found at the centers of galaxies, but bigger than the black holes that are born when stars explode. This makes it one of the only confirmed intermediate-mass black holes, an object that has long been sought by astronomers.
"We have very good detections of t ... more |
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