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  Colorado Springs (AFP) April 5, 2022 Amazon on Tuesday announced deals for scores of launches to deploy a "constellation" of satellites in low orbit around the Earth to provide internet service to people below. Amazon said that its contracts with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history. The overall cost and timing of launches booked to make Amazon's Project Kuiper a reality were not disclosed. "We still have lots of work ahead, but the team h ... read more |
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Lockheed Martin releases open-source interface standard for on-orbit dockingLittleton CO (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 Lockheed Martin has released an open-source, non-proprietary interface standard to support on-orbit docking within the industry. With unity of effort in mind, Lockheed Martin has published thi ... more  
Axiom-1 targets Friday for ISS launch after NASA delays moon rocket testWashington DC (UPI) Apr 4, 2021 Axiom Space announced it would delay its first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to no earlier than Friday, April 8. ... more  
BlackSky expands constellation to 14 satellitesHerndon VA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 BlackSky's (NYSE: BKSY) newest satellites successfully began revenue-generating commercial operations for customers, taking high-resolution images and creating analytics within a company record of 1 ... more 
Satellogic launches 5 more satellites on SpaceX Transporter-4 missionNew York NY (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, has announced the launch of five additional spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The sat ... more |
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Xplore acquires Major Tom cloud-based mission operation software and Kubos flight softwareRedmond WA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 Xplore Inc., a commercial space company providing Space as a Service, has announced it has acquired the assets of Kubos Corporation and its Major Tom mission and flight control software platform for ... more 
Kleos launches Patrol Mission satellitesLuxembourg (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Kleos Space S.A, (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, successfully launched its third satellite cluster, the Patrol Mission on ... more  
HENSOLDT Cyber and Beyond Gravity team up for robust satellite cybersecurityZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 HENSOLDT Cyber will supply its high security IT operating system TRENTOS to Beyond Gravity's for its latest satellite computer . The company's say this will ensure a high level of IT security for sa ... more  
Hubble finds a planet forming in an unconventional wayBaltimore MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has directly photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet forming through what researchers describe as an "intense and violent process." This discovery supports ... more |
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German satellite EnMAP launches successfullyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 It all began in 2003 with a competition announced by the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center as part of the National Space Programme. The task was to design and build a new type of hy ... more 
SpiderOak and Lockheed Martin Space enter space cybersecurity + blockchain collaborationWashington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 SpiderOak Mission Systems and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Space's Mission Solutions business are developing and testing a zero-trust cybersecurity platform to secure data across the space data suppl ... more 
SwRI's Space System Integration Facility supports smallsat developmentSan Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 Southwest Research Institute has added a new, 74,000-square-foot Space System Integration Facility to its San Antonio headquarters. The SwRI facility can rapidly respond to customers needing to desi ... more  
Slingshot Aerospace wins US Space Force contractAustin TX (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building world-class space simulation and analytics products to accelerate space sustainability, has been awarded a $25.2 million, 39-month contract from the U.S ... more |
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NASA uses moonlight to improve satellite accuracyEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 NASA's airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance, or air-LUSI, flew aboard NASA's ER-2 aircraft from March 12 to 16 to accurately measure the amount of light reflected off the Moon. Reflected moonlight is ... more 
New technical concept for NATO's Future Surveillance and Control capabilitiesFalls Church VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Airbus Defence and Space together with Northrop Grumman and seven industrial players forming the ASPAARO (Atlantic Strategic Partnership for Advanced All-domain Resilient Operations) team have been ... more  
Solar power downParis (ESA) Apr 04, 2022 Solar energy generation keeps on becoming cheaper and more efficient, but some basic limitations will always apply: solar panels can only generate power during the daytime, and much of the sunlight ... more 
UK Space Command marks one-year anniversaryLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Over the past year, UK Space Command - the Ministry of Defence's lead for space operations, space workforce, and space capability - has taken command of RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire and the UK ... more  
Solving the challenges of robotic pizza-makingBoston MA (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Imagine a pizza maker working with a ball of dough. She might use a spatula to lift the dough onto a cutting board then use a rolling pin to flatten it into a circle. Easy, right? Not if this pizza ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2021 
Blue Origin launched the fourth crewed mission of its New Shepard rocket Thursday morning from Texas, carrying a crew of six to the edge of space and back.
The successful liftoff followed a 48-hour delay due to poor weather conditions at the launch site.
The NS-20 mission lifted off at 8:58 a.m. CDT from the company's launch facility near Van Horn, Texas, toting five space touris ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 4, 2021 
Axiom Space announced it would delay its first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to no earlier than Friday, April 8.
