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  Dulles VA (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation's SpaceLogistics has announced a launch agreement for its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft, and the sale of its first Mission Extension Pod (MEP). Under the launch agreement, SpaceX will provide launch services for a planned spring 2024 launch of the MRV and several MEPs. Optus, Australia's largest satellite owner and operator, recently completed a purchase agreement with SpaceLogistics for installation of one of the MEPs on its D3 satellite in 2025. "Our cont ... read more |
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Ahead of lunar rocket crash, astronomers call for better space debris trackingWashington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2021 A mixup among leading astronomers about a rocket that will crash into the moon on March 4 has led to calls for better debris tracking of Deep Space manufactured objects. ... more  
Scottish Space Sector Charts Path to a Sustainable FutureEdinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 A specialist working group of the industry-led group Space Scotland is contributing to the development of a sustainable space sector by collaborating on a roadmap that will focus on environmental is ... more  
Monitoring Arctic permafrost with satellites, supercomputers, and deep learningAustin TX (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Permafrost - ground that has been permanently frozen for two or more years - makes up a large part of the Earth, around 15% of the Northern Hemisphere. Permafrost is important for our climate, conta ... more 
ABB secures order for near real-time satellite imaging technologyQuebec City, Canada (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 ABB has been awarded a contract worth around $30 million by the Canadian data and analytics company EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (EDA) to develop and manufacture next-generation multispectral imaging ... more |
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How to look thousands of kilometers deep into the Earth?Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 Researchers led by Sergey Lobanov from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences have developed a new method to measure the density of silicon dioxide (SiO2) glass, one of the most important ma ... more  
Rocky Road offers plenty of tasty science bites during Sols 3391-3394Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2022 MSL planning was met with beautiful images of our path ahead, like this one. We ended up planning to look at many of these rocks with our science instruments before driving on. This is a busy plan, ... more 
China denies making space junk set to crash into MoonBeijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 China on Monday denied responsibility for a rocket set to slam into the Moon, after experts said the piece of space junk likely came from Beijing's lunar exploration programme. ... more  
The secret of Venus may be hidden in the heat of the nightLisbon, Portugal (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Despite being close to Earth and having nearly the same size, Venus is another world. Underneath its thick mantle of acid sulfuric clouds, at the surface 460 degrees Celsius are the rule. This tempe ... more |
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Day of Discovery: 7 Earth-Size PlanetsPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2022 Newspapers around the world printed the discovery on their front pages: Astronomers had found that a red dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1 was home to a close-knit family of seven Earth-size planets. NAS ... more  
What ingredients went into the galactic blender to create the Milky WayCanberra, Canada (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Our galaxy is a giant 'smoothie' of blended stars and gas but a new study tells us where the components came from. In its early days, the Milky Way was like a giant smoothie, as if galaxies consisti ... more  
SpaceX successfully launches 46 Starlink satellites from FloridaWashington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2021 SpaceX successfully launched 46 of the company's own Starlink broadband Internet communications satellites from Florida on Monday. ... more  
Kacific and Farmer Charlie team up to boost agricultural output across PacificSingapore (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Kacific Broadband Satellites and Farmer Charlie will bring affordable satellite-powered agricultural information and expertise to farmers in remote and isolated places across South East Asia and the ... more |
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NOAA's GOES-T Satellite Road to Launch: Final PreparationsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 NOAA's GOES-T, the third in the GOES-R Series of advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring satellites, arrived in Florida on November 10, 2021, to begin final preparations for launch. ... more  
Where on Earth did the water come fromLivermore CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Earth's supply of water is incredibly important for its ability to sustain life, but where did that water come from? Was it present when Earth formed or was it delivered later by meteorites or comet ... more 
Satellite imagery gives researchers timeline of when swine waste lagoons were builtRaleigh NC (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an automated technique that uses satellite imagery to determine when swine waste lagoons were constructed, allowing researchers to deter ... more 
China's land-observing satellite starts to take picturesBeijing (XNA) Feb 15, 2022 A Chinese remote-sensing satellite started to take pictures in its orbit, scientists in charge of the satellite said Friday. China launched a Long March-4C rocket to place the L-SAR 01A satell ... more  
Brains of cosmonauts get 'rewired' to adapt to long-term space missions, study findsAntwerp, Belgium (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 A new study published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits is the first to analyze the structural connectivity changes that happen in the brain after long-duration spaceflight. The results show significa ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2022 
A new flavor of Coca-Cola is coming soon - a promotional announcement from Coca-Coca Thursday said, "From the furthest reaches of the galaxy, Coca-Cola Starlight is arriving."
The new limited edition drink, called Coca-Cola Starlight, features a taste the beverage maker calls unique, and will be offered in both regular and zero sugar and is expected to be available Feb. 21.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2021 
SpaceX successfully launched 46 of the company's own Starlink broadband Internet communications satellites from Florida on Monday.