If all goes as planned, a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket will ferry four private citizens, strapped inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, to the space station. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. EDT.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 04, 2022 
Perseverance is in a drive campaign going faster than any previous rover. How fast, you may ask? Its actual speed is just under a tenth of a mile per hour, but it's faster than its predecessors. It is making comparatively rapid progress by devoting several hours per day to driving on very smooth terrain.
That has allowed Perseverance to break previous rovers' records for the distance trave ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 
China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship fell back to Earth on Thursday afternoon with most of its body burnt up during the reentry process, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a statement the robotic craft started to enter the atmosphere around 6:40 pm under the ground control and the extreme heat caused by air friction dismantled and destroyed most of the ship. A few ... more |
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 Colorado Springs (AFP) April 5, 2022 
Amazon on Tuesday announced deals for scores of launches to deploy a "constellation" of satellites in low orbit around the Earth to provide internet service to people below.
Amazon said that its contracts with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history.
The overall cost and timing of launches booked to ma ... more |
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 Littleton CO (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
Lockheed Martin has released an open-source, non-proprietary interface standard to support on-orbit docking within the industry.
With unity of effort in mind, Lockheed Martin has published this Mission Augmentation Port (MAP) interface standard online to support industry approaches to on-orbit servicing and mission augmentation. Those interested in incorporating the standard in their space ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
An international research team has discovered a new planet so young that it has yet to emerge from the womb of matter where it is forming. This is the youngest protoplanet discovered to date.
It's location and the surrounding patterns of matter suggest that an alternative method of planet formation may be at work. This discovery could help to explain the histories and features of extrasola ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 30, 2022 
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, is set to embark on an eight-year cruise to Jupiter starting April 2023. The mission will investigate the emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants and the Jupiter system as an archetype for the numerous giant planets now known to orbit other stars.
This animation depicts Juice's journey to Jupiter and highlights from its foreseen tour of the ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
Advanced Navigation, the leading AI navigation and robotics systems manufacturer, has announced the launch of Hydrus.
Hydrus is an autonomous subsea robot that combines the most advanced navigation, sonar and communication capabilities of any AUV. This advanced technology is combined with a 4K60 camera in an incredibly small form factor. Hydrus hugely simplifies underwater data collection ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
NASA's airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance, or air-LUSI, flew aboard NASA's ER-2 aircraft from March 12 to 16 to accurately measure the amount of light reflected off the Moon. Reflected moonlight is a steady source of light that researchers are taking advantage of to improve the accuracy and consistency of measurements among Earth-observing satellites.
"The Moon is extremely stable and not ... more |
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 New York (AFP) March 29, 2022 
American pop artist Jeff Koons is to send sculptures to the Moon later this year on a spacecraft blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, his gallery said Tuesday.
Koons, one of the most celebrated and expensive living artists, is famed for kitsch pieces such as "Ballon Dog" and "Rabbit," and his work is exhibited in galleries around the world.
His latest project "Moon Phas ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2022 
To prepare for its launch in August, the Psyche spacecraft was tested to ensure it can operate in the extreme conditions it will face on its trip to a metal-rich asteroid.
The conditions that a NASA spacecraft endures are extreme: the violent shaking and cacophony of a rocket launch, the jolt of separating from the launch vehicle, the extreme temperature fluctuations in and out of the Sun' ... more |
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
BlackSky's (NYSE: BKSY) newest satellites successfully began revenue-generating commercial operations for customers, taking high-resolution images and creating analytics within a company record of 12 hours after launch.
The company expanded its constellation from 12 to 14 high-resolution satellites following the successful RocketLab launch
Without Mission a Beat" on Saturday, April 2. Th ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 28, 2022 
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft is speeding towards its historic first close pass of the Sun, which happens midday on 26 March 2022.
In the days leading up to and around 'Perihelion passage', teams at ESA have been working intensively on an observation campaign, and all ten instruments will be operating simultaneously to gather as much data as possible.
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 Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
In the first few billion years after the Big Bang, the universe contained far more so-called starburst galaxies than models predict. As many as 60 to 90 percent of the stars in the early universe appear to have been produced by galaxies undergoing a growth spurt. This is what an analysis of more than 20,000 distant galaxies show. The team, led by astronomers from University of Groningen (the Net ... more |
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 College Station TX (SPX) Mar 31, 2022  Finding the specific sound a rock makes when it cracks and breaks seems impossible when surrounded by other subsurface noises. But Texas A and M University researcher Dr. Siddharth Misra, the Ted H. Smith, Jr. '75 and Max R. Vordenbaum '73 DVG Associate Professor in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, discovered a way to hear and validate that sound in a project funded by the B ... more |
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