The mission, Starlink 4-8, was the first since the company lost about 40 of the Starlink satellites on Feb. 4 during a solar storm that thickened the air and caused the satellites to burn up as they crashed back through the atmosphere.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 20, 2022 
NASA's Perseverance rover has notched up a slew of firsts since touching down on Mars one year ago, on Feb. 18, 2021, and the six-wheeled scientist has other important accomplishments in store as it speeds toward its new destination and a new science campaign.
Weighing roughly 1 ton (1,025 kilograms), Perseverance is the heaviest rover ever to touch down on Mars, returning dramatic video o ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 
China will make six manned space flights in 2022 to complete the building of its space station and see the maiden flight of Long March-6A, the country's first carrier rocket powered by a solid and liquid engine.
Ma Tao, deputy director of the Space Department of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), revealed on Wednesday China's rocket launch plan at a press confer ... more |
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 Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
A specialist working group of the industry-led group Space Scotland is contributing to the development of a sustainable space sector by collaborating on a roadmap that will focus on environmental issues in one of Scotland's fastest-growing industries. On behalf of the Space Scotland's Environmental Task Force, AstroAgency and Optimat will work with Scottish companies, international collaborators ... more |
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 Dulles VA (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation's SpaceLogistics has announced a launch agreement for its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft, and the sale of its first Mission Extension Pod (MEP).
Under the launch agreement, SpaceX will provide launch services for a planned spring 2024 launch of the MRV and several MEPs. Optus, Australia's largest satellite owner and operator, recently completed a purchase ... more |
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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
A rare exoplanet which orbits around two stars at once has been detected using a ground-based telescope by a team led by the University of Birmingham.
The planet, called Kepler-16b, has so far only been seen using the Kepler space telescope. It orbits around two stars, with the two orbits also orbiting one another, forming a binary star system. Kepler-16b is located some 245 light years fr ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 
Three prominent features on the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth - the farthest planetary body ever explored, by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft - now have official names.
Proposed by the New Horizons team and approved by the International Astronomical Union, the new feature names follow a theme set by "Arrokoth" itself, which means "sky" in the Powhatan/Algonquin Native American language.
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 Livermore CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 
Earth's supply of water is incredibly important for its ability to sustain life, but where did that water come from? Was it present when Earth formed or was it delivered later by meteorites or comets from outer space?
The source of Earth's water has been a longstanding debate and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists think they have the answer - and they found it by look ... more |
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 Apopka FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with the Next Generation Handheld Targeting System (NGHTS). This compact targeting device provides unparalleled precision targeting and is capable of operation in GPS-denied environments.
"NGHTS will significantly enhance the ability of Marines to identify ground targets under a wide range of condit ... more |
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 Turin, Italy (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst visited Thales Alenia Space in Turin recently to test out and provide feedback on accommodations for the next human outpost in space, the lunar Gateway.
As the name implies, the Gateway will be located within the Moon's orbit and is being built by Thales Alenia Space on behalf of ESA. Among its components is the International Habitation Module or I-Hab.
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 
When a space rock survives the turbulent passage through Earth's atmosphere and strikes the surface, it generates shockwaves that can compress and transform minerals in the planet's crust. Since these changes depend on the pressure produced upon impact, experts can use features in Earth's minerals to learn about the meteorite's life story, from the moment of collision all the way back to the con ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 15, 2022 
A Chinese remote-sensing satellite started to take pictures in its orbit, scientists in charge of the satellite said Friday.
China launched a Long March-4C rocket to place the L-SAR 01A satellite in space on Jan. 26. The satellite, equipped with L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), can monitor the geological environment, landslides, and earthquakes.
The radar is now capable of taki ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
A new NASA sounding rocket mission will soon take to the Alaskan skies. The LAMP mission, short for Loss through Auroral Microburst Pulsations, will fly above an often-overlooked kind of northern lights to test a theory on what causes them. The launch window at Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, opens on Feb. 24, 2022.
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is a familiar tre ... more |
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 Canberra, Canada (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
Our galaxy is a giant 'smoothie' of blended stars and gas but a new study tells us where the components came from. In its early days, the Milky Way was like a giant smoothie, as if galaxies consisting of billions of stars, and an enormous amount of gas had been thrown together into a gigantic blender. But a new study picks apart this mixture by analysing individual stars to identify which origin ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 
JILA physicists have measured Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, or more specifically, the effect called time dilation, at the smallest scale ever, showing that two tiny atomic clocks, separated by just a millimeter or the width of a sharp pencil tip, tick at different rates.
The experiments, described in the Feb. 17 issue of Nature, suggest how to make atomic clocks 50 times ... more |
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